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The Mechanical Design Process, 4/e
David G. Ullman, Oregon State University


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CHAPTER 1 Why Study the Design Process? 1

CHAPTER 2 Understanding Mechanical Design 25

CHAPTER 3 Designers and Design Teams 47

CHAPTER 4 The Design Process and Product Discovery 81

CHAPTER 5 Planning for Design 111

CHAPTER 6 Understanding the Problem and the Development of Engineering Specifications 143

CHAPTER 7 Concept Generation 171

CHAPTER 8 Concept Evaluation and Selection 213

CHAPTER 9 Product Generation 241

CHAPTER 10 Product Evaluation for Performance and the Effects of Variation 279

CHAPTER 11 Product Evaluation: Design For Cost, Manufacture, Assembly, and Other Measures 315

CHAPTER 12 Wrapping Up the Design Process and Supporting the Product 363

APPENDIX A Properties of 25 Materials Most Commonly Used in Mechanical Design 379

APPENDIX B Normal Probability 397

APPENDIX C The Factor of Safety as a Design Variable 403

APPENDIX D Human Factors in Design 415

Index 427