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Materials and the Designer - Softcover

Cornish, E. H.

 
9780521385800: Materials and the Designer
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521385806 ISBN 13: 9780521385800
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1991

Synopsis

This book introduces the reader to methods of selecting materials for engineering applications. With the rapid growth in the variety of manufacturing materials available, the choice of the optimum material for an engineering design is of increasing importance and difficulty. Materials have to be chosen that satisfy several, often conflicting, criteria including strength, durability, flammability, and cost. The author, an acknowledged expert on materials, provides a guide to many of the classes of engineering materials currently available. He includes tables and lists of standards, along with lists of consultants' addresses and references. Materials covered include metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites, and there are chapters on surface finishes, materials' performance, and the impact of manufacturing processes on design possibilities.

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Book Description

An invaluable reference for product designers to use in choosing the optimum material for an engineering design is provided through this comprehensive introduction to the methods of selection methodology.

Review

"Provides materials selection personnel with the background necessary to understand the advice experts may give to carefully framed questions." The New York Public Library

"...contains a wealth of fundamentals which materials engineers and technologists will find invaluable." SAMPE Journal

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1991
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521385806
ISBN 13 
9780521385800
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
296