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

Main Author: Ashby, M. F.
Other Authors: Johnson, Kara.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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.