机械工业出版社在2006年出版了美国大卫G·乌尔曼所著《机械设计过程》第3版的中文翻译本，几年以后编者又见到了该书英文原版的第4版，这一版在保留原有特色的基础上有了较大的改进，反映了机械设计近年来的一些重要的发展和研究成果。

本书明确提出了“产品设计”的设计原理，是针对产品设计的设计思想、理论、技术和方法的总结，而对于那些针对“机构”和“零件结构”的设计手段，只作为基础知识介绍。同时，本书全面、具体地给出了“设计学”的基本内容，详细地引出了设计的典型步骤，每一个步骤的任务和目标，应考虑的主要问题和常用的解决方法，对产品设计具有很好的指导作用。

本书明确提出了“产品设计”的设计技术，是针对产品设计的设计思想，理论、技术和方法，而对于那些针对“机构”和“零件结构”的设计技术，只作为基础知识介绍。

本书全面、具体地给出了“设计学”的基本内容，详细地引出了设计的典型步骤，每一个步骤的任务、目标，应考虑的主要问题和常用的解决方法，对产品设计具有很好的指导作用。

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PREFACE

CHAPTER 1 Why Study the Design Process?

 1.1 Introduction

 1.2 Measuring the Design Process with Product Cost, Quality, and Time to Market

 1.3 The History of the Design Process

 1.4 The Life of a Product

 1.5 The Many Solutions for Design Problems

 1.6 The Basic Actions of Problem Solving

 1.7 Knowledge and Learning During Design

 1.8 Design for Sustainability

CHAPTER 2 Understanding Mechanical Design

 2.1 Introduction

 2.2 Importance of Product Function, Behavior, and Performance

 2.3 Mechanical Design Languages and Abstraction

 2.4 Different Types of Mechanical Design Problems

 2.5 Constraints, Goals, and Design Decisions

 2.6 Product Decomposition

CHAPTER 3 Designers and Design Teams

 3.1 Introduction

 3.2 The Individual Designer: A Model of Human Information Processing

 3.3 Mental Processes That Occur During Design

 3.4 Characteristics of Creators

 3.5 The Structure of Design Teams

 3.6 Building Design Team Performance

CHAPTER 4 The Design Process and Product Discovery

 4.1 Introduction

 4.2 Overview of the Design Process

 4.3 Designing Quality into Products

 4.4 Product Discovery

 4.5 Choosing a Project

CHAPTER 5 Planning for Design

 5.1 Introduction

 5.2 Types of Project Plans

 5.3 Planning for Deliverables The Development of Information

 5.4 Building a Plan

 5.5 Design Plan Examples

 5.6 Communication During the Design Process

CHAPTER 6 Understanding the Problem and the Development of Engineering Specifications

 6.1 Introduction

 6.2 Step 1: Identify the Customers: Who Are They?

 6.3 Step 2: Determine the Customers' Requirements: What Do the Customers Want?

 6.4 Step 3: Determine Relative Importance of the Requirements: Who Versus What

 6.5 Step 4: Identify and Evaluate the Competition: How Satisfied Are the Customers Now ?

 6.6 Step 5: Generate Engineering Specifications: How Will the Customers' Requirement Be Met?

 6.7 Step 6: Relate Customers' Requirements to Engineering Specifications: How to Measure What?

 6.8 Step 7: Set Engineering Specification Targets and Importance: How Much Is Good Enough?

 6.9 Step 8: Identify Relationships Between Engineering Specifications: How Are the Hows Dependent on Each Other?

 6.10 Further Comments on QFD

CHAPTER 7 Concept Generation

 7.1 Introduction

 7.2 Understanding the Function of Existing Devices

 7.3 A Technique for Designing with Function

 7.4 Basic Methods of Generating Concepts

 7.5 Patents as a Source of Ideas

 7.6 Using Contradictions to Generate Ideas

 7.7 The Theory of Inventive Machines, TRIZ

 7.8 Other Important Concerns During Concept Generation

CHAPTER 8 Concept Evaluation and Selection

 8.1 Introduction

 8.2 Concept Evaluation Information

 8.3 Feasibility Evaluations

 8.4 Technology Readiness

 8.5 The Decision Matrix--Pugh's Method

 8.6 Product, Project, and Decision Risk

 8.7 Robust Decision Making

CHAPTER 9 Product Generation

 9.1 Introduction

 9.2 BOMs

 9.3 Form Generation

 9.4 Materials and Process Selection

 9.5 Vendor Development

 9.6 Generating a Suspension Design for the Matin 2008 Mount Vision Pro Bicycle

CHAPTER 10 Product Evaluation for Performance and the Effects of Variation

 10.1 Introduction

 10.2 Monitoring Functional Change

 10.3 The Goals of Performance Evaluation

 10.4 Trade-Off Management

 10.5 Accuracy, Variation, and Noise

 10.6 Modeling for Performance Evaluation

 10.7 Tolerance Analysis

 10.8 Sensitivity Analysis

 10.9 Robust Design by Analysis

 10.10 Robust Design Through Testing

CHAPTER 11 Product Evaluation: Design For Cost, Manufacture,Assembly, and Other Measures

 11.1 Introduction

 11.2 DFC--Design For Cost

 11.3 DFV Design For Value

 11.4 DFM--Design For Manufacture

 11.5 DFA Design-For-Assembly Evaluation

 11.6 DFR Design For Reliability

 11.7 DFT and DFM--Design For Test and Maintenance

 11.8 DFElDesign For the Environment

CHAPTER 12 Wrapping Up the Design Process and Supporting the Product

 12.1 Introduction

 12.2 Design Documentation and Communication

 12.3 Support

 12.4 Engineering Changes

 12.5 Design for End of Life

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