Materials Selection in Mechanical Design 4th Edition

[9781856176637]

Understanding materials, their properties and behavior is fundamental to engineering design, and a key application of materials science. Written for all students of engineering, materials science and design, this book 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 fourth edition, "Materials Selection in Mechanical Design" is recognized as one of the leading materials selection texts, and provides a unique and genuinely innovative resource. Features new to this edition include: material property charts now in full color throughout; significant revisions of chapters on engineering materials, processes and process selection, and selection of material and shape while retaining the book's hallmark structure and subject content; fully revised chapters on hybrid materials and materials and the environment; appendix on data and information for engineering materials fully updated; and, revised and expanded end-of-chapter exercises and additional worked examples.