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Materials Selection in Mechanical Design / Edition 5
- ISBN-10:
- 0081005997
- ISBN-13:
- 9780081005996
- Pub. Date:
- 12/19/2016
- Publisher:
- Elsevier Science
- ISBN-10:
- 0081005997
- ISBN-13:
- 9780081005996
- Pub. Date:
- 12/19/2016
- Publisher:
- Elsevier Science
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Overview
Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, Fifth Edition, winner of a 2018 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty), 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, the book is recognized as one of the leading materials selection texts, providing a unique and innovative resource for students, engineers, and product/industrial designers.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780081005996 |
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Publisher: | Elsevier Science |
Publication date: | 12/19/2016 |
Edition description: | New Edition |
Pages: | 660 |
Product dimensions: | 7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x (d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Preface | xi | |
Acknowledgements | xiii | |
1 | Introduction | 1 |
1.1 | Introduction and synopsis | 1 |
1.2 | Materials in design | 1 |
1.3 | The evolution of engineering materials | 3 |
1.4 | The evolution of materials in vacuum cleaners | 4 |
1.5 | Summary and conclusions | 6 |
1.6 | Further reading | 7 |
2 | The design process | 8 |
2.1 | Introduction and synopsis | 8 |
2.2 | The design process | 8 |
2.3 | Types of design | 10 |
2.4 | Design tools and materials data | 11 |
2.5 | Function, material, shape and process | 13 |
2.6 | Devices to open corked bottles | 14 |
2.7 | Summary and conclusions | 18 |
2.8 | Further reading | 19 |
3 | Engineering materials and their properties | 20 |
3.1 | Introduction and synopsis | 20 |
3.2 | The classes of engineering material | 20 |
3.3 | The definitions of material properties | 22 |
3.4 | Summary and conclusions | 31 |
3.5 | Further reading | 31 |
4 | Materials selection charts | 32 |
4.1 | Introduction and synopsis | 32 |
4.2 | Displaying material properties | 32 |
4.3 | The material property charts | 36 |
4.4 | Summary and conclusions | 63 |
4.5 | Further reading | 64 |
5 | Materials selection - the basics | 65 |
5.1 | Introduction and synopsis | 65 |
5.2 | The selection strategy | 65 |
5.3 | Deriving property limits and material indices | 69 |
5.4 | The selection procedure | 77 |
5.5 | The structural index | 82 |
5.6 | Summary and conclusions | 83 |
5.7 | Further reading | 83 |
6 | Materials selection - case studies | 85 |
6.1 | Introduction and synopsis | 85 |
6.2 | Materials for oars | 85 |
6.3 | Mirrors for large telescopes | 89 |
6.4 | Materials for table legs | 93 |
6.5 | Cost - structural materials for buildings | 97 |
6.6 | Materials for flywheels | 100 |
6.7 | Materials for high-flow fans | 105 |
6.8 | Golf-ball print heads | 108 |
6.9 | Materials for springs | 111 |
6.10 | Elastic hinges | 116 |
6.11 | Materials for seals | 119 |
6.12 | Diaphragms for pressure actuators | 122 |
6.13 | Knife edges and pivots | 125 |
6.14 | Deflection-limited design with brittle polymers | 129 |
6.15 | Safe pressure vessels | 133 |
6.16 | Stiff, high damping materials for shaker tables | 137 |
6.17 | Insulation for short-term isothermal containers | 140 |
6.18 | Energy-efficient kiln walls | 143 |
6.19 | Materials for passive solar heating | 147 |
6.20 | Materials to minimize thermal distortion in precision devices | 151 |
6.21 | Ceramic valves for taps | 154 |
6.22 | Nylon bearings for ships' rudders | 157 |
6.23 | Summary and conclusions | 160 |
6.24 | Further reading | 161 |
7 | Selection of material and shape | 162 |
7.1 | Introduction and synopsis | 162 |
7.2 | Shape factors | 162 |
7.3 | The efficiency of standard sections | 172 |
7.4 | Material limits for shape factors | 175 |
7.5 | Material indices which include shape | 180 |
7.6 | The microscopic or micro-structural shape factor | 182 |
7.7 | Co-selecting material and shape | 186 |
7.8 | Summary and conclusions | 188 |
7.9 | Further reading | 190 |
Appendix | Geometric constraints and associated shape factors | 190 |
8 | Shape - case studies | 194 |
8.1 | Introduction and synopsis | 194 |
8.2 | Spars for man-powered planes | 194 |
8.3 | Forks for a racing bicycle | 198 |
8.4 | Floor joists: wood or steel? | 200 |
8.5 | Increasing the stiffness of steel sheet | 204 |
8.6 | Ultra-efficient springs | 206 |
8.7 | Summary and conclusions | 209 |
9 | Multiple constraints and compound objectives | 210 |
9.1 | Introduction and synopsis | 210 |
9.2 | Selection by successive application of property limits and indices | 210 |
9.3 | The method of weight-factors | 212 |
9.4 | Methods employing fuzzy logic | 214 |
9.5 | Systematic methods for multiple constraints | 215 |
9.6 | Compound objectives, exchange constants and value-functions | 218 |
9.7 | Summary and conclusions | 226 |
9.8 | Further reading | 227 |
10 | Case studies: multiple constraints and compound objectives | 228 |
10.1 | Introduction and synopsis | 228 |
10.2 | Multiple constraints - con-rods for high-performance engines | 228 |
10.3 | Multiple constraints - windings for high field magnets | 232 |
10.4 | Compound objectives - materials for insulation | 237 |
10.5 | Compound objectives - disposable coffee cups | 241 |
10.6 | Summary and conclusions | 245 |
11 | Materials processing and design | 246 |
11.1 | Introduction and synopsis | 246 |
11.2 | Processes and their influence on design | 246 |
11.3 | Process attributes | 261 |
11.4 | Systematic process selection | 262 |
11.5 | Screening: process selection diagrams | 264 |
11.6 | Ranking: process cost | 274 |
11.7 | Supporting information | 279 |
11.8 | Summary and conclusions | 279 |
11.9 | Further reading | 280 |
12 | Case studies: process selection | 281 |
12.1 | Introduction and synopsis | 281 |
12.2 | Forming a fan | 281 |
12.3 | Fabricating a pressure vessel | 284 |
12.4 | Forming a silicon nitride micro-beam | 289 |
12.5 | Forming ceramic tap valves | 290 |
12.6 | Economical casting | 292 |
12.7 | Computer-based selection - a manifold jacket | 293 |
12.8 | Computer-based selection - a spark plug insulator | 298 |
12.9 | Summary and conclusions | 301 |
12.10 | Further reading | 301 |
13 | Data sources | 303 |
13.1 | Introduction and synopsis | 303 |
13.2 | Data needs for design | 303 |
13.3 | Screening: data structure and sources | 305 |
13.4 | Further information: data structure and sources | 307 |
13.5 | Ways of checking and estimating data | 309 |
13.6 | Summary and conclusions | 312 |
13.7 | Further reading | 313 |
Appendix | Data sources for material and process attributes | 313 |
14 | Case studies: use of data sources | 334 |
14.1 | Introduction and synopsis | 334 |
14.2 | Data for a ferrous alloy - type 302 stainless steel | 334 |
14.3 | Data for a non-ferrous alloy - Al-Si die-casting alloys | 335 |
14.4 | Data for a polymer - polyethylene | 338 |
14.5 | Data for a ceramic - zirconia | 340 |
14.6 | Data for a glass-filled polymer - nylon 30% glass | 342 |
14.7 | Data for a metal-matrix composite (MMC) - Ai/SiC[subscript p] | 344 |
14.8 | Data for a polymer-matrix composite - CFRP | 345 |
14.9 | Data for a natural material - balsa wood | 347 |
14.10 | Summary and conclusions | 349 |
14.11 | Further reading | 350 |
15 | Materials, aesthetics and industrial design | 351 |
15.1 | Introduction and synopsis | 351 |
15.2 | Aesthetics and industrial design | 351 |
15.3 | Why tolerate ugliness? The bar code | 354 |
15.4 | The evolution of the telephone | 355 |
15.5 | The design of hair dryers | 357 |
15.6 | The design of forks | 359 |
15.7 | Summary and conclusions | 361 |
15.8 | Further reading | 361 |
16 | Forces for change | 363 |
16.1 | Introduction and synopsis | 363 |
16.2 | The market pull: economy versus performance | 363 |
16.3 | The science-push: curiosity-driven research | 366 |
16.4 | Materials and the environment: green design | 367 |
16.5 | The pressure to recycle and reuse | 373 |
16.6 | Summary and conclusions | 373 |
16.7 | Further reading | 374 |
Appendix A | Useful solutions to standard problems | 375 |
A.1 | Constitutive equations for mechanical response | 376 |
A.2 | Moments of sections | 378 |
A.3 | Elastic bending of beams | 380 |
A.4 | Failure of beams and panels | 382 |
A.5 | Buckling of columns and plates | 384 |
A.6 | Torsion of shafts | 386 |
A.7 | Static and spinning discs | 388 |
A.8 | Contact stresses | 390 |
A.9 | Estimates for stress concentrations | 392 |
A.10 | Sharp cracks | 394 |
A.11 | Pressure vessels | 396 |
A.12 | Vibrating beams, tubes and discs | 398 |
A.13 | Creep and creep fracture | 400 |
A.14 | Flow of heat and matter | 402 |
A.15 | Solutions for diffusion equations | 404 |
A.16 | Further reading | 406 |
Appendix B | Material indices | 407 |
Appendix C | Material and process selection charts | 413 |
C.1 | Introduction | 413 |
C.2 | The materials selection charts | 418 |
Chart 1 | Young's modulus, E against density, [rho] | 418 |
Chart 2 | Strength, [sigma][subscript f], against density, [rho] | 420 |
Chart 3 | Fracture toughness, K[subscript Ic], against density, [rho] | 422 |
Chart 4 | Young's modulus, E, against strength, [sigma][subscript f] | 424 |
Chart 5 | Specific modulus, E/[rho], against specific strength, [sigma][subscript f]/[rho] | 426 |
Chart 6 | Fracture toughness, K[subscript Ic], against Young's modulus, E | 428 |
Chart 7 | Fracture toughness, K[subscript Ic], against strength, [sigma][subscript f] | 430 |
Chart 8 | Loss coefficient, [eta], against Young's modulus, E | 432 |
Chart 9 | Thermal conductivity, [lambda], against thermal diffusivity, a | 434 |
Chart 10 | T-Expansion coefficient, [alpha], against T-conductivity, [lambda] | 436 |
Chart 11 | Linear thermal expansion, [alpha], against Young's modulus, E | 438 |
Chart 12 | Normalized strength, [sigma][subscript t]/E, against linear expansion coeff., [alpha] | 440 |
Chart 13 | Strength-at-temperature, [sigma](T), against temperature, T | 442 |
Chart 14 | Young's modulus, E, against relative cost, C[subscript R][rho] | 444 |
Chart 15 | Strength, [sigma][subscript f], against relative cost, C[subscript R][rho] | 446 |
Chart 16 | Dry wear rate against maximum bearing pressure, P[subscript max] | 448 |
Chart 17 | Young's modulus, E, against energy content, q[rho] | 450 |
Chart 18 | Strength, [sigma][subscript f], against energy content, q[rho] | 452 |
C.3 | The process-selection charts | 454 |
Chart P1 | The material-process matrix | 454 |
Chart P2 | Hardness, H, against melting temperature, T[subscript m] | 456 |
Chart P3 | Volume, V, against slenderness, S | 458 |
Chart P4 | The shape classification scheme | 460 |
Chart P5 | The shape-process matrix | 462 |
Chart P6 | Complexity against volume, V | 464 |
Chart P7 | Tolerance range, T, against RMS surface roughness, R | 466 |
Appendix D | Problems | 469 |
D1 | Introduction to the problems | 469 |
D2 | Use of materials selection charts | 469 |
D3 | Deriving and using material indices | 472 |
D4 | Selection with multiple constraints | 480 |
D5 | Selecting material and shape | 483 |
D6 | Selecting processes | 488 |
D7 | Use of data sources | 490 |
D8 | Material optimization and scale | 491 |
Index | 495 |
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