Introduction: What is designing, Man as a designer: Design by evolution, inadequacies of traditional design method: System approach of engineering problems: Need models: design history of large scale existing system. Morphology of Design: The three phases of design projects, the structure of design process, decision making and iteration.
Preliminary need statement, analysis of need, specifications, and standards of performance and constraints.
Process of idealization, mental fixity, and some design methods like morphological analysis, AIDA, brain storming etc.
Mathematical modeling for functional design: concept of sensitivity, compatibility and stability analysis.
Physical realizability, DESIGN TREE: Quality of design, Concept of utility, multi criteria decisions, decisions under uncertainty and risk (Numerical)
Bath tub curve, exponential reliability function, system reliability concept. (Numerical)
Economics and Optimization in Engineering design: Economics in Engineering Design, Fixed and variable costs, break-even analysis. (Numerical) Optimization: Introduction to LPP.
Designing for use and maintenance, Man-Machine Cycle, Design of displays and controls. Factors influencing displays and controls.