【文章內容簡介】 er cleanly, safely, and economical/ without using fossil fuels and without damaging the surface of the earth?2. This gear shaft is giving trouble。 there have been eight failures in the last six weeks. Do something about it.On the other hand, the statement of a particular need to be satisfied may be so nebulous and ill defined that a considerable amount of thought and effort is necessary in ( order to state it dearly as a problem requiring a solution. Here are two 1. Lots of people are killed in airplane accidents.2. In big cities there are too many automobiles on the streets and highways.This second type of design situation is characterized by the fact that neither the need nor the problem to be solved has been identified. Note, too, that the situation may contain not one problem but many.We can classify design, too. For instance, we speak of:1. Clothing design 7. Bridge design2. Interior design 8. Computeraided design3. Highway design 9. Heating system design. 4. Landscape design 10. Machine design5. Building design 11. Engineering design6. Ship design 12. Process designIn fact, there are an endless number, since we can classify design according to the particular article or product or according to the professional field,In contrast to scientific or mathematical problems, design problems have no unique answers。 it is absurd, for example, to request the correct answer to a design problem, because there is none. In fact, a good answer today may well turn out to be a poor answer tomorrow, if there is a growth of knowledge during the period or if there are other structural or societal changes.Almost everyone is Involved with design in one way or another, even in dally living, because problems are posed and situations arise which must be solved. A design problem is not a hypothetical problem at all. Design has an authentic purpose—the creation of an end result by taking definite action, or the creation of something having physical reality. In engineering, the word design conveys different meanings to different persons. Some think of a designer as one who employs the drawing board to draft the details of a gear, clutch, or other machine member. Others think of design as the creation of a plex system, such as a munications network. In some areas of engineering the word design has been replaced by other terms such as systems engineering or applied decision theory. But no matter what words are used to describe the design function, in engineering it is still the process in which scientific principles and the tools of engineering—mathematics, puters, graphics, and English—are used to produce a plan which, when carried out, will satisfy a human need.Mechanical Engineering DesignMechanical design means die design of things and systems of a mechanical nature machines, products, structures, devices, and instruments. For the most part, mechanical design utilizes mathematics, the materials sciences, and the engineeringmechanics sciences.Mechanical engineering design includes all mechanical design, but it is a broader study, because it includes all the disciplines of mechanical engineering, such as the thermal and fluids sciences, too. Aside from the fundamental sciences that are required, the first studies in mechanical engineering design are in mechanical design.The Phases of DesignThe plete process, from start to finish. The process W begins with a recognition of a need and a decision to do something about it. After much iteration, the process ends with the presentation of the plans for satisfying the need.9 / 9Design Considerations Sometimes the strength required of an element in a system is an important factor in the determination of the geometry and the dimensions of the element. In such a situation we say that strength is an important design consideration. When we use the expression design consideration, we are referring to some characteristic which influences the design of the element or, perhaps, the entire system. Usually quite a number of such characteristics must be considered in a given design situation. Many of the important ones are as follows:1. Strength 2. Reliability 3. Thermal properties4. Corrosion 5. Wear 6. Friction7. Processing 8. Utility 9. Cost10. Safety 11. Weight 12. Life 13. Noise 14. Styling