TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ashby,M.F.
AU  - Johnson,Kara
TI  - Materials and design: the art and science of material selection in product design 
SN  - 9780750655545 (pbk.) :
AV  - TA403.7 
U1  - 620.11 ASH 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Butterworth-Heinemann
KW  - Materials
KW  - Design, Industrial
KW  - Technology
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Materials science
KW  - thema
KW  - Product design
KW  - Technical design
N1  - 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
N2  - 'Materials and Design' offers an accessible and systematic approach to the selection of materials and the ways in which they can be used. The book is aimed at the industrial designer who may have limited technical support
ER  -