Prentice Hall

Engineering

Browse available resources for Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering:



Product Design
Kevin Otto, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kristin Wood, University of Texas at Austin

ISBN-10: 0130212717
ISBN-13: 9780130212719

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2001
Format: Cloth; 1104 pp
Published: 11/28/2000

Suggested retail price: $155.00
Buy from myPearsonStore



Designed and targeted for the undergraduate, graduate and practicing engineer.

Product Design presents an in-depth study of structured design processes and methods.

  • Fundamental approach—A systematic and methods-based strategy to product development.

    • Reverse engineering and product teardowns (dissection) offer a better paradigm for design instruction, permitting a modern learning cycle of experience, hypothesis, understanding, and new design execution. Ex.___

  • Students see good design before they attempt design.

    • Systematic methods provide structure for the learning of design. Ex.___

  • Concrete experiences with hands-on products.

    • Students gain confidence through improving commercial products. Ex.___

  • Application of modern technologies.

    • Rapid numerical exploration links engineering analysis to design. Ex.___

  • Studies of systematic experimentation.

    • Easy to follow explanations permit effective improvement of products. Ex.___

  • Exploration of the boundaries of design methodology.

    • Authors explain underlying assumptions and limits to design methods. Ex.___

  • Decision making for real product development.

    • Industrially proven methods and their underlying reasoning are explained. Ex.___

  • Discusses foundation material of product design, including a philosophy for learning and implementing product design.

    • Perspective is gained on what methods can do and will do in the future. Ex.___

  • Each chapter includes both basic and advanced techniques for particular phases of product development.

    • Permits instructor customization of the material—High-level or in-depth study on the various aspects of product development. Ex.___

  • Presents theory and concrete examples of emerging design techniques and principles.

    • The reader will study contemporary design-for-manufacturing, design-for-the-environment, prototyping, and design-for-assembly methods. Ex.___



 1. Journeys in Product Development.


 2. Product Development Process Tools.


 3. Scoping Product Developments: Technical and Business Concerns.


 4. Understanding Customer Needs.


 5. Establishing Product Function.


 6. Product Teardown and Experimentation.


 7. Benchmarking and Establishing Engineering Specifications.


 8. Product Portfolios and Portfolio Architecture.


 9. Product Architecture.


10. Generating Concepts.


11. Concept Selection.


12. Concept Embodiment.


13. Modeling of Product Metrics.


14. Design for Manufacture and Assembly.


15. Design for the Environment.


16. Analytical and Numerical Model Solutions.


17. Physical Prototypes.


18. Physical Models and Experimentation.


19. Design for Robustness.

Product Design presents an in-depth study of structured designed processes and methods. KEY TOPICS: Fundamental approach is that reverse engineering and teardowns offer a new better paradigm for design instruction, permitting a modern learning cycle of experience, hypothesis, understanding, and then execution. MARKET: For practicing engineers interested in learning about mechanical design.

FEATURES/BENEFITS

  • Fundamental approach is that reverse engineering and teardowns offer a new better paradigm for design instruction, permitting a modern learning cycle of experience, hypothesis, understanding, and then execution.
  • Concrete experiences with hands-on products.
  • Applications of contemporary technologies.
  • Studies of systematic experimentation.
  • Exploration of the boundaries of design methodology.
  • Decision making for real product development.
  • Discusses the foundation material of product design, including a philosophy for learning and implementing product design methods.
  • Each chapter includes both basic and advanced techniques for particular phases of product development.

View a Sample Chapter PDF:

Pearson Higher Education offers special pricing when you choose to package your text with other student resources. If you're interested in creating a cost-saving package for your students, contact your Pearson Higher Education representative for pricing and ordering information.

Pearson Higher Education offers special pricing when you choose to package your text with other student resources. If you're interested in creating a cost-saving package for your students, browse our available packages below, or contact your Pearson Higher Education representative to create your own package.



Copyright ©2008 Pearson Education. All rights reserved. Legal Notice | Privacy Policy | Permissions