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You are currently browsing 1–10 of 18 new and published books in the subject of Industrial Design — sorted by publish date from newer books to older books.

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New and Published Books

  1. Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2013

    Proceedings of the international conference on Ergonomics & Human Factors 2013, Cambridge, UK, 15-18 April 2013

    Edited by Martin Anderson

    The broad and developing scope of ergonomics - the application of scientific knowledge to improve people’s interaction with products, systems and environments - has been illustrated for 27 years by the books which make up the Contemporary Ergonomics series.This book presents the proceedings of the...

    Published April 8th 2013 by Taylor & Francis

  2. Direct Gear Design

    By Alexander L. Kapelevich

    Over the last several decades, gearing development has focused on improvements in materials, manufacturing technology and tooling, thermal treatment, and coatings and lubricants. In contrast, gear design methods have remained frozen in time, as the vast majority of gears are designed with standard...

    Published March 21st 2013 by CRC Press

  3. Meshless Methods and Their Numerical Properties

    By Hua Li, Shantanu S. Mulay

    Meshless, or meshfree methods, which overcome many of the limitations of the finite element method, have achieved significant progress in numerical computations of a wide range of engineering problems. A comprehensive introduction to meshless methods, Meshless Methods and Their Numerical Properties...

    Published February 21st 2013 by CRC Press

  4. Rail Human Factors

    Supporting reliability, safety and cost reduction

    Edited by Nastaran Dadashi, Anita Scott, John R Wilson, Ann Mills

    The rail human factors/ergonomics community has grown quickly and extensively, and there is much increased recognition of the vital importance of ergonomics/human factors by rail infrastructure owners, rail operating companies, system developers, regulators and national and trans-national...

    Published February 18th 2013 by Taylor & Francis

  5. Design Engineer's Handbook

    By Keith L. Richards

    Student design engineers often require a "cookbook" approach to solving certain problems in mechanical engineering. With this focus on providing simplified information that is easy to retrieve, retired mechanical design engineer Keith L. Richards has written Design Engineer’s Handbook. This book...

    Published October 1st 2012 by CRC Press

  6. Rail Human Factors around the World

    Impacts on and of People for Successful Rail Operations

    Edited by John R Wilson, Ann Mills, Theresa Clarke, Jane Rajan, Nastaran Dadashi

    The rail human factors/ergonomics community has grown quickly and extensively, and there is much increased recognition of the vital importance of ergonomics/human factors by rail infrastructure owners, rail operating companies, system developers, regulators and national and trans-national...

    Published September 12th 2012 by Taylor & Francis

  7. Introduction to AutoCAD 2013

    2D and 3D Design

    By Alf Yarwood

    Master the complexities of the world's bestselling 2D and 3D software with Alf Yarwood's Introduction to AutoCAD 2013. Ideally suited to new users of AutoCAD, this book will be a useful resource for drawing modules in both vocational and introductory undergraduate courses in engineering and...

    Published August 28th 2012 by Routledge

  8. Advances in Affective and Pleasurable Design

    Edited by Yong Gu Ji

    Series: Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics Series

    This volume discusses pleasurable design — a part of the traditional usability design and evaluation methodologies. The book emphasizes the importance of designing products and services to maximize user satisfaction. By combining this with traditional usability methods it increases the appeal of...

    Published July 16th 2012 by CRC Press

  9. Engineering Optimization

    A Modern Approach

    By Ranjan Ganguli

    This book provides a thorough understanding of the concepts of optimization methods from a modern perspective at the conceptual stage of complex technical systems. It focuses on nonlinear optimization with an emphasis on methods such as response surface and genetic algorithms. The text moves the...

    Published April 15th 2012 by Universities Press

  10. Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2012

    Proceedings of the international conference on Ergonomics & Human Factors 2012, Blackpool, UK, 16-19 April 2012

    Edited by Martin Anderson

    The broad and developing scope of ergonomics - the application of scientific knowledge to improve people’s interaction with products, systems and environments - has been illustrated for 25 years by the books which make up the Contemporary Ergonomics series. This book presents the proceedings of the...

    Published April 15th 2012 by CRC Press