Materials and design : the art and science of material selection in product design /
By: Ashby, M. F
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Contributor(s): Johnson, Kara.
Publisher: Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002, (2005)Description: vii, 336 p. : ill. (some col.), photos. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0750655542; 9780750655545:.Subject(s): Materials | Design, Industrial | Engineering design | New productsDDC classification: 745.2 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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 -- Material profiles -- Shaping profiles -- Joining profiles -- Surface profiles -- Exercises for the eye and mind -- Selected material maps.
'Materials and Design' offers an accessible and systematic approach to the selection of materials and the ways in which they can be used. The book is aimed at the industrial designer who may have limited technical support.