Table of Contents

CONTENTS; Preface; 1. INTRODUCTION TO PRODUCT DESIGN: ASIMOW'S MODEL; 2. PRODUCT DESIGN PRACTICE AND INDUSTRY; 3. STRENGTH CONSIDERATION IN PRODUCT DESIGN; 4. DESIGN FOR STIFFNESS AND RIGIDITY; 5. PRODUCTION PROCESSES; 6. DESIGN FOR PRODUCTION--METAL PARTS; 7. MATERIAL PROCESSING OF PLASTICS, RUBBER, GLASS AND CERAMICS; 8. DESIGNING WITH PLASTICS, RUBBER, CERAMICS AND WOOD; 9. OPTIMIZATION IN DESIGN; 10. ECONOMIC FACTORS INFLUENCING DESIGN; 11. HUMAN ENGINEERING CONSIDERATIONS IN PRODUCT DESIGN; 12. VALUE ENGINEERING AND PRODUCT DESIGN; 13. ROLE OF COMPUTER IN PRODUCT DESIGN, MANUFACTURING AND MANAGEMENT; 14. MODERN APPROACHES TO PRODUCT DESIGN; 15. QUALITY ASSURANCE IN PRODUCT DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING; 16. NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCT MANAGEMENT; 17. PRODUCT DESIGN FOR ENVIRONMENT; Index.

About the Author

A. K. CHITALE (PhD) is Academic Advisor, and former Director, Govindram Seksaria Institute of Management and Research, Indore. Earlier, he was Professor and Head, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science (SGSITS), Indore. R. C. GUPTA (PhD) is Professor and Head, Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, SGSITS, Indore. He is also a Fellow member of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants (ICWA), Kolkata, and the member of Institution of Engineers (India).