Engineering Design: A Systems Approach

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is not to deal with all the aspects of design of an engineering system, but to discuss the design process using the systems approach, which the design department or section of a manufacturing concern, particularly in the electronics, aerospace, machine tool sector and the producers of consumer goods such as automobiles, office equipment, and household appliances and in many other areas, can use. For a manufacturer, the research function helps develop new products or useful design modifications to an existing product range and development activity, which is basically an engineering function aimed at converting the research concept into a viable product, is known as an R&D activity and sometimes it may be associated with design engineering as a project design and development function.