Engineering design / By George E. Dieter and Linda C. Schmidt

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Table of contents. - Ch. 1 Engineering design. - Ch. 2 Product development process. - Ch. 3 Problem definition and need identification. - Ch. 4 Team behavior and tools. - Ch. 5 Gathering information. - Ch. 6 Concept generation. - Ch. 7 Decision making and concept selection. - Ch. 8 Embodiment design. - Ch. 9 Detail design. - Ch. 10 Design for sustainability and the environment. - Ch. 11 Materials selection. - Ch. 12 Design with materials. - Ch. 13 Design for manufacturing. - Ch. 14 Risk, Reliability, and safety. - Ch. 15 Quality, Robust design, and optimization. - Ch. 16 Economic decision making. - Ch. 17 Cost evaluation. - Ch. 18 Legal and ethical issues in Engineering design.