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Reference Data for Aerospace, Defense, and Energy

• Cost-effective multi-user access to MMPDS, ASME and other data
  
  
• Search, browse, analyze, and manipulate both numerical and graphical data quickly and easily
  
  
• Access PDF copies of original handbook pages, enabling full review of the context for materials property data
  
  
• Apply a complete solution: data is integrated with powerful data management and analysis, and can be combined with proprietary and other reference data

The problem

Engineers and materials specialist in high performance engineering applications - for example, aerospace, nuclear engineering, or motorsports - need accurate materials property data from reliable sources. Many trusted references exist - examples include MMPDS (formerly MIL-HDBK-5) for aerospace alloys or the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code data on materials. But there are substantial practical difficulties in using such data in industry.

The first problem is that this data is rarely available from a single source. Engineers need to access one handbook to find information on one material type, an on-line database for another, and a CD-ROM for a third. Where information is available, it is often not cost-effective or efficient for use across the project teams typical of today's engineering enterprises - it may be in a format (hard copy or CD-ROM) that is hard to share, or its pricing may be designed for a single user only. Finally, it can be a laborious and error-prone process to transfer data into the applications (e.g., computer-aided engineering software) that need it.

Granta's solution

Granta's Aerospace and Energy Data Series provides, in one place, an extensive range of authoritative regulator-approved data on the materials used in aerospace design and similar high-performance engineering applications. These have been developed by industry-government consortia and professional societies over many decades and are available from Granta in a regularly-updated, searchable digital format.

• MMPDS (formerly MIL-Handbook-5) – the pre-eminent source of materials property data for aerospace component design
  
  
• Mil-Handbook-17 – the leading source of test data for advanced composites - polymer, metal, and ceramic matrix
  
  
• ESDU MMDH – the leading source of European design-strength data on aerospace structural metallic materials
  
  
• ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel code Part II-D, Materials – property data for materials used in nuclear and conventional energy applications and for process / chemical plants

The GRANTA MI materials information system offers cost-effective, quick, and efficient multi-user access to this range of data via a simple web browser-based interface. Through GRANTA MI, you can also integrate reference data with your in-house materials information, and enable access via third-party software applications - for example, computer aided engineering software.

Related example solutions

• Managing mission-critical materials data (i.e., in highly regulated or quality-conscious industries)
  
  
• Support for engineering design and analysis (CAD, CAE/FEA...)
  
  
• Expert materials selection (particularly for plastics and steels)
  

Further information

Granta's Aerospace and Energy Data Series

The GRANTA MI materials information management system

More on the benefits of getting materials information through Granta

The Material Data Management Consortium (MDMC) for aerospace, defense, and energy