Handbook of Materials for Product Design
Handbook of Materials for Product Design

Author: Charles A. Harper

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 1398

ISBN-13:

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HANDBOOK OF MATERIALS FOR PRODUCT DESIGN This unique reference can help you: * Generate ideas for new products * Specify expertly for robust, manufacturable, economical, customer-pleasing products * Compare options easily with plentiful data tables, charts, graphs, and illustrations * Cut costs and improve performance with new products * Create unique materials with expert guidance * Find needed data on design, testing, specifications, standards, recyclability, and biodegradability * Get selection tips from the world's leading experts * Know you've made the best choices For those needing to generate new product concepts, select materials and designs that make these innovative ideas work, or stay ahead of the learning curve in the fast-evolving field of materials technology, this in-depth HANDBOOK OF MATERIALS FOR PRODUCT DESIGN provides a one-stop source of answers. Edited by an internationally respected expert in materials technology, HANDBOOK OF MATERIALS FOR PRODUCT DESIGN is an indispensable asset to anyone involved in product creation.

Materials and Design
Materials and Design

Author: Michael F. Ashby

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2009-10-28

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 0080949401

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Materials and Design: The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product Design, Second Edition, discusses the role of materials and processes in product design. The book focuses on the materials that designers need, as well as on how and why they use them. The book's 10 chapters cover topics such as function and personality, factors influencing product design, the design process, materials selection, and case studies in materials and design. Appendices for each chapter provide exercises for readers, along with detailed charts of technical attributes of different materials for reference. This book will be particularly useful to both students and working designers. Students are introduced to the role of materials in manufacturing and design, with the help of familiar language and concepts. Working designers can use the book as a reference source for materials and manufacturing. - The best guide ever published on the on the role of materials, past and present, in product development, by noted materials authority Mike Ashby and professional designer Kara Johnson--now with even better photos and drawings on the Design Process - Significant new section on the use of re-cycled materials in products, and the importance of sustainable design for manufactured goods and services - Enhanced materials profiles, with addition of new materials types like nanomaterials, advanced plastics and bio-based materials

Handbook of Research on Trends in Product Design and Development: Technological and Organizational Perspectives
Handbook of Research on Trends in Product Design and Development: Technological and Organizational Perspectives

Author: Silva, Arlindo

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2010-07-31

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13: 1615206183

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"This book provides a detailed view on the current issues, trends, challenges, and future perspectives on product design and development, an area of growing interest and increasingly recognized importance for industrial competitiveness and economic growth"--Provided by publisher.

The Handbook of Advanced Materials
The Handbook of Advanced Materials

Author:

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2004-04-27

Total Pages: 656

ISBN-13: 0471454753

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Written to educate readers about recent advances in the area of new materials used in making products. Materials and their properties usually limit the component designer. * Presents information about all of these advanced materials that enable products to be designed in a new way * Provides a cost effective way for the design engineer to become acquainted with new materials * The material expert benefits by being aware of the latest development in all these areas so he/she can focus on further improvements

Plastics Product Design Engineering Handbook
Plastics Product Design Engineering Handbook

Author: Sidney Levy

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 1461325315

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Plastics have become increasingly important in the products used in our society, ranging from housing to packaging, transportation, business machines and especially in medicine and health products. Designing plastic parts for this wide range of uses has become a major activity for designers, architects, engineers, and others who are concerned with product development. Because plastics are unique materials with a broad range of proper ties they are adaptable to a variety of uses. The uniqueness of plastics stems from their physical characteristics which are as different from metals, glasses, and ceramics as these materials are different from each other. One major concern is the design of structures to take loads. Metals as well as the other materials are assumed to respond elastically and to recover completely their original shape after the load is removed. Based on this simple fact, extensive litera ture on applied mechanics of materials has been developed to enable designers to predict accurately the performance of structures under load. Many engineers depend on such texts as Timoshenko's Strength of Materials as a guide to the performance of structures. Using this as a guide, generations of engineers have designed economical and safe structural parts. Unfortunately, these design principles must be modified when designing with plastics since they do not respond elastically to stress and undergo permanent deformation with sus tained loading.

SustainAble
SustainAble

Author: Aaris Sherin

Publisher: Rockport Publishers

Published: 2008-07-01

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1616738928

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Sustainable design is gaining prominence as a pivotal issue for the future of contemporary practice at the best design schools and at professional design conferences. Graphic designers and their clients are increasingly demanding sustainable solutions. Designers want to address these needs when presenting their work for consideration. As businesses continue to adapt to and provide environmental solutions with their own products, they are demanding it from their creative partners, and designers need to be on the forefront of these initiatives by being well informed. SustainAble will provide the information they need to be ahead of the curve on sustainability issues, inform them on sustainable applications and to approach the issue of sustainability in the areas of paper, printing, formats, materials, inks, and executions.

Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Product Design
Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Product Design

Author: Jonathan Chapman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-05-08

Total Pages: 701

ISBN-13: 1317435923

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As a cultivated form of invention, product design is a deeply human phenomenon that enables us to shape, modify and alter the world around us – for better or worse. The recent emergence of the sustainability imperative in product design compels us to recalibrate the parameters of good design in an unsustainable age. Written by designers, for designers, the Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Product Design presents the first systematic overview of the burgeoning field of sustainable product design. Brimming with intelligent viewpoints, critical propositions, practical examples and rich theoretical analyses, this book provides an essential point of reference for scholars and practitioners at the intersection of product design and sustainability. The book takes readers to the depth of our engagements with the designed world to advance the social and ecological purpose of product design as a critical twenty-first-century practice. Comprising 35 chapters across 6 thematic parts, the book’s contributors include the most significant international thinkers in this dynamic and evolving field.

Handbook of Research on Ergonomics and Product Design
Handbook of Research on Ergonomics and Product Design

Author: Hernández Arellano, Juan Luis

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2018-04-06

Total Pages: 475

ISBN-13: 1522552359

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Product design is an important field where ergonomics and human factors should be applied. To achieve this goal, effective strategies for process improvement must be researched and implemented. The Handbook of Research on Ergonomics and Product Design is a critical scholarly resource that provides new theories, methodologies, and applications of ergonomics and product design and redesign. Featuring a broad range of topics such as additive manufacturing, product analysis, and sustainable packing development, this book is geared towards academicians, practitioners, and researchers seeking current research on new theories, methods, and applications related to ergonomics and product design.

Design Handbook
Design Handbook

Author: Charlotte Fiell

Publisher: Taschen America Llc

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 9783822846339

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"Knowledge is power: A to Z design definitions... At last: a highly affordable, user-friendly handbook on design that covers all the major concepts, materials, and styles over the last 150 years with concise, easy-to-understand definitions. ... It's packed cover to cover with outstanding images too. An absolutely indispensable book for all design fans!" - product description.

Plastic Product Material and Process Selection Handbook
Plastic Product Material and Process Selection Handbook

Author: Dominick V Rosato

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2004-08-04

Total Pages: 653

ISBN-13: 0080514057

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This book is for people involved in working with plastic material and plastic fabricating processes. The information and data in this book are provided as a comparative guide to help in understanding the performance of plastics and in making the decisions that must be made when developing a logical approach to fabricating plastic products to meet performance requirements at the lowest costs. It is formatted to allow for easy reader access and this care has been translated into the individual chapter constructions and index. This book makes very clear the behaviour of the 35,000 different plastics with the different behaviours of the hundreds of processes. Products reviewed range from toys to medical devices, to cars, to boats, to underwater devices, containers, springs, pipes, aircraft and spacecraft. The reader's product to be designed and/or fabricated can be directly or indirectly related to plastic materials, fabricating processes and/or product design reviews in this book.*Essential for people involved in working with plastic material and plastic fabricating processes *Will help readers understand the performance of plastics *Helps readers to make decisions which meet performance requirements and to keep costs low