In 1984, Nam Sub, who was then the Assistant Director for Engineering at the National Science Foundation (NSF), created the Design Theory and Methodology Program.
An Integrated Approach to Modeling and Optimization in Engineering and Science examines the effects of experimental design, mathematical modeling, and optimization processes for solving many different problems.
This book presents a detailed look at high-lift aerodynamics, which deals with the aerodynamic behavior of lift augmentation means from various approaches.
Reflecting changes in machining practice, Fundamentals of Machining and Machine Tools, Third Edition emphasizes the economics of machining processes and design for machining.
Reflecting the enhance role of materials/logistics management in today's competitive business environment, this new edition provides a fundamental understanding of the subject and its fuction in all sectors of the economy.
Supply chain management, often known as SCM, refers to the extensive variety of operations that are required to plan, monitor, and coordinate the movement of a product from its raw materials to its finished state in the most time- and money-efficient manner possible.
This simple and manageable guide to user interface design is written for the professional in industry working on product development and the decision process.
This book provides a socio-cultural analysis of the ways in which air traffic controllers formally and informally learn about their work and the active role that organisational cultures play in shaping interpretation and meaning.
Introduction to Health and Safety in Construction has been specially written for the thousands of students who complete the NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction Health and Safety each year.
to increase the use of direct contact processes, the National Science Foundation sup- ported a workshop on direct contact heat transfer at the Solar Energy Research Insti- tute in the summer of 1985.
Advances in Product Family and Product Platform Design: Methods & Applications highlights recent advances that have been made to support product family and product platform design along with successful applications in industry.
Currently people deal with various entities (such as hardware, software, buildings, spaces, communities and other people), to meet specific goals while going about their everyday activities in work and leisure environments.
In Psychology and Human Performance in Space Programs: Extreme Application, operations experts from multiple space agencies, with support from spaceflight researchers, outline existing and proposed operations for selecting, training, and supporting space crews who currently live and work on the International Space Station, and who are preparing for future missions to the moon and Mars.
This highly informative and carefully presented book focuses on the fields of ergonomics/human factors and discusses the future of the community vis-a-vis health problems, productivity, aging, etc.
This is the first book which exploits concepts and tools of global nonlinear dynamics for bridging the gap between theoretical and practical stability of systems/structures, and for possibly enhancing the engineering design in macro-, micro- and nano-mechanics.
Consider a Viable and Cost-Effective Platform for the Industries of the Future (IOF)Benefit from improved safety, performance, and product deliveries to your customers.
This unique book presents a coherent asymptotic approach to the analysis of elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) problems for heavily loaded line and point contacts.
This updated, second edition provides readers with an expanded treatment of the FEM as well as new information on recent trends in rapid prototyping technology.
In recent years, the Finite Element Methods FEM were more and more employed in development and design departments as very fast working tools in order to determine stresses, deformations, eigenfrequencies etc.
This book demonstrates that emotion is a highly influential component in creating a new society and new engineering, revealing the importance of emotion in various aspects of the Connected World.
This book presents select proceedings of the two-day conference titled Futuring Design Education (FDE 2024), and it examines the transformation of design knowledge, the evolving spaces of learning, and the ecosystems of teaching and learning.
The text presents advances in the field of thermal claddings for protection against erosion, corrosion, and wear in hydraulic turbines, automobiles, agricultural equipment, power plant, chemical industries, and jet engines.
The AdvancedAutoCAD(R) 2018 Exercise Workbook has been helping students, teachers, architects, designers and manufacturers to truly master the software for more than two decades.
In The Human Factor, Kim Vicente coined the term 'Human-tech' to describe a more encompassing and ambitious approach to the study of Human-Technology Interaction (HTI) than is now evident in any of its participating disciplines, such as human factors, human-computer interaction, cognitive science and engineering, industrial design, informatics or applied psychology.
This book gathers the papers presented at the XXIX International Congress INGEGRAF "e;The digital transformation in graphic engineering,"e; which was held in Logrono, Spain on June 20-21, 2019.
Human-Machine Interface Technology Advancements and Applications focuses on analysis, design, and evaluation perspectives in HMI technological breakthroughs and applications.