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University of Queensland Course in Materials Selection
For Professor Mike Ashby's CES EduPack lecture notes, see here »The following have kindly been offered for sharing with other CES EduPack users by Carlos Caceres, Reader in Casting Technology at the University of Queensland.
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Profile of Dr Carlos Caceres and the Materials Selection course at UQ (PDF) »
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| Intro | Course outline | Download (815Kb) |
| Lecture 1 | Materials Selection: Exploring the world of materials | Download (3.1Mb) |
| Lecture 2 | Understanding Material Selection Charts (1/2) | Download (2.7Mb) |
| Lecture 3 | Understanding Material Selection Charts (2/2) | Download (2.1Mb) |
| Lecture 4 | Materials Selection Without Shape (1/2) | Download (6.3Mb) |
| Lecture 5 | Materials Selection Without Shape (2/2): Case studies | Download (7.6Mb) |
| Lecture 6 | Shape factors (1/3) | Download (2.4Mb) |
| Lecture 7 | Shape factors (2/3) | Download (3Mb) |
| Lecture 8 | Shape factors (3/3) | |
| Lecture 9 | Conflicting constraints | Download (2Mb) |
| Lecture 10 | Conflicting objectives | Download (2.4Mb) |
| Lecture 11 | Design of Composites / Hybrid Materials (1/2) | Download (3.2Mb) |
| Lecture 12 | Design of Composites / Hybrid Materials (2/2) | Download (4.2Mb) |