Design for Excellence contains papers from a conference organised by Brunel University. This book will be useful for designers, engineers, software developers, and other technologists working in a wide variety of engineering applications. Both those working in industry and in the academic environment will want to have access to this valuble resource.CONTENTS INCLUDE: A strategic overview of UK product development Technology management - a methodology towards achieving design excellence within the pharmaceutical industry Designing safer systems - the application of human factors methods From environmental assessment results to DFE product changes - an evaluation of quantitative and qualitative methods Design determines 70 percent of cost? A review of implications for design evaluation Using correlation chains to link customer requirements and physical laws How to manage '3-GEN' products and services Strain based shallow shell finite element for circular cylindrical shells Validation of manufacturing facilities in the pharmaceuticals industry The use of formal design techniques in the development of a model device Aesthetic intelligence - optimizing user-centred design Tendering for engineering contracts An investigation on specifications - component, source information areas, and contents

Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan and P. T. J. Andrews are the authors of Design for Excellence: Engineering Design Conference 2000, published by Wiley.

Foreword	p. xvii
Introductory Message	p. xix
Keynote Papers
Design for excellence: a microworld, game-theoretic approach	p. 3
Establishing research issues in the design area	p. 25
Robust decision making for engineering design	p. 39
Communicating preferences in multiple criteria decision making--the role of the designer	p. 51
Analytical methods in tribology design	p. 63
Integrated product and process design--a modularity perspective	p. 73
CAD and drafting--a personal view of change	p. 83
Identifying differences between novice and experienced designers	p. 97
Industrial Papers
A strategic overview of UK product development	p. 109
Technology management--a methodology towards achieving design excellence within the pharmaceutical industry	p. 123
Achieving excellence in the pharmaceutical industry--an equipment suppliers perspective	p. 127
Innovation: why is UK business shooting itself in the foot? Getting it right is vital for survival--but what are companies doing about it?	p. 137
Invited Specialist Papers
Constraints modelling in product design	p. 151
The four pillars of TRIZ	p. 163
Designing safer systems--the application of human factors methods	p. 175
Systematic Design
The application of engineering design principles to the development of software in computational mechanics	p. 185
A safety-based design support system incorporating fuzzy risk ranking approach	p. 193
A model for inclusive design	p. 203
From environmental assessment results to DFE product changes--an evaluation of quantitative and qualitative methods	p. 213
Design for Cost
Simulation in design for estimating manufacturing cost in the aerospace industry--an overview	p. 223
Cost modelling for aircraft design optimization	p. 231
Life-cycle engineering of an open type bulk carrier	p. 239
Design determines 70 percent of cost? A review of implications for design evaluation	p. 247
Next Generation Applications
Development of a modular design methodology for products designed to suit individual customer requirements--a case study	p. 261
Upgrading: an alternative for replacing with next generation machinery--a case study from a developing country	p. 271
Synergizing engineering design with business performance--an integrating methodology	p. 279
Using correlation chains to link customer requirements and physical laws	p. 291
Advanced Design Applications
Design for upgradeability--a simulation-based approach	p. 303
Design of insulating joint couplings	p. 313
The development of a fuzzy-rule-base for risk analysis of offshore engineering products using approximate reasoning	p. 327
How to manage '3-GEN' products and services	p. 339
Optimization--1
A component selection tool for mechatronic system design	p. 351
Optimization of materials and microstructure in 3-3 piezocomposites	p. 361
Engineering design optimization using Tabu search	p. 371
Strain based shallow shell finite element for circular cylindrical shells	p. 379
Design Methods--Industrial Applications
A validation model for the medical devices industry	p. 389
Complexity resolution for design excellence	p. 397
Validation of manufacturing facilities in the pharmaceuticals industry	p. 407
The use of formal design techniques in the development of a medical device	p. 419
Essentials of Design
Human error in the engineering design process	p. 431
A common language of design for excellence	p. 439
Research into the process of engineering change within incremental product design	p. 449
Aesthetic intelligence--optimizing user-centred design	p. 457
Design Strategies
Designs that created companies in Australia	p. 467
Strategic product definition	p. 479
Drivers and barriers to innovation	p. 489
Tendering for engineering contracts	p. 499
Design Methods--Customer Applications
Knowledge and inspiration--concept generation in engineering design	p. 509
Delighting the customer across cultural settings	p. 517
Effects of product experience and product representations in focus group interviews	p. 525
An investigation on specifications--component, source information areas, and contents	p. 533
Optimization--II
Reducing iterations during product development--issues of current research and application	p. 547
A method for the improved robustness of mechanical designs	p. 555
Change propagation in the design complex products	p. 563
Objective function development, using design charts, to reflect ship seakeeping, resistance, and maneuverability influences	p. 571
Re-Engineering
Re-engineering the product development process	p. 587
The use of function/means trees for modelling technical, semantic, and business functions	p. 593
The potential of product family management based on product platform concepts	p. 601
Negotiating to excellence--some case experiences with design management	p. 613
Design Systems
The design and development of a knowledge transfer framework and methodology for integrated product design (IDP)	p. 623
Design function deployment - a tutorial introduction	p. 633
An IDEF0 model of the design process - methods, tools, and techniques	p. 649
Decision-making and design concept selection	p. 659
CAD/CAM
A hybrid variant and generative methodology for modelling complex product families - a case study	p. 669
Investigation of pre-processing strategies for interference detection in free-form NC machines	p. 681
Whether to cast or weld: manufacturing process selection using features-based design - a case study	p. 693
The development of a reverse engineering system for integrated computer-aided design and manufacture	p. 707
Agile Design
A distributed process for the aerospace industry	p. 719
Development of an agile design system for SMEs	p. 729
A systematic approach for the improvement of product design	p. 739
Innovation of slide bearings	p. 747
Manufacturing Related Issues
Concepts for an efficient information management	p. 755
The influence of manufacturing information models on product development systems	p. 763
The surge-stagnate model for complex design	p. 771
Effect of manufacturing tolerances on rotor-bearing systems stability via interval analysis	p. 779
Miscellaneous Collection
The use of design data generated through design interpretation - a case study	p. 789
Motor drive for disconnectors	p. 797
Panel Discussion Papers
Approaches to design	p. 807
Systematic design and design methods	p. 811
Approach to design - a tale of two situations	p. 815
Systematic design - a research need	p. 819
Some notes on design philosophy	p. 823
Design from an industrial perspective	p. 827
Scaffolding the engineering design process - a social and data engineering approach	p. 833
Authors' Index	p. 841
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