Solid Modeling and Applications: Rapid Prototyping, CAD and CAE Theory

✍ Scribed by Dugan Um (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 304
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The lessons in this fundamental text equip students with the theory of Computer Assisted Design (CAD), Computer Assisted Engineering (CAE), the essentials of Rapid Prototyping, as well as practical skills needed to apply this understanding in real world design and manufacturing settings. The book includes three main areas: CAD, CAE, and Rapid Prototyping, each enriched with numerous examples and exercises. In the CAD section, Professor Um outlines the basic concept of geometric modeling, Hermite and Bezier Spline curves theory, and 3-dimensional surface theories as well as rendering theory. The CAE section explores mesh generation theory, matrix notion for FEM, the stiffness method, and truss Equations. And in Rapid Prototyping, the author illustrates stereo lithographic theory and introduces popular modern RP technologies. Solid Modeling and Applications: Rapid Prototyping, CAD and CAE Theory is ideal for university students in various engineering disciplines as well as design engineers involved in product design, analysis, and validation.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction to CAD....Pages 1-16
Graphical Representation for Mechanical Design....Pages 17-49
3D Geometric Modeling....Pages 51-92
Parametric Line and Curve Theory....Pages 93-141
Miscellaneous Issues in Computer Graphics for Modeling....Pages 143-169
Rendering Theory....Pages 171-190
Rapid Prototyping....Pages 191-221
Finite Element Modeling and Analysis....Pages 223-286
Back Matter....Pages 287-298

✦ Subjects

Engineering Design; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design; Industrial and Production Engineering; Partial Differential Equations