Materials and design : the art and science of material selection in product design
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| Main Author | |
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| Other Authors | |
| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann,
2010.
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| Edition | 2nd ed. |
| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9780080949406 0080949401 9781856174978 1856174972 9786612618567 6612618566 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (331 pages) : color illustrations |
Cover
Table of Contents:
- Function and personality
- What influences product design?
- Design and designing
- The stuff ... multi-dimensional 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
- Appendices
- Exercises for the eye and mind
- Selected material maps
- A practical reference for inspiration
- Material profiles
- Shaping profiles
- Joining profiles
- Surface profiles.