Computer Aided Engineering Design

✍ Scribed by Anupam Saxena, Birendra Sahay (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 409
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A new discipline is said to attain maturity when the subject matter takes the shape of a textbook. Several textbooks later, the discipline tends to acquire a firm place in the curriculum for teaching and learning. Computer Aided Engineering Design (CAED), barely three decades old, is interdisciplinary in nature whose boundaries are still expanding. However, it draws its core strength from several acknowledged and diverse areas such as computer graphics, differential geometry, Boolean algebra, computational geometry, topological spaces, numerical analysis, mechanics of solids, engineering design and a few others. CAED also needs to show its strong linkages with Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM). As is true with any growing discipline, the literature is widespread in research journals, edited books, and conference proceedings. Various textbooks have appeared with different biases, like geometric modeling, computer graphics, and CAD/CAM over the last decade. This book goes into mathematical foundations and the core subjects of CAED without allowing itself to be overshadowed by computer graphics. It is written in a logical and thorough manner for use mainly by senior and graduate level students as well as users and developers of CAD software. The book covers (a) The fundamental concepts of geometric modeling so that a real understanding of designing synthetic surfaces and solid modeling can be achieved. (b) A wide spectrum of CAED topics such as CAD of linkages and machine elements, finite element analysis, optimization. (c) Application of these methods to real world problems.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction....Pages 1-22
Transformations and Projections....Pages 23-65
Differential Geometry of Curves....Pages 66-83
Design of Curves....Pages 84-129
Splines....Pages 130-164
Differential Geometry of Surfaces....Pages 165-200
Design of Surfaces....Pages 201-246
Solid Modeling....Pages 247-274
Computations for Geometric Design....Pages 275-294
Geometric Modeling Using Point Clouds....Pages 295-308
Finite Element Method....Pages 309-338
Optimization....Pages 339-369

✦ Subjects

Engineering Design; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Automotive and Aerospace Engineering, Traffic; Civil Engineering