INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING DESIGN

This book is the sixth edition of the ninth textbook in this series dealing with Introduction to Engineering Design. Jim Dally, working with College House Enterprises, has prepared eight previous books in this series&mdash,a new one almost every academic year&mdash,for the first-year engineering students of the University of Maryland at College Park. Several other Colleges of Engineering have adopted one or more of the books in this series to introduce design and engineering skills for their first or second year students.The book is organized into parts to present many topics that first year engineering students should understand as they proceed through a significant portion of the product realization process. Product and system development processes are introduced in Part I. Information on team skills and the importance of the product development process is covered in Chapter 1 and 2. The hovercraft missions are also presented in Chapter 2 together with a description of the design concepts involved in hovercraft development. By assigning a demanding project, a holistic approach is employed in the student&rsquo,s first engineering experience that motivates them. Design of a hovercraft enables the instructor an opportunity to integrate a spectrum of knowledge about many topics. The student&rsquo,s hands-on participation in design, building and testing a hovercraft significantly enhances their learning process. The theoretical background needed to conduct design analyses for the hovercraft is presented in Chapter 3. Chapter 4 describes basic electric circuits to provide technical background helpful for the design of the hovercraft. Sensors used to provide feedback signals for control of the hovercraft are discussed in Chapter 5. Chapter 6 introduces the fuel cells that will be used or ,propulsion of the hovercrafts, and finally, an extensive and detailed descriptio