Product Description

Design education, research, and practice have recently seen considerable evolution as university programs, researchers, journals, and conferences systematize design as a discipline and science. Nam P. Suh's book contributes to this systematic and scientific base and presents a fresh perspective on design, establishing a rational framework for the discipline. The book follows Suh's successful publication, (OUP 1990), although the two books are substantially different in both content and approach. The first three chapters of cover the fundamental principles of axiomatic design. The following chapters offer a complete treatment of the design of systems, software, materials and materials processing, manufacturing systems, and product design. Suh shows how a scientific and systematic approach to design improves efficiency, productivity, savings, reliability, and quality for industries that currently rely on ad hoc design systems; contains the principles and practical knowledge necessary to achieve these improvements. Perfect for senior and graduate design and mechanical engineering students as well as professional engineers, this unique text offers the tools necessary to design with ease and elegance and serves as a stepping-stone in the ever-evolving intellectual science of design.

Features

Applies the principles of axiomatic design to a variety of real-life situations including mechanism design, software engineering, and basic business processes

Includes numerous integrated case studies using axiomatic design to solve real-life design challenges

Draws material from consulting cases with industrial firms throughout the world

Requires no prerequisite reading ( can be read for clarification)