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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.

Winner of a 2018 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty) from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association
Includes significant revisions to chapters on advanced materials selection methods and process selection, with coverage of newer processing developments such as additive manufacturing
Contains a broad scope of new material classes covered in the text with expanded data tables that include "functional materials such as piezoelectric, magnetostrictive, magneto-caloric, and thermo-electric materials
Presents 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 to keep the book fresh for instructors through multiple semesters
"Forces for Change chapter has been re-written to outline the links between materials and sustainable design

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1. Introduction: Materials and Design 2. Engineering Materials and Their Properties 3. Materials Property Charts 4. Materials Selection - The Basics 5. Materials Selection - Case Studies 6. Processes and Their Effect on Properties 7. Processes Selection and Cost 8. Multiple Constraints and Conflicting Objectives 9. Multiple Constraints and Conflicting Objectives - Case Studies 10. Selection of Material and Shape 11. Material and Shape: Case Studies 12. Designing Hybrid Materials 13. Hybrids: Case Studies 14. Materials and the Environment 15. Materials and Industrial Design 16. Sustainable Response to Forces for Change

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Ashby, Michael F.
Royal Society Research Professor Emeritus at Cambridge University and Former Visiting Professor of Design at the Royal College of Art, London, UK

Mike Ashby 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, and Materials: Engineering, Science, Processing and Design. He is also coauthor of the books Engineering Materials 1&2, and Nanomaterials, Nanotechnologies and Design.

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