Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Features of the Third Edition -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction and synopsis -- 1.2 Materials in design -- 1.3 The evolution of engineering materials -- 1.4 Case study: the evolution of materials in vacuum cleaners -- 1.5 Summary and conclusions -- 1.6 Further reading -- Chapter 2 The design process -- 2.1 Introduction and synopsis -- 2.2 The design process -- 2.3 Types of design -- 2.4 Design tools and materials data -- 2.5 Function, material, shape, and process -- 2.6 Case study: devices to open corked bottles -- 2.7 Summary and conclusions -- 2.8 Further reading -- Chapter 3 Engineering materials and their properties -- 3.1 Introduction and synopsis -- 3.2 The families of engineering materials -- 3.3 The definitions of material properties -- 3.4 Summary and conclusions -- 3.5 Further reading -- Chapter 4 Material property charts -- 4.1 Introduction and synopsis -- 4.2 Exploring material properties -- 4.3 The material property charts -- 4.4 Summary and conclusions -- 4.5 Further reading -- Chapter 5 Materials selection„the basics -- 5.1 Introduction and synopsis -- 5.2 The selection strategy -- 5.3 Attribute limits and material indices -- 5.4 The selection procedure -- 5.5 Computer-aided selection -- 5.6 The structural index -- 5.7 Summary and conclusions -- 5.8 Further reading -- Chapter 6 Materials selection„case studies -- 6.1 Introduction and synopsis -- 6.2 Materials for oars -- 6.3 Mirrors for large telescopes -- 6.4 Materials for table legs -- 6.5 Cost: structural materials for buildings -- 6.6 Materials for flywheels -- 6.7 Materials for springs -- 6.8 Elastic hinges and couplings -- 6.9 Materials for seals -- 6.10 Deflection-limited design with brittle polymers -- 6.11 Safe pressure vessels -- 6.12 Stiff, high damping materials for shaker tables.

6.13 Insulation for short-term isothermal containers -- 6.14 Energy-efficient kiln walls -- 6.15 Materials for passive solar heating -- 6.16 Materials to minimize thermal distortion in precision devices -- 6.17 Nylon bearings for ships' rudders -- 6.18 Materials for heat exchangers -- 6.19 Materials for radomes -- 6.20 Summary and conclusions -- 6.21 Further reading -- Chapter 7 Processes and process selection -- 7.1 Introduction and synopsis -- 7.2 Classifying processes -- 7.3 The processes: shaping, joining, and finishing -- 7.4 Systematic process selection -- 7.5 Ranking: process cost -- 7.6 Computer-aided process selection -- 7.7 Supporting information -- 7.8 Summary and conclusions -- 7.9 Further reading -- Chapter 8 Process selection case studies -- 8.1 Introduction and synopsis -- 8.2 Forming a fan -- 8.3 Fabricating a pressure vessel -- 8.4 An optical table -- 8.5 Economical casting -- 8.6 Computer-based selection: a manifold jacket -- 8.7 Computer-based selection: a spark plug insulator -- 8.8 Summary and conclusions -- Chapter 9 Multiple constraints and objectives -- 9.1 Introduction and synopsis -- 9.2 Selection with multiple constraints -- 9.3 Conflicting objectives, penalty-functions, and exchange constants -- 9.4 Summary and conclusions -- 9.5 Further reading -- Appendix: Traditional methods of dealing with multiple constraints and objectives -- Chapter 10 Case studies„multiple constraints and conflicting objectives -- 10.1 Introduction and synopsis -- 10.2 Multiple constraints: con-rods for high-performance engines -- 10.3 Multiple constraints: windings for high-field magnets -- 10.4 Conflicting objectives: casings for a mini-disk player -- 10.5 Conflicting objectives: materials for a disk-brake caliper -- 10.6 Summary and conclusions -- Chapter 11 Selection of material and shape -- 11.1 Introduction and synopsis -- 11.2 Shape factors.

11.3 Microscopic or micro-structural shape factors -- 11.4 Limits to shape efficiency -- 11.5 Exploring and comparing structural sections -- 11.6 Material indices that include shape -- 11.7 Co-selecting material and shape -- 11.8 Summary and conclusions -- 11.9 Further reading -- Chapter 12 Selection of material and shape: case studies -- 12.1 Introduction and synopsis -- 12.2 Spars for man-powered planes -- 12.3 Ultra-efficient springs -- 12.4 Forks for a racing bicycle -- 12.5 Floor joists: wood, bamboo or steel? -- 12.6 Increasing the stiffness of steel sheet -- 12.7 Table legs again: thin or light? -- 12.8 Shapes that flex: leaf and strand structures -- 12.9 Summary and conclusions -- Chapter 13 Designing hybrid materials -- 13.1 Introduction and synopsis -- 13.2 Filling holes in material-property space -- 13.3 The method: "A + B + configuration + scale" -- 13.4 Composites: hybrids of type 1 -- 13.5 Sandwich structures: hybrids of type 2 -- 13.6 Lattices: hybrids of type 3 -- 13.7 Segmented structures: hybrids of type 4 -- 13.8 Summary and conclusions -- 13.9 Further reading -- Chapter 14 Hybrid case studies -- 14.1 Introduction and synopsis -- 14.2 Designing metal matrix composites -- 14.3 Refrigerator walls -- 14.4 Connectors that do not relax their grip -- 14.5 Extreme combinations of thermal and electrical conduction -- 14.6 Materials for microwave-transparent enclosures -- 14.7 Exploiting anisotropy: heat spreading surfaces -- 14.8 The mechanical efficiency of natural materials -- 14.9 Further reading: natural materials (see also Appendix D) -- Chapter 15 Information and knowledge sources for design -- 15.1 Introduction and synopsis -- 15.2 Information for materials and processes -- 15.3 Screening information: structure and sources -- 15.4 Supporting information: structure and sources -- 15.5 Ways of checking and estimating data.

15.6 Summary and conclusions -- 15.7 Further reading -- Chapter 16 Materials and the environment -- 16.1 Introduction and synopsis -- 16.2 The material life cycle -- 16.3 Material and energy-consuming systems -- 16.4 The eco-attributes of materials -- 16.5 Eco-selection -- 16.6 Case studies: drink containers and crash barriers -- 16.7 Summary and conclusions -- 16.8 Further reading -- Chapter 17 Materials and industrial design -- 17.1 Introduction and synopsis -- 17.2 The requirements pyramid -- 17.3 Product character -- 17.4 Using materials and processes to create product personality -- 17.5 Summary and conclusions -- 17.6 Further reading -- Chapter 18 Forces for change -- 18.1 Introduction and synopsis -- 18.2 Market-pull and science-push (extreme right and left of Figure 18.1) -- 18.3 Growing population and wealth, and market saturation (sector 1, Figure 18.1) -- 18.4 Product liability and service provision (sector 2, Figure 18.1) -- 18.5 Miniaturization and multi-functionality (sector 3, Figure 18.1) -- 18.6 Concern for the environment and for the individual (sector 4, Figure 18.1) -- 18.7 Summary and conclusions -- 18.8 Further reading -- Appendix A Useful solutions to standard problems -- A.1 Constitutive equations for mechanical response -- A.2 Moments of sections -- A.3 Elastic bending of beams -- A.4 Failure of beams and panels -- A.5 Buckling of columns, plates, and shells -- A.6 Torsion of shafts -- A.7 Static and spinning disks -- A.8 Contact stresses -- A.9 Estimates for stress concentrations -- A.10 Sharp cracks -- A.11 Pressure vessels -- A.12 Vibrating beams, tubes, and disks -- A.13 Creep and creep fracture -- A.14 Flow of heat and matter -- A.15 Solutions for diffusion equations -- A.16 Further reading -- Appendix B Material indices -- B.1 Introduction and synopsis -- B.2 Uses of material indices.

Appendix C Data and information for engineering materials -- C.1 Names and applications: metals and alloys -- C.2 Names and applications: polymers and foams -- C.3 Names and applications: composites, ceramics, glasses, and natural materials -- C.4 Melting temperature, Tm , and glass temperature, Tg1 -- C.5 Density, r -- C.6 Young's modulus, E -- C.7 Yield strength, ry , and tensile strength, rts -- C.8 Fracture toughness (plane-strain), K1C -- C.9 Thermal conductivity, l -- C.10 Thermal expansion, a -- C.11 Approximate production energies and CO2 burden -- C.12 Environmental resistance -- Appendix D Information and knowledge sources for materials and processes -- D.1 Introduction -- D.2 Information sources for materials -- D.3 Information for manufacturing processes -- D.4 Databases and expert systems in software -- D.5 Additional useful internet sites -- D.6 Supplier registers, government organizations, standards and professional societies -- Appendix E Exercises -- E.1 Introduction to the exercises -- E.2 Devising concepts -- E.3 Use of material selection charts -- E.4 Translation: constraints and objectives -- E.5 Deriving and using material indices -- E.6 Selecting processes -- E.7 Multiple constraints and objectives -- E.8 Selecting material and shape -- E.9 Hybrid materials -- Index.