Materials Selection Handbook
Choosing metals, polymers and composites
A clear, practical guide with worked examples in every chapter.
- 410pages
- 10chapters
- 59figures and tables
- 2ndedition
This book is for you if you are
- Engineering students in their first three years
- Technicians moving into design roles
- Engineers refreshing the fundamentals
Why this book
Materials Selection Handbook is a practical guide to choosing metals, polymers and composites. It starts from the basics, builds up step by step, and keeps every chapter tied to real situations.
Engineering fundamentals with step-by-step worked problems, clear diagrams and units checked at every step.
What you'll learn
- Solve problems with a repeatable method
- Draw diagrams that make the maths obvious
- Check units and orders of magnitude
- Connect theory to real components and structures
Not the right book for: Readers who need a full design code or standard.
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Contents
- 1Units and notationp. 1
- 2Core principlesp. 39
- 3Free-body thinkingp. 76
- 4Worked problems Ip. 114
- 5Worked problems IIp. 152
- 6Real componentsp. 190
- 7Design checksp. 227
- 8Lab and measurementp. 265
- 9Practice problemsp. 303
- 10Formula sheetp. 340
Details
- Publisher
- Lantern Academic (sample)
- Edition
- 2nd edition, 2025
- Pages
- 410
- Language
- English
- Formats
- PDF (any other format on request)
- File size
- 6.5 MB
- Licence
- Personal use, keep forever
