Materials selection in mechanical design
M.F. Ashby and D. Cebon
Troisieme Conference Europeenne sur les Materiaux et les Procedes Avances,
Euromat '98, Paris, June 8-10, 1993
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Abstract
A novel materials-selection procedure has been developed and implemented in software. The procedure makes use of Materials Selection Charts: a new way of displaying material property data; and performance indices: combinations of material properties which govern performance. Optimisation methods are employed for simultaneous selection of both material and shape.