Planning and Design of Engineering Systems

Name: Planning and Design of Engineering Systems
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ISBN: 9780415405515

ISBN-10: 0415405513

ISBN-13: 9780415405515

Edition: 2nd 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Trevor Daniell, Robert Warner, David Walker, Graeme Dandy

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Providing students with a commonsense approach to the solution of engineering problems and packed full of case studies to illustrate the role of the engineer, the type of work involved and the methodologies employed in engineering practice, this textbook is an introduction to the scope and nature of engineering.

Book details

List price: $220.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: CRC Press LLC
Publication date: 10/30/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English

Rob Warner is a senior technical staff member for Availity, LLC, based in Jacksonville, Florida, where he works with various teams and technologies to deliver solutions in the healthcare sector. He co-authored emThe Definitive Guide to SWT and JFace/em (Apress, 2004), and he blogs at a href="http://www.Grailbox.com"Grailbox.com/a. He earned his bachelor s degree in English from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He lives in Jacksonville with his wife, Sherry, and their five children.



Preface



Engineers in Society



Introduction



Society and its engineering infrastructure



Engineering in history



The nature and scope of engineering work



Engineering, science and mathematics



Engineering as creative problem solving



Engineering in the 21st Century



Summary


Problems


References



Engineering Systems Concepts



Dealing with complexity



Systems and processes



Modelling and analysis of systems and processes



Systems concepts



Engineering modelling



Engineering analysis



Summary


Problems


References



Example of state-space analysis



Engineering Planning and Design



Terminology



Planning and design as problem-solving processes



Methodology for solving open-ended problems



Engineering planning



The design process



Problem formulation phase



Feasibility study and concept design



Preliminary planning and design



Detailed planning and design



Implementation



The Solution-first strategy



Other aspects of planning and design



Example: Planning for a city water supply system


Problems


References



Creativity and Creative Thinking



Introduction



Creativity defined



The brain and its workings



The brain and heuristics



Creativity and the Eureka Moment



Techniques for stimulating ideas



Summary


Problems


References



Project Planning Techniques



Introduction



Historical background



The critical path method



Gantt charts



Resource scheduling



Summary


Problems


References



Management Processes and Skills



Introduction



Management history and process



Working in groups and teams



Leadership



Behavioural styles of individuals



Group and team development



Team meeting skills



Personal time management skills



Summary


Problems


References



The MBTI descriptions



The MBTI dimensions



Communication



Introduction



Preparing for communication



Active listening



Non-verbal communication



Oral presentations



Written communication



Communication in groups



Plagiarism



Summary


Problems


References



Economic Evaluation



Introduction



The time value of money



Discounting formulae



Evaluation criteria



A comparison of the evaluation criteria



Advantages and limitations of each criterion



Economic benefits



Economic costs



Cost estimation



Selection of project life and discount rate


Problems


References



Sustainability, Environmental and Social Considerations



Introduction



Sustainability



Planning and design for sustainability



Environmental considerations



Environmental assessment programs and techniques



Social impact



Social assessment tools and methods



Summary


Problems


References



The Battelle classification and Leopold matrix



Ethics and Law



Awareness of ethics



Ethics and whistle blowing



The legal system



Law of contract



Law of tort



The process of disputes



Legal responsibility in managing staff



Summary


Problems


References



Risk and Reliability



Introduction



Levels of risk



Reliability based design



Selection of safety coefficients



Reliability, resilience and vulnerability



Reliability of engineering components



System reliability



Summary


Problems


References



Engineering Decision-making



Introduction



Decision-making with certainty of outcome



Decision-making with risk of outcome



Risk aversion, risk acceptance and utility



Decision-making with uncertainty of outcome



Decision-making with competition



The human factor in decision-making



Summary


Problems


References



Optimisation



Introduction



Approaches to optimisation



Linear programming



Graphical solution of LP problems



Canonical and standard form of an LP problem



Basic feasible solutions



The simplex method



Some difficulties in solving LP problems



Examples of LP problems



Duality



Non-linear optimisation



Unconstrained problems using calculus



Separable programming



Dynamic programming



Heuristic optimisation methods



Summary


Problems


References



Necessary and sufficient conditions for the solution of unconstrained multivariate optimisation problems



Hydraulic analysis of pipe networks



Epilogue


Index