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CES EduPack supports a wide range of teaching approaches, and can complement any materials-related text. Of course, the books of EduPack author Professor Mike Ashby, are particularly well-integrated with EduPack - in many cases including exercises using the EduPack software and databases. But we also recommend EduPack for use with a number of relevant books by other authors.

Ashby books

Use one of the following books by Mike Ashby along with the CES EduPack software to create a complete, integrated teaching and learning resource. Granta provides an instructor copy of the most appropriate book with every CES EduPack purchase. You can also order copies of these books using our downloadable PDF order.

Materials: Engineering, Science, Processing and Design

by Michael Ashby, Hugh Shercliff, and David Cebon

Price: £29.99; $74.95; €43.95 plus shipping

Published in 2007, this materials textbook from Mike Ashby and colleagues delivers a proven, systematic approach to understanding and selecting materials and processes. Taking a design-led approach, Ashby, Shercliff and Cebon draw on their extensive experience of teaching undergraduates. Matched to a wide variety of courses, the book is particularly suited to first and second year engineering students taking materials courses. It supports courses in engineering materials, MS&E, manufacturing and design, and related mechanical engineering courses with a materials science and processing elective or required course, including aeronautical and automotive engineering, and product and industrial design. It is also perfect for use by chemical and civil engineering students who are taking introductory materials science and engineering technology courses.

The book is complemented by the CES EduPack software, and contains exercises that use the software. Combined, the book and software are a uniquely powerful materials teaching and learning resource.

Introduction; The families of materials and processes; The design process and selection strategy; Stiffness and weight: density and elastic moduli; Stiffness limited design; Plasticity, yielding and ductility; Strength-limited design; Fracture toughness; Cyclic loading; Fracture-limited design; Friction and wear; Materials and heat; Using materials at high temperatures; Conductors, insulators and dielectrics; Magnetic materials; Materials for optical devices; Durability: corrosion, oxidation, degradation; Manufacturing processes; Processing and properties; Materials, processes and the environment

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Materials Selection in Mechanical Design (3rd edition)

Price: £27; $60; €45 plus shipping

Professor Mike Ashby’s immensely popular textbook, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, has been fully revised for a third edition in 2005. With its innovative and reader-friendly approach, earlier editions (1991, 1999) established the book as a leading text for teaching materials selection in engineering.

Since publication of the Second Edition, changes have occurred in the fields of materials and mechanical design, as well as in the way that these and related subjects are taught. The 3rd Edition has been comprehensively revised and reorganized to address these changes. New content covers process, material and shape selection, the design of hybrid materials, ‘eco’ selection, and industrial design. Graphics are improved with all new figures and two-color printing.

Throughout, content is more fully integrated with Granta’s CES EduPack. One resulting bonus is that the majority of charts are now available for students to reproduce directly from the EduPack software. Used together, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design and Granta’s CES EduPack provide a complete materials, manufacturing and desgn course.

Professor Mike Ashby is currently Royal Society Research Professor at Cambridge University and Visiting Professor at the Royal College of Art, London. He is co-founder of Granta and directs development of Granta's CES EduPack.

German Edition

Materials Selection in Mechanical Design:
Das Original mit Übersetzungshilfen

Price: €49.50 plus shipping

German editors: Alexander Wanner, Claudia Fleck

Author: Michael F. Ashby

A German 'easy reading' translation of Materials Selection in Mechanical Design. More information on the Elsevier website.

Materials and Design

Price: £25; $45; €45 plus shipping

This book (which complements Mike Ashby's book on Materials Selection in Mechanical Design) explores the role of materials and processes in product design, with emphasis on the ways in which they can be used to create the aesthetics and associations of the product, and the ways in which it is perceived. The methods are supported by some 100 profiles of materials and processes, emphasising attributes most relevant for product design.

Contents

Function and personality; What influences product design?; Design and designing; Multi-dimensional materials; Shaping, joining and surfaces; Form follows material; A structure for material selection; Case studies in materials and design; New materials - the potential for innovation; Conclusions.

Other Relevant Books

The following books also cover topics of relevance to CES EduPack. CES EduPack users may find them useful, while teachers using these books may find that CES EduPack can help their students.

Standard Materials Texts

CES EduPack can be used to support courses using almost any materials text, whether 'design-led' or 'science-led'. Examples include:

• Ashby & Jones Engineering Materials Vol 1 & 2
• Callister's Materials Science and Engineering, an Introduction
• Budinski and Budinski's Engineering Materials, Properties, and Selection
• Askeland and Phulé's The Science and Engineering of Materials

New in 2008! - CES EduPack Science Notes now has a 'Further Reading' section providing references to these texts.

Material Architecture

Prof. John Fernandez of the M.I.T. Architecture Department collaborated on the creation of the CES EduPack Architecture Edition. His book and the software provide complementary resources for students of materials in architecture and the built environment. More information is available on the Elsevier website.

Methodik der Werkstoffauswahl - der systematische Weg zum richtigen Material (Material Selection Methodology - the systematic path to the right material)

Prof. Dr-Ing. Martin Reuter of the Fachhochschule Hannover describes in detail the process of targeted material selection, exploring the relevant technical, economic, and non-technical aspects. The selection of an optimal material is supported through checklists, material property charts, design parameters, and web resources. More information is available on the Carl Hanser Verlag website.