Materials Enabled Designs

Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1 The Materials Engineering Perspective 1.1 Introduction 1.2 The Materials Engineering Perspective 1.3 What is Materials Engineering? 1.4 Products and Their Materials 1.5 Product Success and the Materials Engineering Perspective 1.6 Types of Product Development Projects 1.7 Companies Applying the Materials Engineering Perspective 1.8 Costs to Gain Materials Engineering Knowledge 1.9 Costs of Bad Materials Engineering Decisions 1.10 The Remainder of the Book References Chapter 2 Design Requirements 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Developing Design Requirements 2.3 Product Design Requirements 2.4 Subassembly Design Requirements 2.5 Product Element Design Requirements References Chapter 3 Selecting Materials 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Materials Selection Process 3.3 Identifying Potential Materials 3.4 Evaluating the Materials 3.5 Selecting the Materials Chapter 4 Material Properties and Materials Science 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Material Properties and Material Features 4.3 Categories of Materials 4.4 Metals 4.5 Ceramics 4.6 Polymers 4.7 Composites 4.8 Surfaces 4.9 Interfaces 4.10 Defects 4.11 Materials Information Resources References Chapter 5 Manufacturing Process Considerations 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Component Fabrication Processes 5.3 Overview of Joining Processes 5.4 Overview of In-Process Structures 5.5 Process Inputs and Outputs 5.6 Process Variation and Capability References Chapter 6 Degradation and Reliability of Materials 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Modes of Material Degradation and Failure 6.3 Characterizing the Degradation and Reliability of Materials 6.4 Accelerated Stress Testing 6.5 Advantages and Disadvantages of Product Verification and Materials Reliability Testing 6.6 Testing Protocols 6.7 Testing Problems References Chapter 7 Product Planning and Control Documents 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Product Planning 7.3 Control Documents 7.4 Control Document Information References Chapter 8 Product Concept Development 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Perform Detailed Market Analysis 8.3 Write Detailed Product Specification 8.4 Product Concept Generation, Evaluation, and Selection References Chapter 9 Materials Engineering Considerations for System-Level Design 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Design Subassemblies and Product Elements 9.3 Design Product Elements 9.4 Develop Sourcing Strategy 9.5 Select Type II and Type III Suppliers 9.6 Supplier Proposal Process References Chapter 10 Detail Design and Testing 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Select Custom Subassemblies and Components Suppliers 10.3 Select Off-the-Shelf Subassemblies and Components 10.4 Select Materials 10.5 Manufacturing Process Development 10.6 Complete Subassembly and Component Specifications 10.7 Product Verification Testing 10.8 Root Cause Analysis References Chapter 11 Production 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Improve Manufacturing Yield 11.3 Cost Reduction Chapter 12 Materials Engineering Strategies for the Product Realization Process 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Start with Materials That Offer a High Probability of Success 12.3 Do not Consider Every Material, Component, and Subassembly in the World as Options for a Product 12.4 Work Out All Custom Component or Subassembly Details before Using a Low-Cost Supplier 12.5 Develop Design Guidelines 12.6 Budget for Materials Engineering Support 12.7 Consolidate Materials within and Across Platforms Index