Design Factors

Engineering parameters: safety, quality, reliability, maintenance, energy consumption, product life-cycle. Some of these may be specified in a standard, others are required by the market. Some are just plain old common sense.

From MEM30008A Delivery Plan

2.   Verify that customer requirements have been met in the engineering application criteria

1. Criteria for the engineering application criteria are reviewed against customer requirement and deficiencies are noted.
2. Knowledge of engineering parameters is applied to evaluate the engineering application criteria.
3. Use of appropriate and relevant standards and codes is verified using standard operating procedures or reference to supervisor.

• engineering parameters:
  • safety of personnel, consequences of failure (such as human injury)
  • quality of product consideration
  • material reliability and choice
  • safety factors
  • maintenance, source of spares/service
  • energy consumption

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Contents

Engineering Design Concepts (218kB) Engineering Design Concepts (197kB)

 

In this topic (Design Factors) we will cover chapters 1, 2 and 3 from the Engineering Design Concepts document.

 

1. The Design Process                 1.1  Introduction                                                        
                                                            1.2  Importance of Engineering Design
                                                            1.3  Basic Design Strategies
                                                            1.4  Design Methods
                                                            1.5  Review Questions
                                                                       
2. Regulations                                 2.1  What is a Standard?
                                                            2.2  Regulatory Authorities
                                                            2.3  Some Standards used in Engineering Design
                                                            2.4  Intellectual Property
                                                            2.5  Design Checklist: Standards and Codes
                                                            2.6  Review Questions

3. Design Issues                             3.1  General Issues
                                                            3.2  Functional Performance
                                                            3.2  Market Focus
                                                            3.3  Design Checklist: Design Issues
                                                            3.4  Review Questions

Engineering Design Concepts