Contents Preface Features of the Third Edition 1 Introduction 1.1 Introduction and synopsis 1.2 Materials in design 1.3 The evolution of engineering materials 1.4 Case study: the evolution of materials in vacuum cleaners i1224688 1.5 Summary and conclusions 1.6 Further read 2 The design process 2.1 Introduction and synopsis 12 2.2 The design process 2.3 Types of de 16 2.4 Design tools and materials data 17 2.5 Function, material, shape, and process 2.6 Case study: devices to open corked bottles 0 2. 8 Further reading 3 Engineering materials and their properties 3.1 Introduction and synopsis 3.2 The families of engineering materials 3.3 The definitions of material pro operties 3.4 Summary and conclusions 3.5 Further reading 4 Material property charts 4.1 Introduction and synopsis 46 4.2 Exploring material properties 4.3 The material property charts 4.4 Summary and conclusions 4.5 Further reading 5 Materials selection -the basics 5.1 Introduction and synopsis 5.2 The selection strategy 5.4 The selection procedure rial indices 5.3 Attribute limits and mate 85Contents Preface xi Acknowledgements xii Features of the Third Edition xiii 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Introduction and synopsis 2 1.2 Materials in design 2 1.3 The evolution of engineering materials 4 1.4 Case study: the evolution of materials in vacuum cleaners 6 1.5 Summary and conclusions 8 1.6 Further reading 8 2 The design process 11 2.1 Introduction and synopsis 12 2.2 The design process 12 2.3 Types of design 16 2.4 Design tools and materials data 17 2.5 Function, material, shape, and process 19 2.6 Case study: devices to open corked bottles 20 2.7 Summary and conclusions 24 2.8 Further reading 25 3 Engineering materials and their properties 27 3.1 Introduction and synopsis 28 3.2 The families of engineering materials 28 3.3 The definitions of material properties 30 3.4 Summary and conclusions 43 3.5 Further reading 44 4 Material property charts 45 4.1 Introduction and synopsis 46 4.2 Exploring material properties 46 4.3 The material property charts 50 4.4 Summary and conclusions 77 4.5 Further reading 78 5 Materials selection — the basics 79 5.1 Introduction and synopsis 80 5.2 The selection strategy 81 5.3 Attribute limits and material indices 85 5.4 The selection procedure 93