2nd Edition

Materials Selection for Design and Manufacturing Theory and Practice

By Joseph Datsko Copyright 1997

    Providing an analytical approach to selecting the best metal and obtaining optimal properties for and in a fabricated part, this text correlates weldability, formability and machinability with a metal's chemical composition through microstructures. It begins with a review of the principles of materials science and offers useful features, such as end-of-chapter problems and a solutions manual.

    Materials and manufacturing considerations in product design; the structure of solids; equilibrium phase diagrams; microconstituent diagrams and microstructures; non-equilibrium diagrams and microconstituents; thermal strengthening and costs; mechanical properties; deformation strengthening and formability strength of weldments; machinability of metals. Appendices: conversion factors - US common to SI units; physical properties of some metals; cold work; properties of aluminum; AISI steels; prices; descriptions of the common forming operations; the machining operations.

    Biography

    Joseph Datsko is Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and President of Mechology, Inc. The author or coauthor of over 30 papers on materials and manufacturing processes, he has served as a consultant in materials and engineering education to several major universities in Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela. Professor Datsko is a Senior Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASM International, the American Society for Engineering Education, and the American Welding Society, among others. He received the B.S. degree (1943) in mechanical engineering and the
    M.S. degree (l952) in metallurgy from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

    ". . .provides invaluable information on material properties, effective design and selection of materials for the manufacturing end . . .geared to serve as a textbook for a one semester engineering course. . .students could make use of the excellent references provided at the end of each chapter."
    - Materials and Manufacturing Processes