Primer on Engineering Standards, Expanded Textbook Edition, 1st Edition

.\nStandards supplement the design process by guiding the designer toward consistency, safety, and reliability. As daily life involves increasingly complex and sophisticated instruments, standards become indispensable engineering tools to ensure user safety and product quality. Primer on Engineering Standards: Expanded Textbook Edition delves into standards creation and compliance to provide students and engineers with a comprehensive reference.\nThe different types of standards are dissected and discussed in terms of development, value, impact, interpretation, and compliance, and options are provided for situations where conformance is not possible. The process of standards creation is emphasized in terms of essential characteristics and common pitfalls to avoid, with detailed guidance on how, where, and with whom one may get involved in official development.\nOrganized for both quick reference and textbook study, this new Expanded Textbook Edition provides a quick, clear understanding of critical concepts, ramifications, and implications as it:\nIntroduces the concepts, history, and classification of standards, rules, and regulations\nDiscusses the federal, state, and local government’s role in standards development and enforcement\nDistinguishes voluntary consensus standards, limited consensus standards, and jurisdictional versus non-jurisdictional government standards\nCovers the need for and process of exemptions to existing standards\nExamines the characteristics of a good standard, and discusses opportunities for involvement in development\nIncludes case studies to demonstrate standards applications, and extensive appendices to direct further inquiry\nThe successful design, fabrication, and operation of any product relies on foundational understanding of pertinent standards; indeed, standards and guidelines form a central pillar of the engineering profession. This helpful resource goes beyond a list of rules to help students and practitioners gain a better understanding of the creation, import, and use of standards.\nPrimer on Engineering Standards, Expanded Textbook Edition 1st Edition is written by Maan H. Jawad; Owen R. Greulich and published by Wiley-Blackwell. ISBNs for Primer on Engineering Standards, Expanded Textbook Edition are 9781119466154, 1119466156 and the print ISBNs are 9781119466178, 1119466172.