Springer Engineering Graphics: Theoretical Foundations of Engineering Geometry for Design

This professional treatise on engineering graphics emphasizes engineering geometry as the theoretical foundation for communication of design ideas with real world structures and products. It considers each theoretical notion of engineering geometry as a complex solution of direct- and inverse-problems of descriptive geometry and each solution of basic engineering problems presented is accompanied by construction of biunique two- and three-dimension models of geometrical images. The book explains the universal structure of formal algorithms of the solutions of positional, metric, and axonometric problems, as well as the solutions of problems of construction in developing a curvilinear surface. The book further characterizes and explains the added laws of projective connections to facilitate construction of geometrical images in any of eight octants. Laws of projective connections allow constructing the complex drawing of a geometrical image in the American system of measurement and the European system of measurement without errors and mistakes. The arrangement of projections of a geometrical image on the complex drawing corresponds to an arrangement of views of a product in the projective drawing for the European system of measurement. The volume is ideal for engineers working on a range of design projects as well as for students of civil, structural, and industrial engineering and engineering design. From the Back Cover This professional treatise on engineering graphics emphasizes engineering geometry as the theoretical foundation for communication of design ideas with real world structures and products. It considers each theoretical notion of engineering geometry as a complex solution of direct- and inverse-problems of descriptive geometry and each solution of basic engineering problems presented is accompanied by construction of biunique two- and three-dimension models of geometrical images. The book explains the universal structure of formal algorithms of the solutions of positional, metric, and axonometric problems, as well as the solutions of problems of construction in developing a curvilinear surface. The book further characterizes and explains the added laws of projective connections to facilitate construction of geometrical images in any of eight octants. Laws of projective connections allow constructing the complex drawing of a geometrical image in the American system of measurement and the European system of measurement without errors and mistakes. The arrangement of projections of a geometrical image on the complex drawing corresponds to an arrangement of views of a product in the projective drawing for the European system of measurement. The volume is ideal for engineers working on a range of design projects as well as for students of civil, structural, and industrial engineering and engineering design.   •         Facilitates development of spatial imagination and imaginative perception in the context of developing a generalized approach to solving geometrical engineering problems;•         Explains geometric and analytical models of points, straight lines, planes, and surfaces; •         Provides solutions for basic engineering problems accompanied by construction of biunique two- and three-dimension models of geometrical images; •         Includes detail on geometric projections and complex drawings; •         Provides an arrangement of views of a product in the projective drawing for various systems of measurement.   About the Author Aleksandr Yurievich Brailov is a Professor in the Department of Descriptive Geometry and Drawing at the Odessa Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture since 2008. He began his engineering career in 1974 when he became a first-year student of the Odessa National Polytechnic University. After graduating, in 1979, with a Master of Engineering, with Distinction, he was employed as a research engineer at the Odessa National Po