Materials and design : the art and science of material selection in product design /

Ashby, M. F.

Materials and design : the art and science of material selection in product design / Mike Ashby and Kara Johnson. - Reprint ed. - Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008. - vii, 336 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Reprinted of 2002 ed.

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.
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