SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1992
STP23757S

Materials Selection for Mechanical Design

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A novel materials-selection procedure has been implemented in a computer program. The procedure makes use of ‘Materials Selection Charts’: a new way of displaying material property data which enables the use of a number of novel optimisation procedures. These rely on developing ‘performance indices’: a combination of material properties which, if maximised, maximise performance. The charts are designed to present the materials, and the performance indices in such a way that an optimum selection becomes possible. Section shape can be included, allowing the optimum selection of both material and shape. The software is described and a case study is presented.

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Cebon, D
Engineering Design Centre, Cambridge, UK
Ashby, MF
Engineering Design Centre, Cambridge, UK
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Developed by Committee: E49
Pages: 323–335
DOI: 10.1520/STP23757S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-5200-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-1437-1