Furniture Design

• Main Author: Smardzewski, Jerzy (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Light construction.; Steel construction.; Lightweight construction.; Engineering > Materials.; Structural materials.; Materials Engineering.; Structural Materials.; Light Construction, Steel Construction, Timber Construction.

Maximizing reader insights into the principles of designing furniture as wooden structures, this book discusses issues related to the history of furniture structures, their classification and characteristics, ergonomic approaches to anthropometric requirements and safety of use. It presents key meth...

Table of Contents:

• The History of Furniture Construction
• Classification and Characteristics of Furniture
• Ergonomics of Furniture
• Introduction to  Engineering Design of Furniture
• Technical Documentation
• Stiffness and Strength Analysis of Skeletal Furniture
• Stiffness and Strength Analysis of Case Furniture
• Stiffness and Strength Analysis of Upholstered Furniture.