Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering: A Design-Led Approach

by Michael F. Ashby, Hugh Shercliff, David Cebon

Overview

Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering: A Design-Led Approach is ideal for a first course in materials for mechanical, civil, biomedical, aerospace and other engineering disciplines. The authors’ systematic method includes first analyzing and selecting properties to match materials to design through the use of real-world case studies and then examining the science behind the material properties to better engage students whose jobs will be centered on design or applied industrial research. As with Ashby’s other leading texts, the book emphasizes visual communication through material property charts and numerous schematics better illustrate the origins of properties, their manipulation and fundamental limits.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780081023990
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	09/11/2023
Pages:	704
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

Hugh Shercliff is a Senior Lecturer in Materials in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. He is a co-author of Michael Ashby's Materials, Third Edition (Butterworth-Heinemann, 2013), and a contributor on aluMATTER, an e-learning website for engineers and researchers sponsored by the European Aluminium Association.

David Cebon is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Cambridge University in the UK.

Table of Contents

1.Introduction: materials — history, classification, and properties
2. Materials, processes, and design
3. Material properties and microstructure — overview and atom-scale fundamentals
4. Elastic stiffness and stiffness-limited applications
5. Plasticity, yielding and ductility, and strength-limited applications
6. Fracture, fatigue, and fracture-limited applications
7. Materials and heat: thermal properties
8. Materials at high temperatures: diffusion and creep
9. Surfaces: friction, wear, oxidation, corrosion
10. Functional properties: electrical, magnetic, optical
11. Manufacturing processes and microstructure evolution
12. Materials, environment, and sustainability
Guided Learning Unit 1: Simple ideas of crystallography
Guided Learning Unit 2: Material selection in design
Guided Learning Unit 3: Process selection in design
Guided Learning Unit 4: Phase diagrams and phase Transformations
Appendix A: Material property data

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Ideal for a first course in materials for engineering students in mechanical, civil, biomedical, aerospace and other engineering disciplines