Materials Enabled Designs
Pfeifer, Michael (President, Industrial Metallurgists, LLC<br>Northbrook, IL, USA)
There are books aplenty on materials selection criteria for engineering design. Most cover the physical and mechanical properties of specific materials, but few offer much in the way of total product design criteria. This innovative new text/reference will give the "Big picture¿ view of how materials should be selected-not only for a desired function but also for their ultimate performance, durability, maintenance, replacement costs, and so on...