Название: Introduction to Systems Thinking and Interdisciplinary Engineering
Автор: Horst Czichos
Издательство: Springer
Год: 2022
Страниц: 121
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 10.3 MB
This concise textbook introduces a systems approach to technology, describing tribological, mechatronic, cyber-physical systems, and the technologic concept of Industry 4.0 to students in a range of engineering domains. “Technology” in this book refers to the totality of human-made, benefit-oriented products, based on engineered combinations of material, energy and information. Engineering sciences are the sciences that deal with the research, development, design. production, and application of technical products and technical systems. The classical engineering sciences are civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and production engineering. More recent courses of study are precision engineering, energy technology, chemical engineering, process engineering, environmental technology and technical computer science. In the twentieth century, new interdisciplinary courses of study were created in line with the growing needs of technology, business and society, e.g. mechatronics as a combination of mechanics—electronics—computer science or industrial engineering by combining economics (business administration, economics) and law with one or more engineering sciences to form a separate field of knowledge.