CONTENIDO: 1 Why Study the Design Process? - 2 Describing Mechanical Design Problems and Process - 3 Designers and Design Teams - 4 The Design Process - 5 Project Definition and Planning - 6 Understanding the Problem and the Development of Engineering Specifications - 7 Concept Generation - 8 Concept Evaluation - 9 The Product Design Phase - 10 Product Generation - 11 Product Evaluation for Performance and the Effects of Variation - 12 Product Evaluation for Cost, Manufacture, Assembly, and other Measures - 13 Launching and Supporting the Product - Appendixes - A: Properties of 25 Materials Most Commonly Used in Mechanical Design - B: Normal Probability - C: The Factor of Safety as a Design Variable - D: Human Factors in Design - E TRIZ - F: Belief Map Masters
