e-Design (eBook)

e-Design: Computer-Aided Engineering Design, Revised First Edition is the first book to integrate a discussion of computer design tools throughout the design process. Through the use of this book, the reader will understand basic design principles and all-digital design paradigms, the CAD/CAE/CAM tools available for various design related tasks, how to put an integrated system together to conduct All-Digital Design (ADD), industrial practices in employing ADD, and tools for product development.

• Provides a comprehensive and thorough coverage on the essential elements for practicing all-digital design (ADD)
• Covers CAD/CAE methods throughout the design process, including solid modelling, performance simulation, reliability, manufacturing, cost estimates, and rapid prototyping
• Discusses CAD/CAE/CAM/RP/CNC tools and data integration for support of the all-digital design process
• Reviews off-the-shelf tools for support of modeling, simulations, manufacturing, and product data management
• Provides tutorial type projects using ProENGINEER and SolidWorks for readers to exercise design examples and gain hands-on experience
• Contains a series of running examples throughout the book that illustrate the practical use of the ADD paradigm and tools

Dr. Kuang-Hua Chang is a Williams Presidential Professor for the School of Aerospace and Mechanical
Engineering (AME) at the University of Oklahoma (OU), Norman, OK. He received his diploma in
Mechanical Engineering from National Taipei Institute of Technology, Taiwan, in 1980; an M.S. and
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Iowa in 1987 and 1990, respectively. Since then, he joined the Center for Computer-Aided Design (CCAD) at Iowa as Research Scientist and CAE
Technical Area Manager. In 1997, he joined OU. His areas of interest include Virtual Prototyping, CAD,
Fatigue and Reliability Analysis; Tools and Information Integration for Concurrent Design and
Manufacturing; Solid Freeform Fabrication, as well as bioengineering applications. His research has been published in three books and more than 130 articles in international journals and conference proceedings.
Dr. Chang has also received numerous awards in both teaching and research in the past few years. He is a recipient of the SAE Ralph R. Teetor Award (2006), Best Paper Award of iCEER-2005 iNEER
Conference for Engineering Education and Research, Outstanding Asian American Award (2003), and
Public Employee Award of OKC Mayor's Committee Award on Disability Concerns (2002). In addition,
he received awards from OU, including: Alumni Teaching Awards (spring and fall 2007, fall 2008, spring
2009), Regents' Award on Superior Research and Creative Activities (2004), BP AMOCO Good
Teaching Award (2002), and Junior Faculty Award (1999). He was named Williams Presidential
Professor in 2005 for meeting the highest standards of excellence in scholarship and teaching.
Dr. Chang has worked with aerospace and automotive industry, and created Reverse Engineering testbed to support MRO (maintenance, repair, and overhaul). He has also served as technical consultants to US industry and foreign companies, such as LG-Electronics, and Seagate Technology.

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e-Design: Computer-Aided Engineering Design, Revised First Edition is the first book to integrate a discussion of computer design tools throughout the design process. Through the use of this book, the reader will understand basic design principles and all-digital design paradigms, the CAD/CAE/CAM tools available for various design related tasks, how to put an integrated system together to conduct All-Digital Design (ADD), industrial practices in employing ADD, and tools for product development. Comprehensive coverage of essential elements for understanding and practicing the e-Design paradigm in support of product design, including design method and process, and computer based tools and technology Part I: Product Design Modeling discusses virtual mockup of the product created in the CAD environment, including not only solid modeling and assembly theories, but also the critical design parameterization that converts the product solid model into parametric representation, enabling the search for better design alternatives Part II: Product Performance Evaluation focuses on applying CAE technologies and software tools to support evaluation of product performance, including structural analysis, fatigue and fracture, rigid body kinematics and dynamics, and failure probability prediction and reliability analysis Part III: Product Manufacturing and Cost Estimating introduces CAM technology to support manufacturing simulations and process planning, sheet forming simulation, RP technology and computer numerical control (CNC) machining for fast product prototyping, as well as manufacturing cost estimate that can be incorporated into product cost calculations Part IV: Design Theory and Methods discusses modern decision-making theory and the application of the theory to engineering design, introduces the mainstream design optimization methods for both single and multi-objectives problems through both batch and interactive design modes, and provides a brief discussion on sensitivity analysis, which is essential for designs using gradient-based approaches Tutorial lessons and case studies are offered for readers to gain hands-on experiences in practicing e-Design paradigm using two suites of engineering software: Pro/ENGINEER-based, including Pro/MECHANICA Structure, Pro/ENGINEER Mechanism Design, and Pro/MFG; and SolidWorks-based, including SolidWorks Simulation, SolidWorks Motion, and CAMWorks. Available on the companion website http://booksite.elsevier.com/9780123820389