Environmentally Conscious Mechanical Design (Environmentally Conscious Engineering, Myer Kutz Series)

✍ Scribed by Myer Kutz

• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 408
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The first volume of the Wiley series, Environmentally Conscious Mechanical Design focuses on the foundations of environmental design - both understanding it and implementing it.  Coverage includes the important technical and analytical techniques and best practices of designing industrial, business, and consumer products that are environmentally friendly and meet environmental regulations.  Topics covered include, Optiizing Designs; Design for Environment (DFE) practices, guidelines, methods and tools; Life Cycle Assessment and Design; Reverse Engineering; ISO 14000 and Environmental Management Systems (EMS) standards and others.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents
......Page 6
Contributors......Page 8
1 Design for Environment (DfE): Strategies, Practices, Guidelines, Methods, and Tools......Page 15
2 Product Design for Sustainability: A New Assessment Methodology and Case Studies......Page 39
3 Life-cycle Design......Page 81
4 Fundamentals and Applications of Reverse Engineering......Page 141
5 Design for Reliability......Page 175
6 Design for Maintainability......Page 199
7 Reuse and Recycling Technologies......Page 263
8 Design for Remanufacturing Processes......Page 297
9 Materials Selection for Green Design......Page 333
10 Employing Total Quality Management/Six Sigma Processes in Environmentally Conscious Design......Page 365
index......Page 397