
Materials Selection in Mechanical Design
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Key Features
- The new edition of the leading materials selection text
- Expanded and fully revised throughout, with new material on key emerging topics, an even more student-friendly approach, and attractive, easy to use two-color presentation
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Table of Contents
- Introduction; The design process; Engineering materials and their properties; Material property charts; Materials selection - the basics; Materials selection - case studies; Process and process selection; Process selection - case studies; Multiple constraints and objectives; Case studies - multiple constraints and conflicting objectives; Selection of materials and shape; Case studies: selection of materials and shape; 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 and Projects; Index; Fully worked instructor's solutions manual available
Product details
- No. of pages: 624
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Butterworth-Heinemann 2004
- Published: December 30, 2004
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- eBook ISBN: 9780080468648
About the Author
Michael F. Ashby

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Hang Y. Mon Sep 21 2020
Materials Selection in Mechanical Design
One of the leading materials selection texts, providing a unique and innovative resource for students to design, fabrication, characterization and application of lightweight cellular structures, such as multifunctional applications of mechanical metamaterials.