Includes index.

Chapter 1. Engineering Design
Chapter 2. Product Development process
Chapter 3. Problem Definition and Need Identification
Chapter 4. Team Behavior
Chapter 5. Gathering Information
Chapter 6. Concept Generation
Chapter 7. Decision making and Concept Selection
Chapter 8. Embodiment Design
Chapter 9. Detail Design
Chapter 10. Design for Sustainability and the Environment
Chapter 11. Materials Selection
Chapter 12. Design with Materials
Chapter 13. Design for Manufacturing
Chapter 14. Risk, Reliability, and Safety
Chapter 15. Quality, Robust Design, and Optimization
Chapter 16. Economic Decision Making
Chapter 17. Cost evaluation
Chapter 18. Legal and Ethical Issues in Engineering Design
Appendices
Author and Subject Indexes

Dieter's Engineering Design represents a major update of this classic textbook for senior design courses. As in previous editions, Engineering Design provides a broader overview of topics than most design texts and contains much more prescriptive guidance on how to carry out design. Dieter focuses on material selection as well as how to implement the design process. Engineering Design provides the senior mechanical engineering students with a realistic understanding of the design process. It is written from the viewpoint that design is the central activity of the engineering profession, and it is more concerned with developing attitudes and approaches than in presenting design techniques and tools -- Publisher's description.

English text.