Lightweight Design - An Introduction Based on One-Dimensional Structures

This textbook presents the various lightweight design concepts using simple one-dimensional structures in a very understandable way and provides an easy introduction to the subject. It provides comprehensible information and advice on material selection and the geometric design of components. Students are also supported by a large number of exercises and their detailed solutions. It is the translation of the current third German edition.

Sommario

Introduction and Motivation.- Basics of Mechanics of Materials.- Lightweight Design Concepts: Material Selection.- Lightweight Design Concepts: Shape Optimization.- Sandwich Structures: Basic Mechanical Load Cases.- Sandwich Structures: Limit Load.- Sandwich Structures: Optimization.- Further Lightweight Design Concepts and
Calculation Methods.- Short Solutions to the Calculations Problems.- Appendix.

Info autore

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Öchsner
, D.Sc., represents the field of structural simulation and lightweight design at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences in teaching and


research.

Riassunto

This textbook presents the various lightweight design concepts using simple one-dimensional structures in a very understandable way and provides an easy introduction to the subject. It provides comprehensible information and advice on material selection and the geometric design of components. Students are also supported by a large number of exercises and their detailed solutions. It is the translation of the current third German edition.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Andreas Öchsner
• Editore: Springer, Berlin
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 19.10.2025
• EAN: 9783658481612
• ISBN: 978-3-658-48161-2
• Pagine: 315
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 15 mm x 235 mm
• Peso: 565 g
• Illustrazioni: XV, 315 p. 274 illus., 172 illus. in color.
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Tecnica > Meccanica, tecnica di produzione; Chemie, Konstruktion, Entwurf, Materialwissenschaft, Engineering Design, Mechanical Engineering, Carbon Materials, Timoshenko beam, Sandwich element, Lightweight design index, Technical sandwich, Instability failure, Comparative stress hypotheses, Pressure top layer, Specific energy absorption, Limit stress, Wrinkling, Optimum dimensioning, Antisymmetrical creasing