Publisher's Synopsis
Industry needs the integration of design with manufacture, often combined together with a materials database into a single expert system for CAD and CAM, to implement the effective use of modern manufacturing technology.;This first volume of two, launches into a broad account of the properties of materials to determine their suitability for any manufacturing process and shows how the proposed properties are affected by different production processes to help provide the basis for a decision as to the best manufacturing process to suit a given component and material. There is consideration of the strength of materials and their suitability for deformation into any required shape; their load-bearing ability during service, and detailed discussion of the mechanical and physical properties of different materials such as metallic alloys, polymers, elastomers and ceramics, and their interaction with the major production processes.
