
Multi-criteria Decision Analysis for Supporting the Selection of Engineering Materials in Product Design
Description
Key Features
- Describes the advantages of Quality Function Deployment (QFD) in the materials selection process through different case studies
- Presents a methodology for multi-objective material design optimization that employs Design of Experiments coupled with Finite Element Analysis
- Supplements existing quantitative methods of materials selection by allowing simultaneous consideration of design attributes, component configurations, and types of material
- Provides a case study for simultaneous materials selection and geometrical optimization processes
Readership
Researchers in materials engineering disciplines and in operational research in the area of multi criteria decision analysis; also serves as a reference text for engineering practitioners (from aerospace to biomedicine) to help select the best material(s) for advanced design applications
Table of Contents
- Preface to the 2nd edition
- From the Preface to the 1st edition
- About the authors
- 1. The importance of decision support in materials selection
- Abstract
- 1.1 Introduction to materials selection
- 1.2 Background and justification for formalized materials selection
- 1.3 Decision-making and concession in product design
- 1.4 The position of materials selection in the engineering design process—from concept to detail stages
- 1.5 Understanding the functional requirements and design criteria in selecting materials
- 1.6 Combining functional and human-centered attributes in materials selection
- 1.7 Cost considerations of materials selection/substitution
- 1.8 The relationship between materials selection and processing
- 1.9 The significance of design adaptation and materials substitution
- 1.10 Use of new hybrid materials as opposed to currently available materials
- 1.11 Materials selection and sustainable products
- 1.12 Qualitative versus quantitative approaches to materials selection
- 1.13 The role of computer-based materials selection and materials databases
- 1.14 Summary and conclusions
- Review questions
- References
- 2. Materials selection in the context of design problem-solving
- Abstract
- 2.1 Creative thinking and inventive problem-solving (TRIZ)
- 2.2 Comparison between creative and systematic design methods
- 2.3 Identifying the needs and specifying the property requirements for materials
- 2.4 Determining the characteristics of materials using QFD
- 2.5 Utilization of a “Lean” design principles approach to materials selection process
- 2.6 Summary and conclusions
- Review questions
- References
- 3. Screening of materials
- Abstract
- 3.1 Justification for an initial screening process
- 3.2 Introduction to the use of material attributes
- 3.3 Material performance indices and critical material aspects used by product designers
- 3.4 Brief review of current formalized screening methods
- 3.5 Materials’ property charts (the “Ashby” approach)
- 3.6 Materials identification and use of computer-based tools
- 3.7 Summary and conclusions
- Review questions
- References
- 4. Multi-criteria decision-making for materials selection
- Abstract
- 4.1 Introduction to multi-criterion decision-making
- 4.2 MCDM as a subdiscipline of operations research
- 4.3 Graphical-based ranking methods used in materials selection
- 4.4 Justification for applying MCDM in materials selection
- 4.5 Application of MODM and MADM in material design and selection
- 4.6 Utilizing outputs from finite element analysis as inputs to MADM in materials selection
- 4.7 Summary and conclusions
- Review questions
- References
- 5. Multi-attribute decision-making for ranking of candidate materials
- Abstract
- 5.1 Rationalization for using multi-attribute decision-making
- 5.2 Introduction to the ranking of materials
- 5.3 Structure of data in materials selection
- 5.4 Normalization of criteria in MADM
- 5.5 Weighting procedure of criteria
- 5.6 Some recent MADM methods being used in materials selection
- 5.7 Aggregation method for complex materials ranking problems
- 5.8 Use of ranges of values for properties of materials as opposed to discrete values
- 5.9 Computer implementation – application of spreadsheet and mathematical analysis techniques to facilitate the analysis of ranking problems
- 5.10 Summary and conclusions
- Review questions
- References
- 6. Multiple objective decision-making for material and geometry design
- Abstract
- 6.1 Material design/tailoring verses materials selection
- 6.2 Justification for applying experimental design in materials design
- 6.3 RSM in multi-objective mathematical modeling of material design
- 6.4 Simultaneous materials selection and design optimization
- 6.5 Summary and conclusions
- Review questions
- References
- 7. Case studies of materials selection and design
- Abstract
- 7.1 Rationale for the case studies
- 7.2 Materials selection and design for biomedical implants
- 7.3 Material selection for hip prosthesis
- 7.4 Materials selection for knee prosthesis
- 7.5 FGM design for knee prosthesis
- 7.6 Materials selection and design optimization—location pegs for knee prosthesis
- 7.7 Materials and design selection of knee prosthesis—integration of QFD and MADM
- 7.8 Materials selection for aircraft structure repair
- 7.9 Materials selection strategy for multiple components in an engineering product
- 7.10 Material and design selection of thin-walled cylindrical tubes in the presence of data uncertainty
- 7.11 Group decision-making in materials selection
- 7.12 Materials selection for hard surface coatings
- 7.13 Summary and conclusions
- Review questions
- References
- 8. Future developments
- Abstract
- 8.1 Overview of the current situation
- 8.2 The development of decision-making methods for actual design scenarios
- 8.3 The application of MCDM methods to complex materials selection and design problems
- 8.4 Final remarks on trends and challenges for the future
- References
- Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 252
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Butterworth-Heinemann 2016
- Published: February 12, 2016
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- eBook ISBN: 9780081005415
- Paperback ISBN: 9780081005361
About the Authors
Ali Jahan

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Kevin Edwards

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Marjan Bahraminasab
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