PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND CUSTOMER NEEDS
Product development versus design, types of design and redesign, modern production development process, scoping product development - S-curve , Understanding of customer needs- Gathering customer needs, organizing and prioritizing customer needs, establishing product function, FAST method, establishing system functionality.
CONCEPT GENERATION AND SELECTION
Information gathering, brain ball, C-sketch/6-3-5 method, morphological analysis, concept selection - introduction, technical feasibility, selection process, Pugh chart, measurement theory, numerical concept scoring DFMA, design for robustness.
CONCEPT EMBODIMENT AND MODELING OF PRODUCT METRICES
Refining geometry and layout, advanced methods -system modelling, mechanical embodiment principles, FMEA - linking fault states to system modelling, fault tree analysis - modelling of product metrics - introduction, product models.
DESIGN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
DFE methods, life cycle assessment, weighted sum assessment method, techniques to reduce environmental impact - Disassembly, Recyclability, Remanufacturing regulations and standards.
PHYSICAL PROTOTYPES AND EXPERIMENTATION
Types of prototypes, use of prototypes, rapid prototyping - technique, classification and working principle, scale, dimensional analysis and similitude, physical model and experimentation - design of experiments, statistical analysis of experiments, product applications of physical modelling and DOE
Reference Book:
1.Alexis Leon, “Enterprise Resource Planningâ€, Tata McGraw Hill, New York , Edition III,2014.(UNIT IV,V)
2.Concurrent Engg. /Integrated Product Development. Kemnneth Crow, DRMAssociates, 26/3, ViaOlivera, Palos Verdes, CA 90274 (310) 377 569, WorkshopBook (UNIT I, II, III).
3.“Effective Product Design and Developmentâ€, Stephen Rosenthal, Business OneOrwin Homewood, 2014, ISBN, 1-55623-603-434(UNIT I, II, III).
4.George E Dieter, “Engineering Design, A Materials and Processing Approachâ€, McGraw Hill International Book Co, 2012.(UNIT I, IV, V).
5.Chitale A.V. and Gupta R.C., “Product Design and Manufacturingâ€, 5th Edition, PHI, 2016 (Unit I, II, III).
Text Book:
1.Kevin Otto and Kristin Wood, “Techniques in Reverse Engineering and New Product Developmentâ€, Pearson Education, Chennai, Edition-V , 2013. (UNIT I,II,III,IV,V)
2.“Product Design and Developmentâ€, Karl T.Ulrich and Steven D.Eppinger, McGrawHill International Edns,New York, Edition – VI , 2015.(UNIT II,III,IV)
