Materials Enabled Designs
The Materials Engineering Perspective to Product Design and Manufacturing
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There are books aplenty on materials selection criteria for engineering design. Most cover the physical and mechanical properties of specific materials, but few offer much in the way of total product design criteria. This innovative new text/reference will give the “Big picture” view of how materials should be selected—not only for a desired function but also for their ultimate performance, durability, maintenance, replacement costs, and so on. Even such factors as how a material behaves when packaged, shipped, and stored will be taken into consideration. For without that knowledge, a design engineer is often in the dark as to how a particular material used in particular product or process is going to behave over time, how costly it will be, and, ultimately, how successful it will be at doing what is supposed to do. This book delivers that knowledge.
Key Features
* Brief but comprehensive review of major materials functional groups (mechanical, electrical, thermal, chemical) by major material categories (metals, polymers, ceramics, composites)
* Invaluable guidance on selection criteria at early design stage, including such factors as functionality, durability, and availability
* Insight into lifecycle factors that affect choice of materials beyond simple performance specs, including manufacturability, machinability, shelf life, packaging, and even shipping characteristics
* Unique help on writing materials selection specifications
* Invaluable guidance on selection criteria at early design stage, including such factors as functionality, durability, and availability
* Insight into lifecycle factors that affect choice of materials beyond simple performance specs, including manufacturability, machinability, shelf life, packaging, and even shipping characteristics
* Unique help on writing materials selection specifications
Readership
* Materials Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Product Designers and Packagers; Graduate Students in Materials Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 The Materials Engineering Perspective
1.1 Introduction
1.2 The Materials Engineering Perspective
1.3 What is Materials Engineering?
1.4 Products and Their Materials
1.5 Product Success and the Materials Engineering Perspective
1.6 Types of Product Development Projects
1.7 Companies Applying the Materials Engineering Perspective
1.8 Costs to Gain Materials Engineering Knowledge
1.9 Costs of Bad Materials Engineering Decisions
1.10 The Remainder of the Book
References
Chapter 2 Design Requirements
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Developing Design Requirements
2.3 Product Design Requirements
2.4 Subassembly Design Requirements
2.5 Product Element Design Requirements
References
Chapter 3 Selecting Materials
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Materials Selection Process
3.3 Identifying Potential Materials
3.4 Evaluating the Materials
3.5 Selecting the Materials
Chapter 4 Material Properties and Materials Science
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Material Properties and Material Features
4.3 Categories of Materials
4.4 Metals
4.5 Ceramics
4.6 Polymers
4.7 Composites
4.8 Surfaces
4.9 Interfaces
4.10 Defects
4.11 Materials Information Resources
References
Chapter 5 Manufacturing Process Considerations
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Component Fabrication Processes
5.3 Overview of Joining Processes
5.4 Overview of In-Process Structures
5.5 Process Inputs and Outputs
5.6 Process Variation and Capability
References
Chapter 6 Degradation and Reliability of Materials
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Modes of Material Degradation and Failure
6.3 Characterizing the Degradation and Reliability of Materials
6.4 Accelerated Stress Testing
6.5 Advantages and Disadvantages of Product Verification and Materials Reliability Testing
6.6 Testing Protocols
6.7 Testing Problems
References
Chapter 7 Product Planning and Control Documents
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Product Planning
7.3 Control Documents
7.4 Control Document Information
References
Chapter 8 Product Concept Development
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Perform Detailed Market Analysis
8.3 Write Detailed Product Specification
8.4 Product Concept Generation, Evaluation, and Selection
References
Chapter 9 Materials Engineering Considerations for System-Level Design
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Design Subassemblies and Product Elements
9.3 Design Product Elements
9.4 Develop Sourcing Strategy
9.5 Select Type II and Type III Suppliers
9.6 Supplier Proposal Process
References
Chapter 10 Detail Design and Testing
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Select Custom Subassemblies and Components Suppliers
10.3 Select Off-the-Shelf Subassemblies and Components
10.4 Select Materials
10.5 Manufacturing Process Development
10.6 Complete Subassembly and Component Specifications
10.7 Product Verification Testing
10.8 Root Cause Analysis
References
Chapter 11 Production
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Improve Manufacturing Yield
11.3 Cost Reduction
Chapter 12 Materials Engineering Strategies for the Product Realization Process
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Start with Materials That Offer a High Probability of Success
12.3 Do not Consider Every Material, Component, and Subassembly in the World as Options for a Product
12.4 Work Out All Custom Component or Subassembly Details before Using a Low-Cost Supplier
12.5 Develop Design Guidelines
12.6 Budget for Materials Engineering Support
12.7 Consolidate Materials within and Across Platforms
Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 320
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Butterworth-Heinemann 2009
- Published: April 29, 2009
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- eBook ISBN: 9780080941837
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780750682879
About the Author
Michael Pfeifer
Affiliations and Expertise
President, Industrial Metallurgists, LLC
Northbrook, IL, USA