Mechanical design involves a multi-step process that begins with defining requirements. Key requirements include functional performance, environmental impact during production and use, manufacturing constraints, economic factors like cost and profit, ergonomic concerns for human use, global market opportunities, life cycle considerations, and social impacts.
Mechanical design involves a multi-step process that begins with defining requirements. Key requirements include functional performance, environmental impact during production and use, manufacturing constraints, economic factors like cost and profit, ergonomic concerns for human use, global market opportunities, life cycle considerations, and social impacts.
Mechanical design involves a multi-step process that begins with defining requirements. Key requirements include functional performance, environmental impact during production and use, manufacturing constraints, economic factors like cost and profit, ergonomic concerns for human use, global market opportunities, life cycle considerations, and social impacts.
• Functional performance: What the product must accomplish • Environmental impact: During production, use, and retirement • Manufacturing: Resource and material limitations • Economic issues: Budget, cost, price, profit • Ergonomic concerns: Human factors, aesthetics, ease of use • Global issues: International markets, needs, and opportunities • Life cycle issues: Use, maintenance, planned obsolescence • Social factors: Civic, urban, cultural issues