Materials Enabled Designs: The Materials Engineering Perspective to Product Design and Manufacturing
Author(s): Michael Pfeifer (Author)
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Publication Date: August 7, 2013
Language: English
Print length: 320 pages
ISBN-10: 0323164927
ISBN-13: 9780323164924
Book Description
There are books aplenty on materials selection criteria for engineering design. Most cover the physical and mechanical properties of specific materials, but few offer much in the way of total product design criteria. This innovative new text/reference will give the 'Big picture' view of how materials should be selected-not only for a desired function but also for their ultimate performance, durability, maintenance, replacement costs, and so on. Even such factors as how a material behaves when packaged, shipped, and stored will be taken into consideration. For without that knowledge, a design engineer is often in the dark as to how a particular material used in particular product or process is going to behave over time, how costly it will be, and, ultimately, how successful it will be at doing what is supposed to do. This book delivers that knowledge.
Materials Enabled Designs: The Materials Engineering Perspective to Product Design and Manufacturing
Author(s): Michael Pfeifer (Author)
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Publication Date: May 13, 2009
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Print length: 320 pages
ISBN-10: 0750682876
ISBN-13: 9780750682879
Book Description
There are books aplenty on materials selection criteria for engineering design. Most cover the physical and mechanical properties of specific materials, but few offer much in the way of total product design criteria. This innovative new text/reference will give the “Big picture view of how materials should be selected―not only for a desired function but also for their ultimate performance, durability, maintenance, replacement costs, and so on. Even such factors as how a material behaves when packaged, shipped, and stored will be taken into consideration. For without that knowledge, a design engineer is often in the dark as to how a particular material used in particular product or process is going to behave over time, how costly it will be, and, ultimately, how successful it will be at doing what is supposed to do. This book delivers that knowledge.
Brief but comprehensive review of major materials functional groups (mechanical, electrical, thermal, chemical) by major material categories (metals, polymers, ceramics, composites)
Invaluable guidance on selection criteria at early design stage, including such factors as functionality, durability, and availability
Insight into lifecycle factors that affect choice of materials beyond simple performance specs, including manufacturability, machinability, shelf life, packaging, and even shipping characteristics
Unique help on writing materials selection specifications
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