Product Design & Development
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The official GTU curriculum for Product Design & Development (subject code 2183408) as prescribed for Manufacturing · Semester 8 divides the course into 5 units, covering 10 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2183408)Unit 1 Design Fundamentals
- The importance of engineering design – types of design –the design process – relevance of product lifecycle issues in design –designing to codes and standards- societal considerations in engineering design –generic product development process – various phases of product development-planning for products –establishing markets- market segments- relevance of market research
Unit 2 Customer oriented design & Societal Considerations
- Identification of customer needs- customer requirements- Quality Function Deployment Product Design Specifications- Human Factors in Design – Ergonomics and Aesthetics
- Societal consideration - Contracts – Product liability – Protecting intellectual property – Legal and ethical domains – Codes of ethics - Ethical conflicts – Environment responsible design-future trends in interaction of engineering with society
Unit 3 Material selection processing and Design
- Material Selection Process – Economics – Cost Vs Performance – Weighted property Index – Value Analysis – Role of Processing in Design – Classification of Manufacturing Process – Design for Manufacture – Design for Assembly –Designing for castings
- Metal Forming
- Machining and Welding – Residual Stresses – Fatigue
- Fracture and Failure
Unit 4 Design Methods
- creativity and problem solving- creative thinking methods- generating design concepts - systematic methods for designing –functional decomposition – physical decomposition – functional representation – morphological methods-TRIZ- axiomatic design
- Decision making theory- utility theory –decision trees –concept evaluation methods
Unit 5 Industrial Design concepts
- human factors design –user friendly design – design for serviceability – design for environment – prototyping and testing – cost evaluation –categories of cost –overhead costs – activity based costing – methods of developing cost estimates – manufacturing cost –value analysis in costing
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