Industrial Design category: 757 books
by Kimon P. Valavanis, Ioannis A. Raptis
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
There has been significant interest for designing flight controllers for small-scale unmanned helicopters. Such helicopters preserve all the physical attributes of their full-scale counterparts, being at the same time more agile and dexterous. This book presents a comprehensive and well justified...
Wind Turbines in Cold Climates
Icing Impacts and Mitigation Systems
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2015
This book addresses the key concerns regarding the operation of wind turbines in cold climates and focuses in particular on the analysis of icing and methods for its mitigation. Topics covered include the implications of cold climates for wind turbine design and operation, the relevance of icing...
by Chiara Tardini
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Early applications of Navier’s beam theory to the rational design of structures are documented in the Annales of the French Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées and refer to the design of three wooden bridges built in France in the 1840's. Revisiting these examples, the book provides documentation on the...
by Alan Rothwell
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
This book offers an introduction to numerical optimization methods in structural design. Employing a readily accessible and compact format, the book presents an overview of optimization methods, and equips readers to properly set up optimization problems and interpret the results. A ‘how-to-do-it’...
Design for Manufacturing and Assembly
Concepts, architectures and implementation
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In order to compete in the current commercial environment companies must produce greater product variety, at lower cost, all within a reduced product life cycle. To achieve this, a concurrent engineering philosophy is often adopted. In many cases the main realization of this is Design for Manufacture...
by Arthur G.O. Mutambara
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Written to inspire and cultivate the ability to design and analyze feasible control algorithms for a wide range of engineering applications, this comprehensive text covers the theoretical and practical principles involved in the design and analysis of control systems. From the development of the mathematical...
by Mohd Sapuan Salit, Md Abdul Maleque
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
This book presents topics on the basics of materials selection and design which will give a better understanding on the selection methods and then find suitable materials for the applications. This book draws the simple and straightforward quantitative methods followed by knowledge-based expert system...
by William S. Vorus
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
This book addresses the principles involved in the design and engineering of planing monohull power boats, with an emphasis on the theoretical fundamentals that readers need in order to be fully functional in marine design and engineering. Author William Vorus focuses on three topics: boat resistance,...
Mission-Critical and Safety-Critical Systems Handbook
Design and Development for Embedded Applications
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2009
This handbook provides a consolidated, comprehensive information resource for engineers working with mission and safety critical systems. Principles, regulations, and processes common to all critical design projects are introduced in the opening chapters. Expert contributors then offer development...
ICoRD'13
Global Product Development
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2013
This book showcases over 100 cutting-edge research papers from the 4th International Conference on Research into Design (ICoRD’13) – the largest in India in this area – written by eminent researchers from over 20 countries, on the design process, methods and tools, for supporting global product...
by Professor Stephen Hoskins
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
Fully revised and with a new chapter and international case studies, this second edition of the best-selling booktraces how artists and designers continue to adapt and incorporate 3D printing technology into their work and explains how the creative industries are directly interfacing with this new...
Principles of Process Planning
A logical approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Process planning determines how a product is to be manufactured and is therefore a key element in the manufacturing process. It plays a major part in determining the cost of components and affects all factory activities, company competitiveness, production planning, production efficiency and product...
Advances in Usability and User Experience
Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Usability and User Experience, July 17-21, 2017, The Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2017
This book focuses on emerging issues in usability, interface design, human computer interaction and user experience, with a special emphasis on the research aimed at understanding human-interaction and usability issues with products, services and systems for improved experience. It covers modeling...
Design for Environmental Sustainability
Life Cycle Design of Products
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
This volume is a technical and operative contribution to the United Nations "Decade on Education for Sustainable Development" (2005-2014), aiding the development of a new generation of designers, responsible and able in the task of designing environmentally sustainable products. The book...