Engineering Design Methods: Strategies for Product Design - Softcover

Cross, Nigel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1119724376 ISBN 13: 9781119724377

Publisher: Wiley, 2021

Synopsis

A revised text that presents specific design methods within an overall strategy from concept to detail design

The fifth edition of Engineering Design Methods is an improved and updated version of this very successful, classic text on engineering product design. It provides an overview of design activities and processes, detailed descriptions and examples of how to use key design methods, and outlines design project strategies and management techniques. Written by a noted expert on the topic, the new edition contains an enriched variety of examples and case studies, and up to date material on design thinking and the development of design expertise.

This new edition opens with a compelling original case study of a revolutionary new city-car design by ex-Formula One designer Gordon Murray. The study illustrates the complete development of a novel design and brings to life the process of design, from concept through to prototype. The core of the book presents detailed instructions and examples for using design methods throughout the design process, ranging from identifying new product opportunities, through establishing functions and setting requirements, to generating, evaluating and improving alternative designs. This important book:

• Offers a revised and updated edition of an established, successful text on understanding the design process and using design methods
• Includes new material on design thinking and design ability and new examples of the use of design methods
• Presents clear, detailed and illustrated presentations of eight key design methods in engineering product design

Written for undergraduates and postgraduates across all fields of engineering and product design, the fifth edition of Engineering Design Methods offers an updated, substantial, and reliable text on product design and innovation.

About this title

About the Author

Nigel Cross is Emeritus Professor of Design Studies at The Open University, UK, where he pioneered distance learning in design. He was also Professor of Design Methodology at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. He has an international reputation in design education and research in design methodology, design thinking, design expertise and the nature of design ability. 

From the Back Cover

A revised text that presents specific design methods within an overall strategy from concept to detail design

The fifth edition of??Engineering Design Methods??is an improved and updated version of this very successful, classic text on engineering product design. It provides an overview of design activities and processes, detailed descriptions and examples of how to use key design methods, and outlines design project strategies and management techniques. Written by a noted expert on the topic, the new edition contains an enriched variety of examples and case studies, and up-to-date material on design thinking and the development of design expertise.

This new edition opens with a compelling original case study of a revolutionary new city-car design by ex-Formula One designer Gordon Murray. The study illustrates the complete development of a novel design and brings to life the process of design, from concept through to prototype. The core of the book presents detailed instructions and examples for using design methods throughout the design process, ranging from identifying new product opportunities, through establishing functions and setting requirements, to generating, evaluating and improving alternative designs. This important book:

Offers a revised and updated edition of an established, successful text on understanding the design process and using design methods

Includes??new material on design thinking and design ability and new examples of the use of design methods

Presents clear, detailed and illustrated presentations of eight key design methods in engineering product design

Written for undergraduates and postgraduates across all fields of engineering and product design, the fifth edition of??Engineering Design Methods??offers an updated, substantial, and reliable text on product design and innovation.

From the Inside Flap

A revised text that presents specific design methods within an overall strategy from concept to detail design

The fifth edition of??Engineering Design Methods??is an improved and updated version of this very successful, classic text on engineering product design. It provides an overview of design activities and processes, detailed descriptions and examples of how to use key design methods, and outlines design project strategies and management techniques. Written by a noted expert on the topic, the new edition contains an enriched variety of examples and case studies, and up-to-date material on design thinking and the development of design expertise.

This new edition opens with a compelling original case study of a revolutionary new city-car design by ex-Formula One designer Gordon Murray. The study illustrates the complete development of a novel design and brings to life the process of design, from concept through to prototype. The core of the book presents detailed instructions and examples for using design methods throughout the design process, ranging from identifying new product opportunities, through establishing functions and setting requirements, to generating, evaluating and improving alternative designs. This important book:

Offers a revised and updated edition of an established, successful text on understanding the design process and using design methods

Includes??new material on design thinking and design ability and new examples of the use of design methods

Presents clear, detailed and illustrated presentations of eight key design methods in engineering product design

Written for undergraduates and postgraduates across all fields of engineering and product design, the fifth edition of??Engineering Design Methods??offers an updated, substantial, and reliable text on product design and innovation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1119724376
• ISBN 13: 9781119724377
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 224