Advanced Engineering Design

Table of contents

1. Cover image
2. Title page
3. Table of Contents
4. Copyright
5. Dedication
6. List of figures and tables
7. Acknowledgments
8. About the author
9. Chapter 1: The design process
   1. Abstract:
   2. 1.1 The concept of design and related terms
   3. 1.2 Design as a value-generating process in society
   4. 1.3 The goal of design theories
   5. 1.4 Background
   6. 1.5 The scope of design theories
   7. 1.6 The definition of design
   8. 1.7 The characteristics of design
   9. 1.8 Design problem
   10. 1.9 Activities in the design process
   11. 1.10 Information management
   12. 1.11 The design process as a product
   13. 1.12 The importance of the design process
   14. 1.13 The importance of Design Science
10. Chapter 2: Information, entropy and its relationship to design
    1. Abstract:
    2. 2.1 The design process in terms of probabilities
    3. 2.2 Definition of design
    4. 2.3 Uncertainty
    5. 2.4 Entropy
    6. 2.5 Joint entropy, conditioned entropy and relative entropy
    7. 2.6 Mutual information
    8. 2.7 Upper and lower bounds of mutual information. Information content of a variable
    9. 2.8 Process information
    10. 2.9 Spaces of definition: need–solution–response–satisfaction
    11. 2.10 Degree of satisfaction
    12. 2.11 Conceptual and detailed design
    13. 2.12 Operators. Necessary, generated and available information
    14. 2.13 First statements
11. Chapter 3: Axiomatic design
    1. Abstract:
    2. 3.1 Introduction to axiomatic design
    3. 3.2 Independence axiom
    4. 3.3 Information axiom
    5. 3.4 Independence of the axioms
    6. 3.5 Most relevant theorems and corollaries
    7. 3.6 Design process
    8. 3.7 Example application in the aeronautical industry: main bearing configuration on a jet engine
    9. 3.8 Quantitative study of the design matrix
    10. 3.9 Example application: flow and temperature control 54
12. Chapter 4: Metric design
    1. Abstract:
    2. 4.1 Introduction to metric design
    3. 4.2 Quality loss
    4. 4.3 System design and parameter design
    5. 4.4 Tolerance design
    6. 4.5 Robust design
    7. 4.6 Cost-effectiveness of advanced design techniques
    8. 4.7 Example application
13. Chapter 5: Reliability-based design
    1. Abstract:
    2. 5.1 Objective of reliability calculations
    3. 5.2 Definition of reliability
    4. 5.3 Calculating the probability of failure
    5. 5.4 First-Order Reliability Model (FORM)
    6. 5.5 Semi-empirical reliability model
    7. 5.6 Example application: influence of radial clearance on bearing life with a surface fatigue failure mode
14. Chapter 6: Entropy-based design
    1. Abstract:
    2. 6.1 The Minimum Tolerance Theorem
    3. 6.2 The Linearity Theorem
    4. 6.3 Example application: conceptual design of a fuel supply system for gasoline engines
    5. 6.4 The principle of minimum generation of entropy and information
15. Appendix: statistical concepts
16. Index