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Materials Selection in Mechanical Design
5th Edition - September 23, 2016
Author: Michael F. Ashby
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:9780081005996
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eBook ISBN:9780081006108
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Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, Fifth Edition, winner of a 2018 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty), describes the procedures for material selection in mechanical design in order to ensure that the most suitable materials for a given application are identified from the full range of materials and section shapes available. Extensively revised for this fifth edition, the book is recognized as one of the leading materials selection texts, providing a unique and innovative resource for students, engineers, and product/industrial designers.
Winner of a 2018 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty) from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association
Includes significant revisions to chapters on advanced materials selection methods and process selection, with coverage of newer processing developments such as additive manufacturing
Contains a broad scope of new material classes covered in the text with expanded data tables that include “functional” materials such as piezoelectric, magnetostrictive, magneto-caloric, and thermo-electric materials
Presents improved pedagogy, such as new worked examples throughout the text and additional end-of-chapter exercises (moved from an appendix to the relevant chapters) to aid in student learning and to keep the book fresh for instructors through multiple semesters
“Forces for Change” chapter has been re-written to outline the links between materials and sustainable design
Undergraduate and graduate students majoring in engineering disciplines including materials science; mechanical aerospace and automotive engineering; engineering design; and industrial design
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Introduction: Materials and Design
Abstract
1.1 Introduction and Synopsis
1.2 Materials in Design
1.3 The Design Process
1.4 Types of Design
1.5 Design Tools and Materials Data
1.6 Function, Material, Shape and Process
1.7 Case Study: Devices to Open Corked Bottles
1.8 Summary and Conclusions
1.9 Further Reading
1.10 Exercises
Chapter 2. Engineering Materials and Their Properties
Abstract
2.1 Introduction and Synopsis
2.2 The Families of Engineering Materials
2.3 Materials Information for Design
2.4 Material Properties and Their Units
2.5 Summary and Conclusions
2.6 Further Reading
2.7 Exercises
Chapter 3. Materials Property Charts
Abstract
3.1 Introduction and Synopsis
3.2 Exploring Material Properties
3.3 The Material Property Charts
3.4 Summary and Conclusions
3.5 Further Reading
3.6 Exercises
Chapter 4. Materials Selection – The Basics
Abstract
4.1 Introduction and Synopsis
4.2 The Selection Strategy
4.3 Attribute Limits and Material Indices
4.4 The Selection Procedure
4.5 Computer-Aided Selection
4.6 The Structural Index
4.7 Summary and Conclusions
4.8 Further Reading
4.9 Exercises
Chapter 5. Materials Selection – Case Studies
Abstract
5.1 Introduction and Synopsis
5.2 Materials for Oars
5.3 Mirrors for Large Telescopes
5.4 Materials for Table Legs
5.5 Cost: Structural Materials for Buildings
5.6 Materials for Flywheels
5.7 Materials for Springs
5.8 Elastic Hinges and Couplings
5.9 Materials for Seals
5.10 Deflection-Limited Design with Brittle Polymers
5.11 Safe Pressure Vessels
5.12 Stiff, High Damping Materials for Shaker Tables
5.13 Insulation for Short-Term Isothermal Containers
5.14 Energy-Efficient Kiln Walls
5.15 Materials for Passive Solar Heating
5.16 Materials to Minimize Thermal Distortion in Precision Devices
5.17 Materials for Heat Exchangers
5.18 Heat Sinks for Hot Microchips
5.19 Materials for Radomes
5.20 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 6. Processes and Their Effect on Properties
Abstract
6.1 Introduction and Synopsis
6.2 Classifying Processes
6.3 The Processes: Shaping, Joining, Finishing
6.4 Process–Property Trajectories
6.5 Summary and Conclusions
6.6 Further Reading
6.7 Exercises
Chapter 7. Processes Selection and Cost
Abstract
7.1 Introduction and Synopsis
7.2 Process Selection: The Strategy
7.3 Implementing the Strategy: Selection Matrices
7.4 Limitations and Quality
7.5 Ranking: Process Cost
7.6 Computer-Aided Process Selection
7.7 Summary and Conclusions
7.8 Further reading
7.9 Exercises
Chapter 8. Multiple Constraints and Conflicting Objectives
Abstract
8.1 Introduction and Synopsis
8.2 Selection with Multiple Constraints
8.3 Conflicting Objectives
8.4 Summary and Conclusions
8.5 Further reading
8.6 Appendix: Weight Factors and Fuzzy Methods
8.7 Exercises
Chapter 9. Multiple Constraints and Conflicting Objectives – Case Studies
Abstract
9.1 Introduction and Synopsis
9.2 Multiple Constraints: Light Pressure Vessels
9.3 Multiple Constraints: Con-Rods for High-Performance Engines
9.4 Multiple Constraints: Windings for High-Field Magnets
9.5 Conflicting Objectives: Table Legs Again
9.6 Conflicting Objectives: Wafer-Thin Casings for Must-Have Electronics
13.11 The Mechanical Efficiency of Natural Materials
Further Reading: Natural Materials
Chapter 14. Materials and the Environment
Abstract
14.1 Introduction and Synopsis
14.2 The Material Life-Cycle
14.3 Material and Energy-Consuming Systems
14.4 The Eco-Attributes of Materials
14.5 Life-Cycle Assessment, Eco-Audits and Energy Fingerprints
14.6 Eco-Selection
14.7 Case Studies: Drink Containers and Crash Barriers
14.8 Summary and Conclusions
14.9 Further Reading
14.10 Exercises
Chapter 15. Materials and Industrial Design
Abstract
15.1 Introduction and Synopsis
15.2 The Requirements Pyramid
15.3 Product Character
15.4 Using Materials and Processes to Create Product Personality
15.5 Case Studies: Analysing Product Personality
15.6 Summary and Conclusions
15.7 Further Reading
15.8 Exercises
Chapter 16. Sustainable Response to Forces for Change
Abstract
16.1 Introduction and Synopsis
16.2 Market-Pull and Science-Push
16.3 Growing Population and Wealth, and Market Saturation
16.4 Product Liability and Service Provision
16.5 The Information Economy, Critical Materials and Circularity
16.6 Response to Forces for Change: Sustainable Development
16.7 Summary and Conclusions
16.8 Further Reading
Appendix A. Data for Engineering Materials
A.1 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 Thermal Field for Moving Heat Source
B.17 Further Reading
Appendix C. Material Indices
C.1 Introduction and Synopsis
C.2 Uses of Material Indices
Index
No. of pages: 660
Language: English
Edition: 5
Published: September 23, 2016
Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
Paperback ISBN: 9780081005996
eBook ISBN: 9780081006108
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Michael F. Ashby
Mike Ashby is one of the world’s foremost authorities on materials selection. He is sole or lead author of several of Elsevier’s top selling engineering textbooks, including Materials and Design: The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product Design, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, Materials and the Environment, Materials and Sustainable Development, and Materials: Engineering, Science, Processing and Design. He is also co-author of the books Engineering Materials 1&2, and Nanomaterials, Nanotechnologies and Design.
Affiliations and expertise
Royal Society Research Professor Emeritus, University of Cambridge, and Former Visiting Professor of Design at the Royal College of Art, London, UK