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Materials and design : the art and science of material selection in product design / Mike Ashby and Kara Johnson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002.Description: vii, 336 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0750655542
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 620.11
Contents:
Function and personality -- What influences product design? -- Desig n 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 des ign. -- New Materials: the potential for innovation. -- Conclusions. -- A PRACTICAL REFERENCE FOR INSPIRATION: Material profiles. -- Shaping p rofiles. -- Joining profiles. -- Surface profiles. -- APPENDICES: Exerc ises for the eye and mind. -- Select material maps.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Books - Open Access Books - Open Access Faculty of Technology - Book Bank 620.11 ASH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available BB214704
Books - Open Access Books - Open Access Faculty of Technology - Book Bank 620.11 ASH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available BB214705
Books - Open Access Books - Open Access Faculty of Technology - Book Bank 620.11 ASH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 001202622

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Function and personality -- What influences product design? -- Desig n 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 des ign. -- New Materials: the potential for innovation. -- Conclusions. -- A PRACTICAL REFERENCE FOR INSPIRATION: Material profiles. -- Shaping p rofiles. -- Joining profiles. -- Surface profiles. -- APPENDICES: Exerc ises for the eye and mind. -- Select material maps.

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