Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering: A Design-Led Approach is ideal for a first course in materials for mechanical, civil, biomedical, aerospace and other engineering disciplines. The authors’ systematic method includes first analyzing and selecting properties to match materials to design through the use of real-world case studies and then examining the science behind the material properties to better engage students whose jobs will be centered on design or applied industrial research. As with Ashby’s other leading texts, the book emphasizes visual communication through material property charts and numerous schematics better illustrate the origins of properties, their manipulation and fundamental limits.

Cellular solids include engineering honeycombs and foams (which can now be made from polymers, metals, ceramics, and composites) as well as natural materials, such as wood, cork, and cancellous bone. This new edition of a classic work details current understanding of the structure and mechanical behavior of cellular materials, and the ways in which they can be exploited in engineering design. Gibson and Ashby have brought the book completely up to date, including new work on processing of metallic and ceramic foams and on the mechanical, electrical and acoustic properties of cellular solids. Data for commercially available foams are presented on material property charts; two new case studies show how the charts are used for selection of foams in engineering design. Over 150 references appearing in the literature since the publication of the first edition are cited. It will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in materials science and engineering.

Materials and Sustainable Development, Second Edition, written by noted materials selection authority Mike Ashby, provides a structure and framework for analyzing sustainable development and the role of materials in it. The book's aim is to introduce ways of exploring sustainable development to readers in a way that avoids simplistic interpretations and approaches complexity in a systematic way. There is no completely 'right' answer to questions of sustainable development, instead, there is a thoughtful, well-researched response that recognizes concerns of stakeholders, conflicting priorities, and the economic, legal and social aspects of the technology and its environmental legacy. The intent of the book is not to offer solutions to sustainability challenges but rather to improve the quality of discussion and enable informed, balanced debate. This updated edition has been updated to reflect new insights, regulatory trends and other developments that have occurred since publication of the previous edition.

A one-stop Desk Reference, for engineers involved in the use of engineered materials across engineering and electronics; this is a book that will not gather dust on the shelf. It brings together the essential professional reference content from leading international contributors in the field. Material ranges from basic to advanced topics including materials and process selection; and explanations of properties of metals, ceramics, plastics and composites
* A hard-working desk reference, providing all the essential material needed by engineers on a day-to-day basis
* Fundamentals, key techniques, engineering best practice and rules-of-thumb together in one quick-reference sourcebook
* Definitive content by the leading authors in the field, including Michael Ashby, Robert Messler, Rajiv Asthana and R J Crawford

Bringing to life the fascinating structures and unique mechanics of natural and biomedical cellular materials, this book is an expert guide to the subject for graduates and researchers. Arranged in three parts, it begins with a review of the mechanical properties of nature's building blocks (structural proteins, polysaccharides and minerals) and the mechanics of cellular materials. Part II then describes a wide range of cellular materials in nature: honeycomb-like materials such as wood and cork; foam-like materials including trabecular bone, plant parenchyma, coral and sponge; and composites of cellular and dense materials such as iris leaves, skulls, palm, bamboo, animal quills and plant stems. Images convey the structural similarities of different materials, whilst color property charts provide mechanical data. Part III discusses biomedical applications of cellular materials: metal foams for orthopedic applications and porous scaffolds for regenerating tissues, including the effect of scaffold properties on cell behavior.

Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, Fifth Edition, winner of a 2018 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty), 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 fifth edition, the book is recognized as one of the leading materials selection texts, providing a unique and innovative resource for students, engineers, and product/industrial designers.

How could nanotechnology not perk the interest of any designer, engineer or architect? Exploring the intriguing new approaches to design that nanotechnologies offer, "Nanomaterials, Nanotechnologies and Design" is set against the sometimes fantastic sounding potential of this technology. Nanotechnology offers product engineers, designers, architects and consumers a vastly enhanced palette of materials and properties, ranging from the profound to the superficial. It is for engineering and design students and professionals who need to understand enough about the subject to apply it with real meaning to their own work.
*World-renowned author team address the hot-topic of nanotechnology
*The first book to address and explore the impacts and opportunities of nanotech for mainstream designers, engineers and architects
*Full colour production and excellent design: guaranteed to appeal to everyone concerned with good design and the use of new materials

Materials and the Environment, Third Edition, discusses the history of our increasing dependence on materials and energy. The book explains where materials come from and how they are used in a variety of industries, along with their lifecycle and relationship to energy and carbon. In addition, it covers the controls and economic instruments that hinder the use of engineering materials, considers sustainability from a materials perspective, and highlights the importance of low-carbon power and material efficiency. Further sections cover the mechanical, thermal and electrical properties of engineering metals, polymers, ceramics, composites and natural materials and their relationship to environmental issues. This book is intended for instructors and students of Engineering, Materials Science and Industrial/Product Design, as well as for materials engineers and product designers who need to consider the environmental implications of materials in their designs.

Materials are the stuff of design. From the very beginning of human history, materials have been taken from the natural world and shaped, modified, and adapted for everything from primitive tools to modern electronics. This renowned book by noted materials engineering author Mike Ashby and industrial designer Kara Johnson explores the role of materials and materials processing in product design, with a particular emphasis on creating both desired aesthetics and functionality. The new edition will feature even more of the highly useful "materials profiles" that give critical design, processing, performance and applications criteria for each material in question. The reader will find information ranging from the generic and commercial names of each material, its physical and mechanical properties, its chemical properties, its common uses, how it is typically made and processed, and even its average price. And with improved photographs and drawings, the reader will be taken even more closely to the way real design is done by real designers, selecting the optimum materials for a successful product.
The best guide ever published on the on the role of materials, past and present, in product development, by noted materials authority Mike Ashby and professional designer Kara Johnson--now with even better photos and drawings on the Design ProcessSignificant new section on the use of re-cycled materials in products, and the importance of sustainable design for manufactured goods and servicesEnhanced materials profiles, with addition of new materials types like nanomaterials, advanced plastics and bio-based materials

Widely adopted around the world, Engineering Materials 1 is a core materials science and engineering text for third- and fourth-year undergraduate students; it provides a broad introduction to the mechanical and environmental properties of materials used in a wide range of engineering applications. The text is deliberately concise, with each chapter designed to cover the content of one lecture. As in previous editions, chapters are arranged in groups dealing with particular classes of properties, each group covering property definitions, measurement, underlying principles, and materials selection techniques. Every group concludes with a chapter of case studies that demonstrate practical engineering problems involving materials. The 5th edition boasts expanded properties coverage, new case studies, more exercises and examples, and all-around improved pedagogy. Engineering Materials 1, Fifth Edition is perfect as a stand-alone text for a one-semester course in engineering materials or a first text with its companion Engineering Materials 2: An Introduction to Microstructures and Processing, in a two-semester course or sequence.

"Engineering Materials 2" is one of the leading self-contained texts for more advanced students of materials science and mechanical engineering. The book provides a concise introduction to the microstructures and processing of materials and shows how these are related to the properties required in engineering design. As with previous editions, each chapter is designed to provide the content of one 50-minute lecture. The fourth edition has been updated to include new case studies, more worked examples, links to relevant websites and video clips. Other changes include an increased emphasis on the relationship between structure, processing and properties, and integration of the popular tutorial on phase diagrams into the main text.

"Engineering Materials 2, Fourth Edition" is perfect as a stand-alone text for an advanced course in engineering materials or a second text with its companion "Engineering Materials 1: An Introduction to Properties, Applications, and Design, Fourth Edition" in a two-semester course or sequence.
Many new or revised applications-based case studies and examplesTreatment of phase diagrams integrated within the main textIncreased emphasis on the relationship between structure, processing and properties, in both conventional and innovative materialsFrequent worked examples - to consolidate, develop, and challengeMany new photographs and links to Google Earth, websites, and video clipsAccompanying companion site with access to instructors resources, including a suite of interactive materials science tutorials, a solutions manual, and an image bank of figures from the book"

This book, from noted materials selection authority Mike Ashby, provides a structure and framework for analyzing sustainable development and the role of materials in it. The aim is to introduce ways of exploring sustainable development to readers in a way that avoids simplistic interpretations and approaches complexity in a systematic way. There is no completely "right" answer to questions of sustainable development - instead, there is a thoughtful, well-researched response that recognizes concerns of stakeholders, the conflicting priorities and the economic, legal and social aspects of a technology as well as its environmental legacy. The intent is not to offer solutions to sustainability challenges but rather to improve the quality of discussion and enable informed, balanced debate.

Metal foams are at the forefront of technological development for the automotive, aerospace, and other weight-dependent industries. They are formed by various methods, but the key facet of their manufacture is the inclusion of air or other gaseous pockets in the metal structure.
The fact that gas pockets are present in their structure provides an obvious weight advantage over traditionally cast or machined solid metal components. The unique structure of metal foams also opens up more opportunities to improve on more complex methods of producing parts with space inclusions such as sand-casting. This guide provides information on the advantages metal foams possess, and the applications for which they may prove suitable.
Offers a concise description of metal foams, their manufacture, and their advantages in industry
Provides engineers with answers to pertinent questions surrounding metal foams
Satisfies a major need in the market for information on the properties, performance, and applications of these materials

Materials: Engineering, Science, Processing and Design is the essential materials engineering text and resource for students developing skills and understanding of materials properties and selection for engineering applications. Taking a unique design-led approach that is broader in scope than other texts, Materials meets the curriculum needs of a wide variety of courses in the materials and design field, including introduction to materials science and engineering, engineering materials, materials selection and processing, and behavior of materials. This new edition retains its design-led focus and strong emphasis on visual communication while expanding its coverage of the physical basis of material properties, and process selection.

Kurzweilig geschrieben, didaktisch A1/4berzeugend sowie fachlich umfassend und hochkompetent: Diesen QualitAten verdanken die beiden BAnde des Ashby/Jones schon seit Jahren ihre fA1/4hrende Stellung unter den englischsprachigen LehrbA1/4chern der Werkstoffkunde. Der nun in der deutschen Ausgabe vorliegende zweite Band behandelt ausfA1/4hrlich, wie die fA1/4r technische Anwendungen wichtigsten Werkstoffeigenschaften von Metallen, Keramiken und GlAsern, sowie Kunst- und Verbundwerkstoffen von ihrer Herstellung und Mikrostruktur abhAngen und in technischen Konstruktionen gewinnbringend eingesetzt werden. Zielgruppe dieses werkstoffkundlichen Standardwerkes sind fortgeschrittene Studenten der Ingenieur- und Werkstoffwissenschaften sowie Ingenieure und Techniker. "Aus dem Inhalt: " - Metalle: Strukturen, Phasendiagramme, TriebkrAfte und Kinetik von StrukturAnderungen, diffusive und martensitische Umwandlungen, StAhle, Leichtmetalle, Herstellung und Umformung - Keramiken und GlAser: Strukturen, mechanischEigenschaften, Streuung der Festigkeitswerte, Herstellung und Verarbeitung, Sonderthema Zement und Beton - Kunststoffe und Verbundwerkstoffe: Strukturen, mechanisches Verhalten, Herstellung, Verbundwerkstoffe, Sonderthema Holz - Werkstoffgerechtes Konstruieren, Werkstoffkundliche Untersuchung von SchadensfAllen (BrA1/4ckeneinsturz A1/4ber dem Firth of Tay, FlugzeugabstA1/4rze der Baureihe Comet, Eisenbahnkatastrophe von Eschede, ein gerissenes Bungee-Seil) - Anhang: Phasendiagramme im Selbststudium "Highlights: " - Detaillierte Fallstudien, Beispiele und Aoebungsaufgaben - AusfA1/4hrliche Hinweise zu Konstruktion und Anwendungen "Verwandte Titel: " Ashby/Jones, Werkstoffe 1: Eigenschaften, Mechanismen und Anwendungen. Deutsche Ausgabe der dritten Auflage des englischen Originals, 2006 Ashby, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design: Das Original mit Aoebersetzungshilfen. Easy-Reading-Ausgabe der dritten Auflage des englischen Originals, 2006

Kurzweilig geschrieben, didaktisch A1/4berzeugend sowie fachlich umfassend und hochkompetent: Diesen QualitAten verdanken die beiden BAnde des Ashby/Jones schon seit Jahren ihre fA1/4hrende Stellung unter den englischsprachigen LehrbA1/4chern der Werkstoffkunde. Mit profundem Fachwissen, stets verstAndlichen, auf der Erfahrungswelt junger Studenten aufsattelnden ErklArungen, vielen Fallbeispielen zu alltAglichen wie technischen Werkstoffanwendungen und den zahlreichen Aoebungsaufgaben fA1/4hrt der Ashby/Jones Studenten wie im Berufsleben stehende Ingenieure gleichermaAen zuverlAssig in die gesamte Bandbreite der Werkstoffe ein. "Aus dem Inhalt des vorliegenden ersten Bandes: " - Die elastischen Konstanten - Atomare Bindungen und Atomanordnung - Festigkeit und FlieAverhalten - Instabile Rissausbreitung, SprAdbruch und ZAhigkeit - ErmA1/4dung - Kriechverhalten - Oxidation und Korrosion - Reibung, Abrieb und VerschleiA - Thermische Werkstoffeigenschaften - Werkstoffgerechtes Konstruieren "Highlights: " - Detaillierte Fallstudien, Beispiele und Aoebungsaufgaben - AusfA1/4hrliche Hinweise zu Konstruktion und Anwendungen "Verwandte Titel: " Ashby/Jones, Werkstoffe 2: Metalle, Keramiken und GlAser, Kunststoffe und Verbundwerkstoffe. Deutsche Ausgabe der dritten Auflage des englischen Originals, 2006 Ashby, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design: Das Original mit Aoebersetzungshilfen. Easy-Reading-Ausgabe der dritten Auflage des englischen Originals, 2006

Das nun in deutscher Ubersetzung vorliegende Lehrbuch von Ashby und Jones ist ein Musterbeispiel angelsachsischer Padagogik: Es hat nicht den Ehrgeiz, zu deuten, "was die Welt im Innersten zusammen- halt", sondern es geht nuchtern daran, dem studentischen Leser zu zeigen, wie praktische Werkstoffprobleme der konstruktiven Technik fachgerecht gelost werden. Die Autoren bewerkstelligen dies mit einem leicht lesbaren (im wortlichen Sinne "ansprechenden"), flus- sig geschriebenen Text, mit sehr guten Zeichnungen zum Lehrstoff und originellen Photos praktischer Anwendungen, mit sehr nutzlichen Datenzusammenstellungen in Tabellen und Diagrammen, dies alles mit einem Minimum an mathematischem Aufwand. Welcher deutsche Hochschulprofessor mit einem in der Grundlagenfor- schung erworbenen Weltruf wurde wohl auf Seite 1 seines Lehrbuches ausgerechnet den Kunststoffgriff eines gewohnlichen Schraubendre- hers behandeln? In diesem Buch ordnet sich ein solches Beispiel zwanglos und logisch in die Folge der sehr gut ausgewahlten und er- lauterten Fallstudien ein, die - wiederum ausiangelsachsischer Tra- dition - einen Schwerpunkt der Stoffdarbietung bilden.

Spektrum Akademischer Verlag prAsentiert hier das englischsprachige weltweit anerkannte Standardwerk zur Werkstoffauswahl, das als neuer Buchtyp speziell an die BedA1/4rfnisse deutschsprachiger Leser angepasst wurde. Von Ingenieurinnen und Ingenieuren wird heute im Studium und Beruf erwartet, dass sie englische Literatur lesen und verstehen und in ihrem Fachgebiet auch auf Englisch kommunizieren kAnnen. Ein wesentlicher Zusatznutzen dieses Buches ist es, das Lesen und Lernen im englischen Original zu erleichtern und gleichzeitig in die spezielle Fachterminologie einzufA1/4hren: Es bietet Ihnen neben dem englischen Originaltext - Aoebersetzungshilfen in der Randspalte zur Fachterminologie und zu schwierigen normalsprachlichen AusdrA1/4cken - ein zweisprachiges FachwArterbuch zum raschen Nachschlagen und in Verbindung mit dem Index zum Auffinden von Textstellen ausgehend vom deutschen Stichwort - ein um deutschsprachige Referenzen ergAnztes Literaturverzeichnis Understanding materials, their properties and behaviour 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 available. Key Features include: - Fully revised throughout, with new material on topics including process selection, material and shape selection, design of hybrid materials, environmental factors and industrial design - Reader-friendly approach and attractive, easy to use two-colour presentation - Improved tutor resources with supporting online materials and Instructor's Manual - Unique material selection charts available to download online - The methods developed in the book are implemented in Granta Design's widely used CES Educational software Revised and expanded for this third edition, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design is recognised as a key text for materials properties courses internationally, and provides a unique and genuinely innovative resource for students and practicing engineers.

In this edition on cellular solids, the authors have brought the book up to date, including new work on processing of metallic and ceramic foams and on the mechanical, electrical and acoustic properties of cellular solids. Data for commercially available foams are presented on material property charts; two new case studies show how the charts are used for selection of foams in engineering design. Over 150 references appearing in the literature since the publication of the first edition are cited. The text summarizes current understanding of the structure and mechanical behaviour of cellular materials, and the ways in which they can be exploited in engineering design. Cellular solids include engineering honeycombs and foams (which can now be made from polymers, metals, ceramics and composites) as well as natural materials, such as wood, cork and cancellous bone. Case studies provide worked examples of the selection of the optimum foam for a range of engineering applications. This book should be of interest to researchers working on cellular materials in materials science and engineering, structural mechanics and biomechanics.