Materials and the Designer

Materials and the Designer

by E.H.Cornish (Author)

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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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 296
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 25 Jan 1991

ISBN 10: 0521385806
ISBN 13: 9780521385800

Media Reviews
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