Technical design

This book reports on cutting-edge design methods and tools in industrial engineering, advanced findings in mechanics and material science, and relevant technological applications.

This proceedings book presents papers from the 10th Cambridge Workshops on Universal Access and Assistive Technology.

This book provides a selection of contributions to the DIPSI workshop 2019 (Droplet Impact Phenomena & Spray Investigations) as well as recent progress of the Int.

This book is divided into four parts that outline the use of science and technology for applications pertaining to chemical and bioprocess engineering.

This book provides readers with a timely snapshot of ergonomics research and methods applied to the design, development and prototyping-as well as the evaluation, training and manufacturing-of products, systems and services.

This book explores topics at the interface between mechanical and chemical engineering, with a focus on design, simulation, and manufacturing.

This book reflects and expands on the current trend in the building industry to understand, simulate and ultimately design buildings by taking into consideration the interlinked elements and forces that act on them.

This book gathers peer-reviewed papers presented at the 1st International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Image and Imagination (IMG 2019), held in Alghero, Italy, in July 2019.

This book explores the evolution of products from the beginning idea through mass-production.

This book summarizes strategies, methods, algorithms, frameworks and systems for the fault-tolerant design and control of automated vehicles and processes.

This book covers a variety of topics related to machine manufacturing and concerning machine design, product assembly, technological aspects of production, mechatronics and production maintenance.

This book contains selected papers from the First International Conference on Progress in Digital and Physical Manufacturing (ProDPM'19), organized by the School of Technology and Management (ESTG) of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (IPL).

The book describes state-of-the-art product service systems, and provides a framework to categorize the knowledge surrounding these systems.

This book sets the stage for understanding how the exponential escalation of digital ubiquity in the contemporary environment is being absorbed, modulated, processed and actively used for enhancing the performance of our built environment.

This book offers a comprehensive reference guide to customer-oriented product design and intelligence.

This book draws together the most interesting recent results to emerge in mechanical engineering in Russia, providing a fascinating overview of the state of the art in the field in that country which will be of interest to a wide readership.

This book focuses on novel design and systems engineering approaches, including theories and best practices, for promoting a better integration of people and engineering systems.

This book gathers papers presented at the 5th International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (SDM-18), held in Gold Coast, Australia in June 2018.

This book focuses on important mathematical considerations in describing the synthesis of original mechanisms for generating curves.

This book describes the entire process of designing guitars, including the theory and guidelines for implementing it in practice.

This book provides extensive information on the key technical design disciplines, education programs, international best practices and modes of delivery that are aimed at preparing a trans-disciplinary design workforce for the future.

This book deals with the design and optimization of the bucket elevator using the discrete element method (DEM).

This book gathers timely contributions on metrology and measurement systems, across different disciplines and field of applications.

This book reports on original theoretical and experimental findings related to a number of cutting-edge topics in mechanics and mechanical engineering, such as structure modelling and computation; design methodology and manufacturing processes; mechanical behaviour of materials; fluid mechanics and energy; and heat and mass transfer.

This book offers an update on recent developments in modern engineering design.

The book discusses the theoretical fundamentals of CAD graphics to enhance readers' understanding of surface modeling and free-form design by demonstrating how to use mathematical equations to define curves and surfaces in CAD modelers.

This book describes an effective framework for setting the right process parameters and new mold design to reduce the current plastic defects in injection molding.

This book describes a methodology to represent socio-technical system concerns in the system architecting process.

This is the proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC'18) held at the Polytecnico di Milano in Italy.

This book is of interest to researchers wanting to know more about the latest topics and methods in the fields of the kinematics, control and design of robotic systems.

This handbook is an in-depth guide to the practical aspects of materials and corrosion engineering in the energy and chemical industries.

This book offers a comprehensive and timely overview of internal combustion engines for use in marine environments.

This book contains the papers presented at the International Joint Conference on Mechanics, Design Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing (JCM 2018), held on 20-22 June 2018 in Cartagena, Spain.

This book presents a selection of preliminary sizing procedures for turbomachinery.

This book contains selected papers from International Symposium for Production Research 2021, held on October 7-9, 2021, online, Turkey.

Presenting a novel biomimetic design method for transferring design solutions from nature to technology, this book focuses on structure-function patterns in nature and advanced modeling tools derived from TRIZ, the theory of inventive problem-solving.

This interdisciplinary book explores design theories, combining research from a range of fields including architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, urban design, industrial design, software engineering, environmental psychology, geography, anthropology, and sociology.

The field of risk science continues to learn from the long history of events to develop principles and practices that enable individuals, organizations, and societies to understand and manage future risk.

Find the Fault in the Machines- Drawing on the author's more than two decades of experience with machinery condition monitoring and consulting for industries in India and abroad, Machinery Condition Monitoring: Principles and Practices introduces the practicing engineer to the techniques used to effectively detect and diagnose faults in machines.

The creation and utilization of the International Space Station (ISS) is a milestone in space exploration.

This book focuses on new developments in polytopic projects, particularly on implementation domains and case studies, as well as high-dimensional methodology.

This book highlights the latest innovations and applications in robotics, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at the ROMANSY 2022, the 24th CISM IFToMM Symposium on Theory and Practice of Robots and Manipulators, held in Udine, Italy, on July 4-7, 2022.

This book addresses the emerging paradigm of data-driven engineering design.

This book directly links the notion of the commons with different design praxes, and explores their social, cultural, and ecological ramifications.

This book is designed to assist industrial engineers and production managers in developing procedural and methodological engineering tools to meet industrial standards and mitigate engineering and production challenges.

This book presents practical guidelines and recommendations for the design in seismic-prone regions.

This book explains the general principles of scientific and technical communication in the context of modern museums.

The text introduces engineering to first-year undergraduate students using Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL).

This book provides novel insights into two fundamental subjects in solid mechanics: virtual work and shape change.

This book offers a collection of original peer-reviewed contributions presented at the 7th International Congress on Design and Modeling of Mechanical Systems (CMSM'2017), held in Hammamet, Tunisia, from the 27th to the 29th of March 2017.