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    ME 481

    Mechanical Engineering Design Projects

    Design Parameters

    One important component in the Problem Recognition phase of the Design Process
    is identifying the important issues or design parameters to be considered. These
    will form the criteria against which you will evaluate your design alternatives. In
    his book, Creative Engineering Design, our own Dr. Brian S. Thompson has
    provided a list of the twenty six most common design parameters, the generic
    design parameters. These parameters are

    • Function/performance • Spatial constraints


    • Product cost • Aesthetics
    • Delivery date • Transportation and packaging
    • Quantity • Personnel
    • Environmental issues • Service life
    • Safety • Noise radiation
    • Quality • Operating instructions
    • Energy consumption • Human factors
    • Reliability • Health issues
    • Maintenance • Government regulations
    • Mechanical loading • Shelf-life storage
    • Size • Operating costs
    • Weight • Environmental conditions

    This is not intended to be a complete list and I can easily add two to this list
    depending on the design problem: manufacturability and thermal loading.

    In your first project report, you need to review this list, identify which parameters
    need to be considered and whether there are additional parameters that need to be
    added to the list. With a list of design parameters now customized for your project,
    go though each of them and write a couple sentences describing their impact on the
    project. Figure 1 provides some examples from Dr. Thompson’s book. If you are
    unclear as to the meaning of a design parameter, section 7.4 of his book provides
    an explanation for each of the generic design parameters.

    Once you have identified and described the implication of the design parameters
    appropriate to your project, you will now want to evaluate their relative
    importance. I would suggest you create a table in which you rate each parameter

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    on a 5-1 basis (5 being very important, 1 being of little importance). When you
    proceed on to the Synthesis phase of the Design Process, this table will provide the
    basis for the first column in your Design Decision Matrix.

    Figure 1 Example Design Parameter Impact Statements


    (from B.S, Thompson, Creative Engineering Design, pg 210)

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