Materials Selection in Mechanical Design - Grand Format

The essential reference for engineering, manufacturing, or materials courses involving materials selection ! Understanding materials, their properties, and behavior is fundamental to engineering design, and a key application of materials science. Written for all students of engineering, materials science, and design, this book describes the procedures for material selection in mechanical design in order to ensure that the most suitable materials for a given application are identified from the full range of materials and section shapes available.
Extensively revised for this fifth edition, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design is recognized as one of the leading materials selection texts, and provides a unique and innovative resource for students, engineers, and product/industrial designers. New and Key Features : Significant revisions to chapters on advanced materials selection methods and process selection with coverage of such newer processing developments as additive manufacturing.
The scope of material classes covered in the text and data tables has been expanded to include "functional" materials such as piezoelectric, magnetostrictive, magneto-caloric and, thermoelectric materials. Improved pedagogy, such as new worked examples throughout the text, and additional end-of-chapter exercises (moved from an appendix to the relevant chapters) to'aid in student learning and keep the book fresh for instructors through multiple semesters.
"Forces for Change" chapter has been rewritten to outline the links between materials and sustainable design.