Title:	Engineering Materials 1 An Introduction to Properties, Applications, and Design Fourth Edition
Authors:	F. Ashby, Michael
Keywords:	An Introduction to Properties, Applications, and Design
Issue Date:	2012
Publisher:	The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford
Description:	Innovation in engineering often means the clever use of a new material—new to a particular application, but not necessarily (although sometimes) new in the sense of recently developed. Plastic paper clips and ceramic turbine blades both represent attempts to do better with polymers and ceramics what had previously been done well with metals. And engineering disasters are frequently caused by the misuse of materials. When the plastic bristles on your sweeping brush slide over the fallen leaves on your backyard, or when a fleet of aircraft is grounded because cracks have appeared in the fuselage skin, it is because the engineer who designed them used the wrong materials or did not understand the properties of those used. So, it is vital that the professional engineer should know how to select materials that best fit the demands of the design—economic and aesthetic demands, as well as demands of strength and durability. The designer must understand the properties of materials, and their limitations. This book gives a broad introduction to these properties and limitations. It cannot make you a materials expert, but it can teach you how to make a sensible choice of material, how to avoid the mistakes that have led to difficulty or tragedy in the past, and where to turn for further, more detailed, help.
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/34048
ISBN:	978-0-08-096665-6
Appears in Collections:	Building Construction

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