本书是一本专门为高校机电类专业双语教学而编写的英文教材,概述性地介绍了当今时代发展起来的一些先进设计方法,**介绍了有限元法、优化设计方法以及可靠性工程理论和方法等。**章在理论方法的介绍之后都列举了一些应用实例,目的在于使学生以英语思维的方式了解不同传统的现代设计方法,并能应用这些理论和方法来解决工程实际中的相关问题。为了便于读者阅读和理解,每章末尾都附有一定的疑难点注释,全书*后附有专业词汇表。
本书为高校机电类专业双语教材,同时也可作为科技英语爱好者的专业英语阅读教材以及机电行业工程技术人员和**专业管理人员的参考书。

前言
Chapter 1 An Introduction to Advanced Design Methods
1.1 General Description
1.2 Main Contents of Advanced Design Methods
1.3 Developing Trend of Advanced Design Methods
Chapter 2 Finite Element Method
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Basic Equations in Elastic Plane Problems
2.3 The Finite Element Method for Elastic Plane Problems
2.4 Global Analysis
2.5 Procedures for Finite Element Analysis
2.6 Discussions of Important Topics
2.7 Examples of Application Procedures
Chapter 3 Optimization of Design
3.1 General Description
3.2 Mathematical Model for Optimization of Design
3.3 Numerical Solution of the Mathematical Model
3.4 One Dimensional Searching Method
3.5 Multi-dimensional Optimization Method
3.6 Penalty Function Method
3.7 Application Examples
Chapter 4 Reliability Engineering
4.1 General Description
4.2 Basic Theories of Reliability Engineering
4.3 Reliability Design of Component's Mechanical Strength
4.4 Reliability Engineering of Mechanical Systems
4.5 Mechanical System's Failure Analysis Methods
Appendix A Symbols Comvention(附录A 文中符号惯例)
Appendix B Vocbulary(附录B 词汇表)
References(参考文献)