Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, Third Edition | by Michael F. Ashby | ISBN: 9780750661683. Materials Science Books. Engineering Materials. Material Property Charts. Designing Hybrid Materials
Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, Third Edition
by Michael F. Ashby
ISBN:9780750661683
With worked examples, exercise materials, and case studies, this unique and innovative resource develops a systematic procedure for selecting materials and processes, leading to the subset which best matches the requirements of a design.
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Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, Third Edition
Preface
Features of the Third Edition
Key Changes
Supplements to the Third Edition
The CES EduPack
Chapter 1 – Introduction
1.1: Introduction and Synopsis
1.2: Materials in Design
1.3: The Evolution of Engineering Materials
1.4: Case study: The Evolution of Materials in Vacuum Cleaners
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: The Definitions of Material Properties
3.4: Summary and Conclusions
3.5: 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: Attribute Limits and 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 – Materials Selection — Case Studies
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: Nylon Bearings for Ships’ Rudders
6.18: Materials for Heat Exchangers
6.19: Materials for Radomes
6.20: Summary and Conclusions
6.21: Further Reading
Chapter 7 – Processes and Process Selection
7.1: Introduction and Synopsis
7.2: Classifying Processes
7.3: The Processes: Shaping, Joining, and Finishing
7.4: Systematic Process Selection
7.5: Ranking: Process Cost
7.6: Computer-Aided Process Selection
7.7: Supporting Information
7.8: Summary and Conclusions
7.9: Further Reading
Chapter 8 – Process Selection Case Studies
8.1: Introduction and Synopsis
8.2: Forming a Fan
8.3: Fabricating a Pressure Vessel
8.4: An Optical Table
8.5: Economical Casting
8.6: Computer-Based Selection: a Manifold Jacket
8.7: Computer-Based Selection: A Spark Plug Insulator
8.8: Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 9 – Multiple Constraints and Objectives
9.1: Introduction and Synopsis
9.2: Selection with Multiple Constraints
9.3: Conflicting Objectives, Penalty-Functions, and Exchange Constants
9.4: Summary and Conclusions
9.5: Further Reading
Appendix: Traditional Methods of Dealing with Multiple Constraints and Objectives
Chapter 10 – Case Studies—Multiple Constraints and Conflicting Objectives
10.1: Introduction and Synopsis
10.2: Multiple Constraints: Con-Rods for High-Performance Engines
10.3: Multiple Constraints: Windings for High-Field Magnets
10.4: Conflicting Objectives: Casings for a Mini-Disk Player
10.5: Conflicting Objectives: Materials for a Disk-Brake Caliper
10.6: Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 11 – Selection of Material and Shape
11 1: Introduction and Synopsis
11.2: Shape Factors
11.3: Microscopic or Micro-Structural Shape Factors
11.4: Limits to Shape Efficiency
11.5: Exploring and Comparing Structural Sections
11.6: Material Indices that Include Shape
11.7: Co-Selecting Material and Shape
11.8: Summary and Conclusions
11.9: Further Reading
Chapter 12 – Selection of Material and Shape: Case Studies
12.1: Introduction and Synopsis
12.2: Spars for Man-Powered Planes
12.3: Ultra-Efficient Springs
12.4: Forks for a Racing Bicycle
12.5: Floor Joists: Wood, Bamboo or Steel?
12.6: Increasing the Stiffness of Steel Sheet
12.7: Table Legs Again: Thin or Light?
12.8: Shapes that Flex: Leaf and Strand Structures
12.9: Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 13 – Designing Hybrid Materials
13.1: Introduction and Synopsis
13.2: Filling Holes in Material-Property Space
13.3: The Method: “A + B + Configuration + Scale”
13.4: Composites: Hybrids of Type 1
13.5: Sandwich Structures: Hybrids of Type 2
13.6: Lattices: Hybrids of Type 3
13.7: Segmented Structures: Hybrids of Type 4
13.8: Summary and Conclusions
13.9: Further Reading
Chapter 14 – Hybrid Case Studies
14.1: Introduction and Synopsis
14.2: Designing Metal Matrix Composites
14.3: Refrigerator Walls
14.4: Connectors that Do Not Relax their Grip
14.5: Extreme Combinations of Thermal and Electrical Conduction
14.6: Materials for Microwave-Transparent Enclosures
14.7: Exploiting Anisotropy: Heat Spreading Surfaces
14.8: The Mechanical Efficiency of Natural Materials
14.9: Further Reading: Natural Materials (See Also Appendix D)
Chapter 15 – Information and Knowledge Sources for Design
15.1: Introduction and Synopsis
15.2: Information for Materials and Processes
15.3: Screening Information: Structure and Sources
15.4: Supporting Information: Structure and Sources
15.5: Ways of Checking and Estimating Data
15.6: Summary and Conclusions
15.7: Further Reading
Chapter 16 – Materials and the Environment
16.1: Introduction and Synopsis
16.2: The Material Life Cycle
16.3: Material and Energy-Consuming Systems
16.4: The Eco-Attributes of Materials
16.5: Eco-Selection
16.6: Case Studies: Drink Containers and Crash Barriers
16.7: Summary and Conclusions
16.8: Further Reading
Chapter 17 – Materials and Industrial Design
17.1: Introduction and Synopsis
17.2: The Requirements Pyramid
17.3: Product Character
17.4: Using Materials and Processes to Create Product Personality
17.5: Summary and Conclusions
17.6: Further Reading
Chapter 18 – Forces for Change
18.1: Introduction and Synopsis
18.2: Market-Pull and Science-Push (Extreme Right and Left of Figure 18.1)
18.3: Growing Population and Wealth, and Market Saturation (Sector I, Figure 18.1)
18.4: Product Liability and Service Provision (Sector 2, Figure 18.1)
18.5: Miniaturization and Multi-Functionality (Sector 3, Figure 18.1)
18.6: Concern for the Environment and for the Individual (Sector 4, Figure 18.1)
18.7: Summary and Conclusions
18.8: Further Reading
Appendix A – Useful Solutions to Standard Problems
Introduction and Synopsis
A.1: Constitutive Equations for Mechanical Response
A.2: Moments of Sections
A.3: Elastic Bending of Beams
A.4: Failure of Beams and Panels
A.5: Buckling of Columns, Plates, and Shells
A.6: Torsion of Shafts
A.7: Static and Spinning Disks
A.8: Contact Stresses
A.9: Estimates for Stress Concentrations
A.10: Sharp Cracks
A.11: Pressure Vessels
A.12: Vibrating Beams, Tubes, and Disks
A.13: Creep and Creep Fracture
A.14: Flow of Heat and Matter
A.15: Solutions for Diffusion Equations
A.16: Further Reading
Appendix B – Material Indices
B.1: Introduction and Synopsis
B.2: Uses of Material Indices
Appendix C – Data and Information for Engineering Materials
Appendix D – Information and Knowledge Sources for Materials and Processes
D.1: Introduction
D.2: Information Sources for Materials
D.3: Information for Manufacturing Processes
D.4: Databases and Expert Systems in software
D.5: Additional Useful Internet Sites
D.6: Supplier Registers, Government Organizations, Standards and Professional Societies
Appendix E – Exercises
E.1: Introduction to the Exercises
E.2: Devising Concepts
E.3: Use of Material Selection Charts
E.4: Translation: Constraints and Objectives
E.5: Deriving and Using Material Indices
E.6: Selecting Processes
E.7: Multiple Constraints and Objectives
E.8: Selecting Material and Shape
E.9: Hybrid Materials
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