| Journal: | Materials research |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000312458 |
| ISSN: | 1516-1439 |
| Authors: | Ferrante, M1 Santos, S.F Castro, J.F.R. de |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Departamento de Engenharia de Materiais, Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo. Brasil |
| Year: | 2000 |
| Season: | Abr |
| Volumen: | 3 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Pages: | 1-9 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Descriptivo |
| English abstract | The technical activity known as Materials Selection is reviewed in its concepts and methodologies. Objectives and strategies are briefly presented and two important features are introduced and discussed; (i) Merit Indices: a combination of materials properties, which maximises the objectives chosen by the designer and (ii) Materials Properties Maps: a bi-dimensional space whose coordinates are pairs of properties in which materials can be plotted and compared directly in terms of their merit indices. A general strategy for the deduction of these indices is explained and a formal methodology to establish a ranking of candidate materials when multiple constraints intervene is presented. Finally, two case studies are discussed in depth, one related to materials substitution in the context of mechanical design and a less conventional case linking material selection to physical comfort in the home furniture industry |
| Disciplines: | Ingeniería |
| Keyword: | Ingeniería de materiales, Ingeniería industrial, Selección, Materiales, Diseño, Muebles |
| Keyword: | Engineering, Industrial engineering, Materials engineering, Selection, Materials, Design, Furniture |
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