Materials and design : the art and science of material selection in product design /
Ashby, M. F.
Materials and design : the art and science of material selection in product design / Mike Ashby and Kara Johnson. - Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002. - vii, 336 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0750655542
2004351743
GBA2-X7706
Materials.
Industrial design.
Product design.
TS176 / .ash 2002
620.11
Materials and design : the art and science of material selection in product design / Mike Ashby and Kara Johnson. - Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002. - vii, 336 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0750655542
2004351743
GBA2-X7706
Materials.
Industrial design.
Product design.
TS176 / .ash 2002
620.11