Total Design: Integrated Methods for Successful Product EngineeringBased around a core of design activities, this book presents the design function as a systematic and disciplined process, the objective of which is to create innovative products that satisfy customer needs. The author is widely regarded as a foremost authority on an integrated approach to product engineering. Highly suitable for all students in engineering, industrial design, architecture and computer science, as well as for the professional engineer and designer who will find in it a very useful framework to assist their design practice. |
Contents
MarketUser Needs and Demands | 29 |
The Product Design Specification | 45 |
Conceptual Design | 67 |
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