Detailed Design
The detailed design portion of the engineering design process is the task where the engineer can completely describe a product through solid modeling and drawings. Some specifications include:
- Operating parameters
- Operating and nonoperating environmental stimuli
- Test requirements
- External dimensions
- Maintenance and testability provisions
- Materials requirements
- Reliability requirements
- External surface treatment
- Design life
- Packaging requirements
- External marking
The advancement of computer-aided design, or CAD, programs have made the detailed design phase more efficient. This is because a CAD program can provide optimization, where it can reduce volume without hindering the part's quality. It can also calculate stress and displacement using the finite element method to determine stresses throughout the part. It is the engineer's responsibility to determine whether these stresses and displacements are allowable, so the part is safe.
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