Materials Selection in Mechanical Design
- 6th Edition - September 13, 2024
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Author: Michael F. Ashby
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 6 0 2 8 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 6 0 2 9 - 5
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Request a sales quoteMaterials Selection in Mechanical Design, Sixth Edition, winner of a 2018 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty), describes the procedures for material selection in mechanical design to ensure that the most suitable materials for a given application are identified from the full range of materials and section shapes available. Recognized as the world’s leading materials selection textbook, users will find a unique and innovative resource for students, engineers, and product/industrial designers. Selected revisions to this new edition ensure the book will continue to meet the needs of all those whose studies or careers involve selecting the best material for the project at hand.
- Includes new or expanded coverage of materials selection in areas such as additive manufacturing, biomedical manufacturing, digital manufacturing and cyber-manufacturing
- Includes an update to the hybrid chapter, which has been enhanced with expanded hybrid case
- Presents improved pedagogy, including new worked examples throughout the text, case studies, homework problems, and mini-projects to aid in student learning
- Maintains its hallmark features of full-color presentation with numerous Ashby materials, selection charts, high-quality illustrations, and a focus on sustainable design
Undergraduate and graduate students majoring in engineering disciplines including materials science, mechanical, aerospace and automotive engineering, engineering design and industrial design /Navstem estimates the US academic market at approximately 6,000 students per year
Working design engineers involved in materials selection
Working design engineers involved in materials selection
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Physical constants in SI units
- Copyright
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- How to Use This Book
- Acknowledgments
- Part 1: Materials and Process Selection: The Basics
- Chapter 1. Introduction: Materials and Design
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 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
- General Texts on Design Methods
- General Texts on Materials Selection in Design
- And on Corks and Corkscrews
- 1.10 EXERCISES
- Chapter 2. Engineering Materials and Their Properties
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 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
- Table of Contents
- 3.1 INTRODUCTION AND SYNOPSIS
- 3.2 Exploring Material Properties
- 3.3 The Material Property Charts
- 3.4 Summary and Conclusions
- 3.5Further Reading
- 3.6 Exercises
- Chapter 4. Materials Selection—The Basics
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 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
- 4.8Further Reading
- 4.9 Exercises
- Chapter 5. Materials Selection—Case Studies
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 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 Materials for Passive Solar Heating
- 5.15 Energy-Efficient Kiln Walls
- 5.16 Minimizing 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
- Table of Contents
- 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 Modeling
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 7.1 INTRODUCTION AND SYNOPSIS
- 7.2 Process Selection: The Strategy
- 7.3 Implementing the Strategy: Selection Matrices
- 7.4 Process Limits and Quality
- 7.5 Design for Manufacture
- 7.6 Process Cost Modeling
- 7.7 Summary And Conclusions
- 7.8 Further Reading
- 7.9 Exercises
- Chapter 8. Additive Manufacturing
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 8.1 INTRODUCTION AND SYNOPSIS
- 8.2 Additive Manufacturing Processes
- 8.3 Materials for Additive Manufacturing
- 8.4 PROPERTIES OF AM MATERIALS
- 8.5 AM and the Environment
- 8.6 Design for Additive Manufacturing
- 8.7 Modeling AM Cost
- 8.8 The Business Case for AM
- 8.9 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
- 8.10 Further Reading
- 8.11 Exercises
- Part 2: Advanced Selection Methods
- Chapter 9. Multiple Constraints and Conflicting Objectives
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 9.1 INTRODUCTION AND SYNOPSIS
- 9.2 Selection with Multiple Constraints—The Key Steps
- 9.3 Conflicting Objectives
- 9.4 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
- 9.5 Appendix: Weight Factors
- 9.6 FURTHER READING
- 9.7 Exercises
- Chapter 10. Multiple Constraints and Conflicting Objectives—Case Studies
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 10.1 INTRODUCTION AND SYNOPSIS
- 10.2 Multiple Constraints: Light Pressure Vessels
- 10.3 Multiple Constraints: Con-Rods for High-Performance Engines
- 10.4 Multiple Constraints: Windings for High-Field Magnets
- 10.5 Conflicting Objectives: Table Legs Again
- 10.6 Conflicting Objectives: Wafer-Thin Casings for Must-Have Electronics
- 10.7 Conflicting Objectives: Cost-Effective Bumpers
- 10.8 Conflicting Objectives: Materials for a Disk Brake Caliper
- 10.9 Summary and Conclusions
- Chapter 11. Selection of Material and Shape
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 11.1 INTRODUCTION AND SYNOPSIS
- 11.2 Shape Factors
- 11.3 Limits to Shape Efficiency
- 11.4 Exploring Material-Shape Combinations
- 11.5 Material Indices That Include Shape
- 11.6 Graphical Co-Selecting Using Indices
- 11.7 Architectured Materials: Microscopic Shape
- 11.8 Summary And Conclusions
- 11.9 Further Reading
- 11.10 Exercises
- Chapter 12. Material and Shape: Case Studies
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 12.1 INTRODUCTION AND SYNOPSIS
- 12.2 Spars for Man-Powered Planes
- 12.3 Forks for a Racing Bicycle
- 12.4 Floor Joists: Wood, Steel, or Bamboo
- 12.5 Table Legs Yet Again: Thin or Light?
- 12.6 Increasing the Stiffness of Steel Sheet
- 12.7 Shapes that Flex: Leaf and Strand Structures
- 12.8 Ultra-Efficient Springs
- 12.9 Summary and Conclusions
- Chapter 13. Designing Hybrid Materials
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 13.1 Introduction and Synopsis
- 13.2 Holes In Material-Property Space
- 13.3 Key Concepts for Hybrid Design
- 13.4 Composites
- 13.5 Cellular Structures: Foams and Lattices
- 13.6 Sandwich Structures and Multilayers
- 13.7 Segmented Structures—Subdivision As A Design Variable
- 13.8 The Mechanical Efficiency of Natural Materials
- 13.9 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
- 13.10 Further Reading
- 13.11 Appendix: The Stiffness and Strength for Multilayers
- 13.12 Exercises
- Chapter 14. Hybrids: Case Studies
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 14.1 INTRODUCTION AND SYNOPSIS
- 14.2 Designing Metal Matrix Composites
- 14.3 NATURAL FIBER COMPOSITES
- 14.4 Materials for Long-Span Power Cables
- 14.5 Conducting Elastomers
- 14.6 Extreme Combinations of Thermal and Electrical Conduction
- 14.7 Refrigerator Walls
- 14.8 Materials for Microwave-Transparent Enclosures
- 14.9 Connectors that Don’t Relax their Grip
- 14.10 Creating Anisotropy: Heat Spreading Surfaces
- Part 3: The Wider Context
- Chapter 15. Materials and the Environment
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 15.1 INTRODUCTION AND SYNOPSIS
- 15.2 THE MATERIAL LIFE CYCLE
- 15.3 Environmental Life-Cycle Assessment (E-LCA)
- 15.4 The Eco-Attributes of Materials
- 15.5 Eco-Audits and Energy Fingerprints
- 15.6 Eco-Selection
- 15.7 Case Studies: Drink Containers and Crash Barriers
- 15.8 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
- 15.9 Further Reading
- 15.10 Exercises
- Chapter 16. Materials and Sustainable Development
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 16.1 INTRODUCTION AND SYNOPSIS
- 16.2 Defining Sustainable Development: The Three Capitals
- 16.3 National Stocks and Flows of the Three Capitals
- 16.4 THE ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSION: ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT
- 16.5 The Human Dimension: Social Life-Cycle Assessment
- 16.6 The Economic Dimension: Life-Cycle Costing
- 16.7 Putting It Together: Life-Cycle Sustainability Assessment
- 16.8 Case Study: LCSA and Materials Selection
- 16.9 Summary and Conclusions
- 16.10 Further Reading on Sustainable Development, General
- Reading specifically for S-LCA
- Reading specifically for LCSA
- Reading specifically for LCSA
- 16.11 Exercises
- Chapter 17. The Wider Context: Materials and Big Issues
- Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 17.1 INTRODUCTION AND SYNOPSIS
- 17.2 Five Big Issues
- 17.3 What’s Behind the Big Issues? Big Influencers
- 17.4 OBLIGATIONS TO FUTURE GENERATIONS
- 17.5 Summary and Conclusions
- 17.6 Further Reading
- 17.7 Exercises
- Part 4: Resources
- Appendix A. Data for Engineering Materials
- 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
- Conversion of units
- Edition: 6
- Published: September 13, 2024
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- No. of pages: 600
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443160288
- eBook ISBN: 9780443160295
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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