Table of Contents

1 Why Study the Design Process?2 Understanding Mechanical Design3 Designers and Design Teams4 The Design Process and Product Discovery5 Planning to Design the Product6 Understanding the Problem and the Development of Engineering Specifications7 Concept Generation8 Concept Evaluation and Selection9 Product Generation10 Product Evaluation for Performance and the Effects of Variation11 Product Evaluation: Design For Cost, Manufacture, Assembly, and other Measures12 Wrapping up the Design Process and Supporting the ProductAppendix A Properties of 25 Materials Most Commonly Used in Mechanical DesignAppendix B Normal ProbabilityAppendix C The Factor of Safety as a Design VariableAppendix D Human Factors in Design