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Cross, Nigel, 1942-

Engineering design methods : strategies for product design / Nigel Cross. - Fourth edition - xii, 217 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm



Part One: Understanding Design -- 1. The Nature of DesignDesign Activities -- 2. Design Ability -- 3. The Design Process -- Part Two: Doing Design -- 4. New Design Procedures -- 5. Identifying Opportunities -- 6. Clarifying Objectives -- 7. Establishing Functions -- 8. Setting Requirements -- 9. Determining Characteristics -- 10. Generating Alternatives -- 11. Evaluating Alternatives -- 12. Improving Details -- Part Three: Managing Design -- 13. Design Strategies -- 14. Product Development.

This text offers strategies and tactics for product design. Its main emphasis is the design of products that have an engineering context, and it is primarily concerned with problem formulation. This edition contains updated examples and problems, and a chapter on the user scenario method.

ISBN: 9780470519264 0470519266

LCCN: 2008002727

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA788231 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014235253 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Conception technique.
Engineering design.
Product design.
Produktentwicklung
Engineering design
Product design

LC Class. No.: TA174 / .C76 2008