Technical design

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

This book summarizes recent advances in robotics using 3D printers and rapid prototyping as a concept development tool.

This book provides in-depth theoretical and practical information on recent advances in micro-manufacturing technologies and processes, covering such topics as micro-injection moulding, micro-cutting, micro-EDM, micro-assembly, micro-additive manufacturing, moulded interconnected devices, and microscale metrology.

This book addresses the principles involved in the design and engineering of planing monohull power boats, with an emphasis on the theoretical fundamentals that readers need in order to be fully functional in marine design and engineering.

This book presents versatile, modern and creative applications of graph theory in mechanical engineering, robotics and computer networks.

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 book introduces the readers to the new concept of cognitive cities.

This book presents a new, multidisciplinary perspective on and paradigm for integrative experimental design research.

This proceedings volume contains papers that have been selected after review for oral presentation at ROMANSY 2016, the 21th CISM-IFToMM Symposium on Theory and Practice of Robots and Manipulators.

This book presents the results of a multi-annual project with sustainable Living Labs in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands.

This book explores how dynamic changes in products' sensory features can be used to convey information to the user in an effective and engaging way.

This book is a compilation of selected papers from the 2014 New Trends in Fatigue and Fracture (NT2F14) Conference, which was held in Belgrade, Serbia.

The second edition of this handbook provides a state-of-the-art overview on the various aspects in the rapidly developing field of robotics.

This book provides a synthesis of recent developments in Axiomatic Design theory and its application in large complex systems.

This book offers an essential compendium on theanalysis and design of synchronous motors for variable-speed applications.

Offering a comprehensive overview of the challenges, risks and options facing the future of mechatronics, this book provides insights into how these issues are currently assessed and managed.

This book enables the reader to learn the fundamental and applied aspects of practical cryostat design by examining previous design choices and resulting cryostat performance.

This book is an introduction to the wide and varied world of 3D printing-an incredible technology used across an ever-growing list of industries.

This book presents the proceedings of the 8th Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology (CWUAAT '16), incorporating the 11th Cambridge Workshop on Rehabilitation Robotics, held in Cambridge, England in March 2016.

This textbook armsthe reader with powerful techniques of Modern TRIZ self-training andreal problem solving.

This book describes the important role of emotion in a hyper-connected society and how product development and manufacture change.

This authoritative book introduces and summarizes the latest models and skills required to design and fabricate nanomechanical resonators with a focus on nanomechanical sensing.

This book presents a concise, real-world description of DITA principles.

This book presents a number of new methods, tools, and approaches aimed to assist researchers and designers during the early stages of the design process, focusing on the need to approach the development of new interactive products, systems and related services by closely observing the needs of potential end-users through adopting a design thinking approach.

This thesis describes the physics and computational aspects of an end-to-end simulator to predict the performance of a Space-based Far Infrared Interferometer.

Thisintroductory book discusses how to plan and build useful, reliable,maintainable and cost efficient computer systems for automated engineeringdesign.

This book is a comprehensive collaboration on intelligent polymers and coatings for industrial applications by worldwide researchers and specialists.

Covering key topics in the fieldsuch as technological innovation, human-centered sustainable engineering andmanufacturing, and manufacture at a global scale in a virtual world, this bookaddresses both advanced techniques and industrial applications of key researchin interactive design and manufacturing.

This thesis conceptualizes and implements a new framework for designing materials that are far from equilibrium.

In this book, the authors describe the findings derived from interaction and cooperation between scientific actors employing diverse practices.

This second volume moves beyond a general introduction to product lifecycle management (PLM) and its principal elements to provide a more in-depth analysis of the subjects introduced in Volume 1 (21st Century Paradigm for Product Realisation).

This book covers the state-of-the-art technologies for positioning with nanometer resolutions and accuracies, particularly those based on piezoelectric actuators and MEMS actuators.

Problems of fatigue under multiaxial fatigue loads have been addressed in a very large number of research publications.

This volume contains selected papers in three closely related areas: mathematical modeling in mechanics, numerical analysis, and optimization methods.

This monograph presents a simple and efficient two-relay control algorithm for generation of self-excited oscillations of a desired amplitude and frequency in dynamic systems.

This book describes a collaborative Design Pilot Project held in Brazil (called MODU.

This book is based on the 55th International Conference of Machine Design Departments 2014 (ICMD 2014) which was hosted by the Czech Technical University in September 2014.

Describing a newoptimization algorithm, the Teaching-Learning-Based Optimization (TLBO), in aclear and lucid style, this book maximizes reader insights into how the TLBOalgorithm can be used to solve continuous and discrete optimization problemsinvolving single or multiple objectives.

The purpose of this monograph is to characterize and describe the quality of machined wood surfaces, whereas particular attention is given to the utility and to aesthetical values in product design.

This volume contains papers that have been selected after review for oral presentation at ISRM 2015, the Fourth IFToMM International Symposium on Robotics and Mechatronics held in Poitiers, France 23-24 June 2015.

The lessons in this fundamental text equip students with the theory of Computer Assisted Design (CAD), Computer Assisted Engineering (CAE), the essentials of Rapid Prototyping, as well as practical skills needed to apply this understanding in real world design and manufacturing settings.

This work identifies the characteristics of racket design parameters that influence racket performance.

This book presents an analysis of the dynamics and the complexity of new product development projects which are organized according to the concept of concurrent engineering.

Aerodynamic design, like many other engineering applications, is increasingly relying on computational power.

Algae offer potential to produce renewable chemicals and fuels using solar energy and carbon dioxide from atmosphere or in flue gases while simultaneously reducing the generation of greenhouse gases.

Maximising reader insights into the theory, models, methods and fundamental reasoning of design, this book addresses design activities in industrial settings, as well as the actors involved.

The book includes peer-reviewed contributions selected from presentations given at the Istanbul Bridge Conference 2014, held from August 11 - 13 in Istanbul, Turkey.

Showcasing exemplars of how various aspects of design research were successfully transitioned into and influenced, design practice, this book features chapters written by eminent international researchers and practitioners from industry on the Impact of Design Research on Industrial Practice.

This book provides the readers with a timely guide to the application of biomimetic principles in architecture and engineering design.

Purposeful Engineering Economics stands as a unique and highly original complement to the traditional engineering economics curriculum.