Materials Selection in Mechanical Design

Understanding materials, their properties and behavior is fundamental to engineering design, and a key application of materials science. Suitable for students of engineering, materials science and design, this book describes the procedures for material selection in mechanical design.

List of contents

Introduction; The design process; Engineering materials and their properties; Material property charts; Materials selection - the basics; Materials selection - case studies; Processes and process selection; Process selection case studies; Multiple constraints and objectives; Case studies - multiple constraints and conflicting objectives; Selection of materials and shape; Selection of materials and shape: case studies; Designing hybrid materials; Hybrid case studies; Information and knowledge sources for design; Materials and the environment; Materials and industrial design; Forces for change; Appendices; Exercises; Index

Product details

• Authors: Michael F. Ashby, Michael F. (Professor Emeritus Ashby
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.10.2010
• EAN: 9781856176637
• ISBN: 978-1-85617-663-7
• No. of pages: 640
• Series: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries