Discussion of “Philosophy of Engineering Design of Structures”

1964 ◽  
Vol 90 (4) ◽  
pp. 299-307
Author(s):  
A. Siev ◽  
N. C. Sinha ◽  
A. A. Eremin ◽  
George D. Nasser ◽  
Sergio Giudici
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Philosophy Of Engineering

Understanding Engineering Design and Its Social, Political, and Moral Dimensions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Brey
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Good Society ◽  
Design Processes ◽  
Good Design ◽  
Philosophy Of Engineering ◽  
Political Choices ◽  
Human Practices ◽  
Moral Dimensions ◽  
And Function

This chapter covers two central issues in the philosophy of engineering design. The first concerns the nature, structure, and function of engineering design. Building on the existing literature, the chapter provides an account of engineering design from a bird’s eye view, asking what kind of practice it is, how it relates to other human practices (including other forms of design and other forms of engineering), and how engineering design processes are typically structured. The second issue concerns the moral, social and political choices embedded in design. The chapter investigates what a good design is from the perspective of ethics and society, how new designs can affect society in positive and negative ways, and how design processes can be supportive of values and ideals of a good society.

Resolution and measurement in the scanning electron microscope

1987 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 534-537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael T. Postek
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscope ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Resolving Power ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Instrument Resolution ◽  
Accurate Definition ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Scanning Electron ◽  
Better Than

The term ultimate resolution or resolving power is the very best performance that can be obtained from a scanning electron microscope (SEM) given the optimum instrumental conditions and sample. However, as it relates to SEM users, the conventional definitions of this figure are ambiguous. The numbers quoted for the resolution of an instrument are not only theoretically derived, but are also verified through the direct measurement of images on micrographs. However, the samples commonly used for this purpose are specifically optimized for the measurement of instrument resolution and are most often not typical of the sample used in practical applications.SEM RESOLUTION. Some instruments resolve better than others either due to engineering design or other reasons. There is no definitively accurate definition of how to quantify instrument resolution and its measurement in the SEM.

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