Materials and Design :

Ashby, M. F.

Materials and Design : The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product Design / Mike Ashby and Kara Johnson. - 2nd ed. - Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2010 2010 - vii, 331 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Function and personality -- What influences product design? -- Design and designing -- The stuff... multidimensional materials -- Other stuff... shaping, joining, and surfaces -- Form follows material -- A structure for material selection -- Case studies in materials and design -- New Materials: the potential for innovation -- Conclusions -- A PRACTICAL REFERENCE FOR INSPIRATION: Material profiles -- Shaping profiles -- Joining profiles -- Surface profiles -- APPENDICES: Exercises for the eye and mind -- Select material maps.

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Materials.
Industrial design.

620.11 / ASH