Krupczak, Jr., John. creator author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut SpringerLink (Online service) text sz 2024 1st ed. 2024. monographic eng

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access XXXIV, 267 p. 222 illus., 197 illus. in color. online resource. This book is about understanding technology using the perspective of systems. It addresses the need for an accessible approach to understanding the broad range of technological devices and systems that create the modern world. Understanding technological systems offers an introduction to engineering and technology centered on the underlying structure common to all technological objects. This framework views technological systems as created using components to provide specific capabilities or functions. Components contributing well-defined functions interact with other components to create systems. Major topics include the concepts of technological function and the embedding of functional capabilities in physical components, the hierarchical nature of systems, and the clustering of related systems into technological domains. The book fills the gap between engineering science and engineering design. Explains the underlying characteristics common to all types oftechnology Describes common features of technological systems helping readers to understand technology and engineering Emphasizes the structure of technological systems and the implications for the engineering design process. Introduction -- Technology: Form and Function -- Transforming Materials, Energy, and Information -- Components and Subfunctions -- Phenomena and Models -- Diversity of Underlying Principles -- Component Parameterization and Transfer -- Components, Systems, and Sociotechnical System -- System Design -- Technological Domains -- Evolution and Innovation. by John Krupczak, Jr. Engineering design Mechanical engineering Electrical engineering Engineering Design Mechanical Engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering TA174 9783031454417 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45441-7 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45441-7 231127 20251030110841.0 978-3-031-45441-7