Unit 1 Computational Design
Unit 1 Computational Design
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Focus and Objectives of Course
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Course Summary
• Focus on:
– Identifying the need and developing concepts
– Analysis of Machine Elements and Synthesis
– Materials Selection
– Synthesis, Design, Modeling, Fabrication and
Characterization of a product or system
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Engineering Design: Key Roles in
Design Process
• Client: A person or
Client group or company that
wants a design
conceived
• User: A person who
will employ or operate
whatever is being
designed
Designer User • Designer: Solve the
client’s problem in a
way that meets the
user’s needs
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Engineering Design: Definitions
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Key Definitions
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Measuring Success of Engineering
Design
• Metric: A standard of measurement; in the context of
engineering design, a scale on which the
achievement of a design’s objectives can be
measured and assessed.
• Specifications: A scale on which the achievement of a
design’s functions can be measured. Specifications are
engineering statements of the extent to which functions
are performed by a design.
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Design Process
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Design Process
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Design Process Steps
• Identify the need. Understand the need.
• Describe the need: what is desired,
what is undesired. Constraints. Break
Pathfinding
down the problem in parts.
• Research: what exists out there overall and for
sub-problems.
• Identify options: that could meet the
requirements/constraints.
• Analyze, evaluate: effectiveness of options.
Technolog
Modify, combine as needed. Select most
y
effective option.
Selection
• Detailed design: CAD, stress analysis,
manufacturing specs. Technology
• Prototyping and Testing Development
• Manufacturing process design Ramp &
• Production. High-volume
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