In the early 1960s, systematic techniques were introduced to guide engineers in producing high-quality designs. By the mid-1980s, these methods evolved from their informal (guideline-like) origins to more formal (computable) methods. In recent years, highly automated design synthesis techniques have emerged. This book explores the state of the art in formal design methods. It also provides an in-depth exploration of several representative projects in formal design syntheses and examines future directions in computational design synthesis research. The chapters are written by experts in engineering and architectural design. Among topics covered are: shape grammars, architectural design, evolutionary techniques, kinematic design, chemical and electronic design, MEMS design, design compilation, function synthesis, and the use of artificial intelligence in synthesis.
The publication of this book marks recognition of the effect of the surface produced in manufacturing (surface integrity) on the functional performance of product, in terms of such fac- tors as fatigue, corrosion, and strength. This work, intended mainly for seniors and graduate students, is also useful for the professional manufacturing engineer, with its referenced explanations of both theory and practice. The author, a specialist in manufacturing engineering and metrology, has been largely responsible for the development of the concept of surface integrity in the UK and the relationship between the surface and functional performance. This book is the first to be published in the new Manufacturing Engineering Modular Series.
Gas turbine engines and systems are designed to convert the energy of a fuel into some form of useful power, such as mechanical shaft power, electrical power, or the high-speed thrust of a jet. Research and development designed to perfect efficient cooling in gas turbines require fundamental and applied investigations of heat transfer. This book contains contributions from prominent specialists in the field today and covers a broad spectrum of heat transfer phenomena in gas turbines. This is Volume 8 in WIT Press's Developments in Heat Transfer Series.
Turbulence modeling is a critically important area in any industry dealing with fluid flow, having many implications for computational fluid dynamics codes. It also retains a huge interest for applied mathematicians, since there are many unsolved problems. This book provides a comprehensive account of the state of the art in predicting turbulent and transitional flows by some of the world's leaders in these fields. The work, which grew out of a two-week instructional conference at the Newton Institute at the University of Cambridge, is designed to serve as a graduate-level textbook and, equally, as a reference for researchers in industry or academia. It is composed of three parts: Physical and Numerical Techniques, Flow Types and Processes, and Future Directions.
A solid understanding of tribology is essential for engineers in many fields working to design and ensure the reliability of machine parts and systems. This book presents detailed coverage of the mechanisms of friction, material wear, and all major lubrication techniques—liquids, solids, and gases—along with traditional and state-of-the-art applications, as well as the latest material coverage of micro/nanotribology, MEMS, and magnetic surface storage applications. The author has included exercises and problems, aiming the volume at mechanical, chemical, and materials engineers in product and process design, as well as students in those disciplines and in physics.
Digital technology is causing significant change in architecture and engineering. The change from manual to digital methods of content creation has not only changed how students learn their craft, but also created a generation of professionals who face the threat of obsolescence. For both newcomers to the field and professionals who predate the digital revolution, this book provides tools needed to work with today's range of electronic graphic techniques and computer-aided visualization. The author covers the concepts and specific details required for producing visual content with computers—without being tied to any single software product. This work is an introduction to basic computing methods common to all environmental design professions.
Useful procedures in the design of industrial noise abatement systems and equipment to reduce the generation and transmission of noise are discussed in this volume. So is compliance with standards of OSHA, the EPA, and HUD. The author, an ASME Fellow, describes the production, control, conduction, reception, and effect of sound in the operation of industrial plants and machinery, electrical generating systems, commercial complexes, and household appliances to determine the effectiveness and cost efficiency of noise control procedures and evaluate the performance of specific acoustic designs. He presents numerous case studies and end-of-chapter problems.
Instability of flows and their transition to turbulence are widespread phenomena in engineering and the natural environment, and are important in applied mathematics, astrophysics, biology, geophysics, meteorology, oceanography, and physics, as well as engineering. This is a textbook to introduce these phenomena at a level suitable for a graduate course, by modeling them mathematically, and describing numerical simulations and laboratory experiments. The visualization of instabilities is emphasized with many figures, and in references to more still and moving pictures. The relation of chaos to transition is discussed at length. Many worked examples and exercises illustrate the ideas of the text.
A Multi-Dimensional Complex Variable Boundary Element Method
The complex variable boundary element method is a numerical technique useful in developing approximations of boundary value problems involving the LaPlace and Poisson partial differential equations. Because the method is based upon the Cauchy integral theorem of complex variables, it has so far been limited to two-dimensional geometry applications. In this book, the two-dimensional barrier is removed. The author presents three new theorems that establish a link between all two-dimensional boundary element techniques and also proves that any of these methods, with mild conditions, can be used to approximate three- and higher-dimensional problems of the LaPlace or Poisson type. This book is No. 40 in WIT's Topics in Engineering Series.
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