This new edition continues to explore the intricate processes of designing, developing, and manufacturing automotive products, by integrating multiple levels of complex systems. It describes systems engineering and attribute engineering, ensuring the new product meets the customer's desired attributes.
This new edition continues to explore the intricate processes of designing, developing, and manufacturing automotive products, by integrating multiple levels of complex systems. It describes systems engineering and attribute engineering, ensuring the new product meets the customer's desired attributes. The book also discusses cascading vehicle-level attribute requirements to all vehicle systems, analyzing interfaces between systems, and developing interface requirements for seamless collaboration.
The second edition of Automotive Product Development: A Systems Engineering Implementation has been meticulously revised to incorporate the most recent innovations in vehicle powertrains, driver interfaces, and state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques. Additionally, it discusses the influence of government regulations on safety, fuel economy, and emissions. This enhanced edition boasts four new chapters, 12 new sections, and updated examples in implementing new technologies, providing a comprehensive overview of the industry's challenges and the array of approaches and tools at engineers' disposal for designing, analyzing, and evaluating products. By mastering these essential steps, engineers can develop products that not only meet but exceed the needs and expectations of their customers.
The ongoing goal of this book is to equip practicing and future engineering graduates in the automotive industry with the essential knowledge needed to understand the product development process and how to implement systems engineering.
Supplemental materials are available to download at Routledge.com/9781032997902
Part I: Automotive Product Development Process.
1. Introduction:
Automotive Product Development.
2. Steps and Iterations Involved in the
Automotive Product Development.
3. Customer Needs, Business Needs, and
Government Requirements.
4. Vehicle Types and Body Style.
5. Role of
Benchmarking and Target Setting.
6. Business Plan Development and Getting
Management Approval.
7. New Technologies, Vehicle Features, and Technology
Development Plan.
8. Relation of Vehicle Attributes to Vehicle Systems.
9.
Understanding Interfaces between Vehicle Systems.
10. Cascading Vehicle
Attribute Requirements to Vehicle Systems.
11. Development of Vehicle
Concepts.
12. Selecting a Vehicle Concept.
13. Detailed Engineering Design
during Automotive Product Development.
14. Design for Manufacturing and
Assembly.
15. Vehicle Validation.
16. Managing Vehicle Development Programs.
17. Customer Feedback, Product Quality, and Product Liability.
18. Creating a
Brochure and a Website for the Vehicle. Part II: Tools Used in the Automotive
Design Process.
19. Toolbox For Automotive Product Development.
20.
Decision-Making Tools.
21. Product Planning Tools.
22. Financial Analysis in
Automotive Programs.
23. Computer-Aided Technologies.
24. Vehicle Package
Engineering Tools.
25. Vehicle Evaluation Methods. Part III: Examples and
Illustrations.
26. Applications of Tools: Evaluation Studies.
27. Developing
a Passenger Car: A Case Study.
28. Developing a Pickup Truck: A Case Study.
29. Developing a Sports Utility Vehicle: A Case Study. Appendix 1:
Benchmarking, Vehicle Specifications, and Pugh Analyses . Appendix 2: Product
Decomposition, QFD, Requirement Cascade, and Interface Analysis for a
Selected Vehicle System. Appendix 3: Conceptual Design, Program Timing Plan,
and Financial Plan Development. Appendix 4: Technology Plan and Vehicle
Validation Plan. Appendix 5: Systems Engineering Management Plan and Vehicle
Brochure.
Vivek D. Bhise is a LEO lecturer and professor in post-retirement in the Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering Department at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. He received his B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering (1965) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, M.S. in Industrial Engineering (1966) from the University of California, Berkeley, California, and Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering (1971) from the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. From 1973 to 2001, he held several management and research positions at the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan. Dr. Bhise has taught many graduate courses over the past 45 years at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
