Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 2K views

    Aesthetic Considerations in Design

    Uploaded by

    Naresh Kumar
    The document discusses aesthetic considerations, ergonomic considerations, and concurrent engineering in design. Aesthetic considerations include selecting pleasing colors and shapes. Ergonomic considerations aim to reduce stress and apply anatomical principles. Concurrent engineering brings together design and manufacturing engineers early in the process to consider feasibility, cost, and other factors.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Aesthetic Considerations in Design

    Uploaded by

    Naresh Kumar
    2K views2 pages
    The document discusses aesthetic considerations, ergonomic considerations, and concurrent engineering in design. Aesthetic considerations include selecting pleasing colors and shapes. Ergonomic considerations aim to reduce stress and apply anatomical principles. Concurrent engineering brings together design and manufacturing engineers early in the process to consider feasibility, cost, and other factors.

    Original Description:

    Product Design

    Original Title

    aesthetic considerations in design

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    The document discusses aesthetic considerations, ergonomic considerations, and concurrent engineering in design. Aesthetic considerations include selecting pleasing colors and shapes. Ergonomic considerations aim to reduce stress and apply anatomical principles. Concurrent engineering brings together design and manufacturing engineers early in the process to consider feasibility, cost, and other factors.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    2K views2 pages

    Aesthetic Considerations in Design

    Uploaded by

    Naresh Kumar
    The document discusses aesthetic considerations, ergonomic considerations, and concurrent engineering in design. Aesthetic considerations include selecting pleasing colors and shapes. Ergonomic considerations aim to reduce stress and apply anatomical principles. Concurrent engineering brings together design and manufacturing engineers early in the process to consider feasibility, cost, and other factors.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 2

    Aesthetic Considerations in Design

    Each product has a definite purpose. It has to perform specific functions to the satisfaction
    of customer. The contact between the product and the people arises due to the sheer necessity of
    this functional requirement.

    However, when there are number of products in the market, having the same qualities of
    efficiency, durability and cost, the customer is attracted towards the most appealing product. The
    external appearance is an important feature.

    The growing realization of the need of aesthetic consideration has given rise to a separate
    discipline, known as ‘industrial design’. The job of the industrial designer is to create new forms and
    shape, which are aesthetically pleasing. The industrial designer has, therefore, become the fashion
    maker in hardware.

    Selection of the proper colour is an important consideration in product aesthetics. The


    choice of colour should be compatible with the conventional ideas of the operator. The external
    appearance of the product is a cumulative effect of number of factors such as rigidity and resilience,
    tolerances and surface finish, motion of individual components, materials, manufacturing methods
    and noise.

    Ergonomic Considerations in Design

    Ergonomics is defined as the relationship between man and machine and the application of
    anatomical, physiological and psychological principles to solve the problems arising from man-
    machine relationship. The word ‘ergonomics’ is coined from two Greek words – ‘ergon’, which
    means ‘work’ and ‘nomos’, which means ‘natural laws’. Ergonomics means natural laws of work.

    From design considerations, the topics of ergonomic studies are as follows:

    1. Anatomical factors in design of driver’s seat.


    2. Layout of instrumental dials and display panels for accurate perception by the operators.
    3. Design of hand levers and hand wheels.
    4. Energy expenditure in hand and foot operations.
    5. Lighting, noise and climatic conditions in machine environment.

    The aim of ergonomics is to reduce the operational difficulties present in man-machine joint
    system and thereby, reduce the resulting physical and mental stress.
    Simultaneous or Concurrent Engineering

    Concurrent engineering is defined as the design process that brings both design and
    manufacturing engineers together during the early phases of the design process. In this process a
    team of specialists examines the design from different angles as shown in the figure below.

    The specialists include manufacturing engineer, tool engineer, field personnel, reliability
    engineer and safety engineer. They consider various aspects of the product such as feasibility,
    manufacturability, assembly, testability, performance, reliability, maintainability, safety and cost.
    All these aspects are simultaneously considered early in design stage.

    Reference:

    [1] Design of Machine Elements 2nd Edition by V.B. Bhandari © 2007, by Tata McGraw-Hill
    Publishing Company Limited.

    You might also like