TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ashby,M.F
TI  - Materials selection in mechanical design
SN  - 9781856176637
AV  - TA403.6 .A74 2011
PY  - 2011///]
CY  - Burlington, MA
PB  - Butterworth-Heinemann
KW  - Materials
KW  - Engineering design
N1  - Includes index; Contents;  	Preface;  	Features of the Fourth Edition; chapter 1	Introduction; 1.1.	Introduction and Synopsis; 1.2.	Materials in Design; 1.3.	The Evolution of Engineering Materials; 1.4.	The Evolution of Materials in Products; 1.5.	Summary and Conclusions; 1.6.	Further Reading; chapter 2	The Design Process; 2.1.	Introduction and Synopsis; 2.2.	The Design Process; 2.3.	Types of Design; 2.4.	Design Tools and Materials Data; 2.5.	Function, Material, Shape, and Process; 2.6.	Case Study: Devices to Open Corked Bottles; 2.7.	Summary and Conclusions; 2.8.	Further Reading; chapter 3	Engineering Materials and Their Properties; 3.1.	Introduction and Synopsis; 3.2.	The Families of Engineering Materials; 3.3.	Materials Information for Design; 3.4.	Material Properties and Their Units; 3.5.	Summary and Conclusions; 3.6.	Further Reading; chapter 4	Material Property Charts; 4.1.	Introduction and Synopsis; 4.2.	Exploring Material Properties; 4.3.	The Material Property Charts; 4.4.	Summary and Conclusions; 4.5.	Further Reading; chapter 5	Materials Selection---The Basics; 5.1.	Introduction and Synopsis; 5.2.	The Selection Strategy; 5.3.	Material Indices; 5.4.	The Selection Procedure; 5.5.	Computer-aided Selection; 5.6.	The Structural Index; 5.7.	Summary and Conclusions; 5.8.	Further Reading; chapter 6	Case Studies: Materials Selection; 6.1.	Introduction and Synopsis; 6.2.	Materials for Oars; 6.3.	Mirrors for Large Telescopes; 6.4.	Materials for Table Legs; 6.5.	Cost: Structural Materials for Buildings; 6.6.	Materials for Flywheels; 6.7.	Materials for Springs; 6.8.	Elastic Hinges and Couplings; 6.9.	Materials for Seals; 6.10.	Deflection-limited Design with Brittle Polymers; 6.11.	Safe Pressure Vessels; 6.12.	Stiff, High-damping Materials for Shaker Tables; 6.13.	Insulation for Short-term Isothermal Containers; 6.14.	Energy-efficient Kiln Walls; 6.15.	Materials for Passive Solar Heating; 6.16.	Materials to Minimize Thermal Distortion in Precision Devices; 6.17.	Materials for Heat Exchangers; 6.18.	Heat Sinks for Hot Microchips; 6.19.	Materials for Radomes; 6.20.	Summary and Conclusions; 6.21.	Further Reading; chapter 7	Multiple Constraints and Conflicting Objectives; 7.1.	Introduction and Synopsis; 7.2.	Selection with Multiple Constraints; 7.3.	Conflicting Objectives; 7.4.	Summary and Conclusions; 7.5.	Further Reading; 7.6.	Appendix: Weight Factors and Fuzzy Methods; chapter 8	Case Studies: Multiple Constraints and Conflicting Objectives; 8.1.	Introduction and Synopsis; 8.2.	Multiple Constraints: Light Pressure Vessels; 8.3.	Multiple Constraints: Conrods for High-performance Engines; 8.4.	Multiple Constraints: Windings for High-field Magnets; 8.5.	Conflicting Objectives: Table Legs Again; 8.6.	Conflicting Objectives: Wafer-thin Casings for Must-have Electronics; 8.7.	Conflicting Objectives: Materials for a Disk-brake Caliper; 8.8.	Summary and Conclusions; chapter 9	Selection of Material and Shape; 9.1.	Introduction and Synopsis; 9.2.	Shape Factors; 9.3.	Limits to Shape Efficiency; 9.4.	Exploring Material-shape Combinations; 9.5.	Material Indices That Include Shape; 9.6.	Graphical Coselecting Using Indices; 9.7.	Architectured Materials: Microscopic Shape; 9.8.	Summary and Conclusions; 9.9.	Further Reading; chapter 10	Case Studies: Material and Shape; 10.1.	Introduction and Synopsis; 10.2.	Spars for Human-powered Planes; 10.3.	Forks for a Racing Bicycle; 10.4.	Floor Joists: Wood, Bamboo, or Steel?; 10.5.	Table Legs Yet Again: Thin or Light?; 10.6.	Increasing the Stiffness of Steel Sheet; 10.7.	Shapes that Flex: Leaf and Strand Structures; 10.8.	Ultra-efficient Springs; 10.9.	Summary and Conclusions; chapter 11	Designing Hybrid Materials; 11.1.	Introduction and Synopsis; 11.2.	Holes in Material-property Space; 11.3.	The Method: "A + B + Configuration + Scale"; 11.4.	Composites; 11.5.	Sandwich Structures; 11.6.	Cellular Structures: Foams and Lattices; 11.7.	Segmented Structures; 11.8.	Summary and Conclusions; 11.9.	Further Reading; chapter 12	Case Studies: Hybrids; 12.1.	Introduction and Synopsis; 12.2.	Designing Metal Matrix Composites; 12.3.	Flexible Conductors and Percolation; 12.4.	Extreme Combinations of Thermal and Electrical Conduction; 12.5.	Refrigerator Walls; 12.6.	Materials for Microwave-transparent Enclosures; 12.7.	Connectors that Don't Relax Their Grip; 12.8.	Exploiting Anisotropy: Heat-spreading Surfaces; 12.9.	The Mechanical Efficiency of Natural Materials; 12.10.	Further Reading: Natural Materials; chapter 13	Processes and Process Selection; 13.1.	Introduction and Synopsis; 13.2.	Classifying Processes; 13.3.	The Processes: Shaping, Joining, Finishing; 13.4.	Processing for Properties; 13.5.	Systematic Process Selection; 13.6.	Ranking: Process Cost; 13.7.	Computer-aided Process Selection; 13.8.	Summary and Conclusions; 13.9.	Further Reading; chapter 14	Case Studies: Process Selection; 14.1.	Introduction and Synopsis; 14.2.	Casting an Aluminum Con-rod; 14.3.	Forming a Fan; 14.4.	Spark Plug Insulators; 14.5.	A Manifold Jacket; 14.6.	Joining a Steel Radiator; 14.7.	Surface-hardening a Ball-bearing Race; 14.8.	Summary and Conclusions; chapter 15	Materials and the Environment; 15.1.	Introduction and Synopsis; 15.2.	The Material Life-cycle; 15.3.	Material and Energy-consuming Systems; 15.4.	The Eco-attributes of Materials; 15.5.	Eco-selection; 15.6.	Case Studies: Drink Containers and Crash Barriers; 15.7.	Summary and Conclusions; 15.8.	Further Reading; chapter 16	Materials and Industrial Design; 16.1.	Introduction and Synopsis; 16.2.	The Requirements Pyramid; 16.3.	Product Character; 16.4.	Using Materials and Processes to Create Product Personality; 16.5.	Summary and Conclusions; 16.6.	Further Reading; chapter 17	Forces for Change; 17.1.	Introduction and Synopsis; 17.2.	Market Pull and Science Push; 17.3.	Growing Population and Wealth and Market Saturation; 17.4.	Product Liability and Service Provision; 17.5.	Miniaturization and Multifunctionality; 17.6.	Concern for the Environment and for the Individual; 17.7.	Summary and Conclusions; 17.8.	Further Reading; APPENDIX A	Data for Engineering Materials; Table A.1	Names and Applications: Metals and Alloys; Polymers and Foams; and Composites, Ceramics, Glasses, and Natural Materials; Table A.2	Melting Temperature, Tm, and Glass Temperature, Tg; Table A.3	Density, ρ; Table A.4	Young's Modulus, E; Table A.5	Yield Strength, σy and Tensile Strength, σts; Table A.6	Fracture Toughness (plane strain), KIC; Table A.7	Thermal Conductivity, λ, and Thermal Expansion, α; Table A.8	Heat Capacity, Cp; Table A.9	Resistivity and Dielectric Constant; Table A.10	Embodied Energy and CO2 Footprint; Table A.11	Approximate Material Prices, Cm;  	Ways of Checking and Estimating Data;  	Further Reading; APPENDIX B	Useful Solutions for Standard Problems;  	Introduction and Synopsis; B.1.	Constitutive Equations for Mechanical Response; B.2.	Moments of Sections; B.3.	Elastic Bending of Beams; B.4.	Failure of Beams and Panels; B.5.	Buckling of Columns, Plates, and Shells; B.6.	Torsion of Shafts; B.7.	Static and Spinning Disks; B.8.	Contact Stresses; B.9.	Estimates for Stress Concentrations; B.10.	Sharp Cracks; B.11.	Pressure Vessels; B.12.	Vibrating Beams, Tubes, and Disks; B.13.	Creep and Creep Fracture; B.14.	Flow of Heat and Matter; B.15.	Solutions for Diffusion Equations; B.16.	Further Reading; APPENDIX C	Material Indices; C.1.	Introduction and Synopsis; C.2.	Uses of Material Indices; APPENDIX D	Data Sources for Documentation; D.1.	Introduction; D.2.	Information Sources for Materials; D.3.	Information for Manufacturing Processes; D.4.	Databases and Expert Systems as Software; D.5.	Additional Useful Internet Sites; APPENDIX E	Exercises; E.1.	Introduction to Exercises; E.2.	Material Evolution in Products (Chapter 1); E.3.	Devising Concepts (Chapter 2); E.4.	Using Material Properties (Chapter 3); E.5.	Using Material Property Charts (Chapter 4); E.6.	Translation: Constraints and Objectives (Chapters 5 and 6); E.7.	Deriving and;  Using Material Indices (Chapters 5 and 6); E.8.	Multiple Constraints and Objectives (Chapters 7 and 8); E.9.	Selecting Material and Shape (Chapters 9 and 10); E.10.	Hybrid Materials (Chapters 11 and 12); E.11.	Selecting Processes (Chapters 13 and 14); E.12.	Materials and the Environment (Chapter 15);  	Index
N2  - Understanding materials, their properties and behavior is fundamental to engineering design, and a key application of materials science. Written for all students of engineering, this book describes the procedures for material selection in mechanical design
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