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

Author: M F Ashby; Kara Johnson
Publisher: Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: M F Ashby; Kara Johnson
ISBN: 0750655542 9780750655545
OCLC Number: 49593948
Description: vii, 336 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 25 cm.
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.
Responsibility: Mike Ashby and Kara Johnson.

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