Buch, Englisch, 496 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 931 g
Buch, Englisch, 496 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 931 g
ISBN: 978-0-521-01775-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
The development of a new design is often thought of as a fundamentally human, creative act. However, emerging research has demonstrated that aspects of design synthesis can be formalized. First steps in this direction were taken in the early 1960s when systematic techniques were introduced to guide engineers in producing high-quality designs. By the mid-1980s these methods had evolved from their informal (guideline-like) origins to more formal (computable) methods. In recent years, highly automated design synthesis techniques have emerged. This timely book reviews the state-of-the-art in formal design synthesis methods. It also provides an in-depth exploration of several representative projects in formal design synthesis and examines future directions in computational design synthesis research. Written by internationally renowned experts in engineering and architectural design, it covers topics at the cutting edge of engineering design, and will appeal to designers, researchers and engineering graduate students.
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Preface; Introduction; 1. Vitruvius redux: formalized design synthesis in architecture; 2. How to calculate with shapes; 3. Engineering shape grammars: where have we been and where are we going; 4. Creating structural configurations; 5. Microsystem design synthesis; 6. Function-based synthesis methods in engineering design: state-of-the-art, methods analysis, and visions for the future; 7. Artificial intelligence for design; 8. Evolutionary and adaptive synthesis methods; 9. Kinematic synthesis; 10. Systematic chemical process synthesis; 11. Synthesis of analog and mixed-signal integrated electronic circuits; 12. Mechanical design compilers; 13. Scientific discovery and inventive engineering design: cognitive and computational similarities; Index.
