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A very good introductory book about Mechanical Design for Industrial Designers is: A very good ''introductory'' book about Mechanical Design is:
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 * Skakoon J.G., The Elements of Mechanical Design, ASME Press, 2008.  * [Skakoon2008]Skakoon J.G., The Elements of Mechanical Design, ASME Press, 2008.
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It can be bought at Lucid or lended from the university library. The main rules from this book are:
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== Mechanical Design presentation ==
The presentation I give using this book can be found here: [[attachment:The Elements of Mechanical Design presentation]]
 1. Create designs that are '''explicitly simple''' - keep complexity intrinsic
 1. Keep the functions of a design '''independent''' from one another
 1. Use '''exact constraint''' when designing structures and mechanisms. Never overconstrain a design!
 1. Plan the load path in parts, structures and assemblies.
 1. Triangulate parts and structures to make them '''stiffer'''
 1. Avoid bending stresses. Prefer tension and compression.
 1. Improve designs with '''self-help'''.
 1. '''Manage friction''' in mechanisms. Use friction deliberately or avoid it completely.
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== Other good books are: ==
 * Koster M.P., Constructieprincipes voor het nauwkeurig bewegen en positioneren, Uitgeverij Universiteit Twente, 1996.
 * Beitz W., Kuettner K.H., Dubbel Taschenbuch fuer den Maschinenbau, Springer Verlag.
 * Leijendeckers P.H.H.et al., Poly-Technisch Zakboekje, Reed Business Information, 2005.
 * Cross N., Engineering Design Methods, Strategies for Product Design, John Wiley & Sons, 1995.
== Important topics: ==
Important topics in Design and Mechanical Design in particular are:
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Koster's book is about principles of Mechanical Design.  1. [[Design light and stiff]]
 1. [[Exact constraint design]]
 1. [[The engineering design process]]
 1. Design for manufacturability: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_for_manufacturability
 1. Design for assembly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_for_assembly
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Dubbel is the "bible" of Mechanical Design, Engineering and Manufacturing. It is called a pocket book but it is so complete it does not fit in your pocket anymore. Topics recently of more importance, because we only have 1 Earth, are:
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The book of Leijendeckers is a small book covering a lot of things of engineering in general.

Nigel Cross covers the more general topics about design methodologies.
 1. [[Design for repairability]]
 1. [[Design for sustainability]]
 1. [[Circular design]]
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Mechanical Design

Introductory book

A very good introductory book about Mechanical Design is:

  • [Skakoon2008]Skakoon J.G., The Elements of Mechanical Design, ASME Press, 2008.

The main rules from this book are:

  1. Create designs that are explicitly simple - keep complexity intrinsic

  2. Keep the functions of a design independent from one another

  3. Use exact constraint when designing structures and mechanisms. Never overconstrain a design!

  4. Plan the load path in parts, structures and assemblies.
  5. Triangulate parts and structures to make them stiffer

  6. Avoid bending stresses. Prefer tension and compression.
  7. Improve designs with self-help.

  8. Manage friction in mechanisms. Use friction deliberately or avoid it completely.

Important topics:

Important topics in Design and Mechanical Design in particular are:

  1. Design light and stiff

  2. Exact constraint design

  3. The engineering design process

  4. Design for manufacturability: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_for_manufacturability

  5. Design for assembly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_for_assembly

Topics recently of more importance, because we only have 1 Earth, are:

  1. Design for repairability

  2. Design for sustainability

  3. Circular design


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