Engineering Design and Rapid Prototyping

✍ Scribed by Ali K. Kamrani, Emad Abouel Nasr (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 458
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

"Engineering Design and Rapid Prototyping" offers insight into the methods and techniques that allow for easily implementing engineering designs by incorporating advanced methodologies and technologies. This book contains advanced topics such as feature-based design and process planning, modularity and rapid manufacturing, along with a collection of the latest methods and technologies currently being utilized in the field. The volume also: -Provides systematic design and solution methodologies for both design and manufacturing -Discusses product life cycle development and analysis for ease of manufacture and assembly -Offers applied methods and technologies in rapid prototyping and manufacturing "Engineering Design and Rapid Prototyping" will be extremely valuable for any engineers and researchers and students working in engineering design.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Engineering Design and Innovations....Pages 3-22
Product Development Process....Pages 23-56
Modular Design....Pages 57-86
Design for Modularity....Pages 87-121
DFMo Case Study: Four-Gear Speed Reducer Design....Pages 123-140
Design for Manufacture and Assembly....Pages 141-183
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Computer-Based Design and Manufacturing....Pages 187-198
Feature Representations....Pages 199-225
Feature Extraction Techniques....Pages 227-291
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
Engineering Materials: An Overview....Pages 295-311
Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing....Pages 313-338
Rapid Prototyping....Pages 339-354
Data Mining Methodology and Techniques....Pages 355-381
Group Technology and Applications....Pages 383-437
Back Matter....Pages 439-442

✦ Subjects

Engineering Design; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools; Industrial and Production Engineering