Clive Dym and Patrick Little
2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons

Table of Contents
1. Engineering Design
2. The Design Process
3. Understanding the Client’s Problem
4. Functions and Specifications
5. Finding Answers to the Problem
6. Reporting the Outcome
7. Managing [...]

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Clive Dym and Patrick Little
2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons
Table of Contents

1. Engineering Design
1.1. Where and When Do Engineers Design
(engineer, designer, client, user, detailed design, conceptual design, design teams)
1.2. Defining Engineering Design
1.2.1. Our Definition of Engineering Design
(artifacts, form, function, performance parameters, attributes, [...]

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Clive Dym and Patrick Little
2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons
Table of Contents

2. The Design Process
2.1. How a Design Process Unfolds
2.1.1. Questions About the “safe” Ladder Project
(ladder, objectives, requirements, constraints, functions, design specifications, design alternatives, model, analyze, test and evaluate, refine, optimize, document)
2.1.2. [...]

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Clive Dym and Patrick Little
2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons
Table of Contents

3. Understanding The Clients Problem
3.1. Objective Trees: Translating and Clarifying the Client’s Want
(client, customer/user needs, errors, biases, implied solutions, product specifications)
3.1.1. Object Attributes and Lists of Objective
(attributes, brainstorming)
3.1.2. Goals and [...]

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Clive Dym and Patrick Little
2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons
Table of Contents

4. Functions and Specifications
(functions, performance specifications)
4.1. Identifying Functions to Realize Objectives
(design artifacts, artifact dissection)
4.1.1. What Are Functions?
(transformation functions, forces, basic function, secondary function, required secondary functions, unwanted secondary functions, functional analysis and decomposition)
4.1.2. [...]

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