The engineering design primer / authored by K.L. Richards.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents. - Ch. 1 Organization and structure of the drawing office. - Ch. 2 Engineering drawing principles. - Ch. 3 The engineering design process. - Ch. 4 Product design specification. - Ch. 5 Conceptual design. - Ch. 6 Design for 'X'. - Ch. 7 Feasibility assessment. - Ch. 8 Decision-making. - Ch. 9 Project management and planning. - Ch. 10 Engineering design economics. - Ch. 11 Quality in the design process. - Ch. 12 Design for Optimisation. - Ch. 13 Probability. - Ch. 14 Statistical methods for engineers. - Ch. 15 An Introduction to material selection. - Ch. 16 Mathematical modelling and simulation. - Ch. 17 Introduction to configuration management. - Ch. 18 Engineering communications.