Materials selection in mechanical design

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Materials selection in mechanical design

M.F. Ashby

Butterworth-Heinemann, 1993

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Reprinted with corrections 1993

First published by Pergamon Press Ltd 1992

Includes index

Accompanied by: Materials and process selection charts. 57 p. chiefly charts ; 28 cm

Description and Table of Contents

Description

New materials enable advances in engineering design. This book describes a procedure for material selection in mechanical design, allowing the most suitable materials for a given application to be identified from the full range of materials and section shapes available. A novel approach is adopted not found elsewhere. Materials are introduced through their properties; materials selection charts (a new development) capture the important features of all materials, allowing rapid retrieval of information and application of selection techniques. Merit indices, combined with charts, allow optimisation of the materials selection process. Sources of material property data are reviewed and approaches to their use are given. Material processing and its influence on the design are discussed. The book closes with chapters on aesthetics and industrial design. Case studies are developed as a method of illustrating the procedure and as a way of developing the ideas further.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • The design process
  • Engineering materials and their properties
  • Materials selection charts
  • Materials selection without shape
  • Selection of material and shape
  • Materials processing and design
  • Sources of material property data
  • Materials, aesthetics and industrial design
  • Forces for change
  • Case studies.

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  • NCID
    BA36548683
  • ISBN
    • 0750627271
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford
  • Pages/Volumes
    viii, 311 p.
  • Size
    28 cm
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