Materials Engineering Selection: The Materials Engineering Perspective to Product Design and Manufacturing - Hardcover

Michael Pfeifer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750682876 ISBN 13: 9780750682879

Publisher: Butterworth Heinemann, 2007

Synopsis

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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Successful materials selection for total product performance

Edition details

• Publisher: Butterworth Heinemann
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750682876
• ISBN 13: 9780750682879
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240