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Preliminary Design Process

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In this chapter, the reader will learn about another PLANNING phase task called the Preliminary Design process. During this process, students are instructed how to subdivide their design into subsystems. The reader will learn that Critical Subsystems are defined as a subsystem that contains at least one Critical Component. Students will begin a paper design of at least one Critical Subsystem.

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Mettler, C.J. (2023). Preliminary Design Process. In: Engineering Design. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23309-8_13

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