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Lecture Unit 4: Manipulating properties

Mike Ashby and Hugh Shercliff | University of Cambridge | 2021

Lecture Unit 5: Designing new materials

Mike Ashby | University of Cambridge | 2021

Lecture Unit 7: Material Selection

Mike Ashby | University of Cambridge | 2021

Lecture Unit 8: Objectives in conflict

Mike Ashby | University of Cambridge | 2021

Lecture Unit 10: Manufacturing processes and cost modeling

Mike Ashby | University of Cambridge | 2021

Lecture Unit: the Aerospace Edition

Mike Ashby, Arlindo Silva | University of Cambridge, Ansys Granta | 2021

Lecture Unit: The Synthesizer tool

Mike Ashby | University of Cambridge | 2021

Lecture Unit 7: Material Selection

Mike Ashby | Granta Design | 2020

Lecture Unit 8: Objectives in conflict

Mike Ashby | Granta Design | 2020

Lecture Unit 9: Materials and shape

Mike Ashby | Granta Design | 2020

Lecture Unit 10: Manufacturing processes and cost modeling

Mike Ashby | Granta Design | 2020

Lecture Unit: Advanced Databases

Mike Ashby | Granta Design | 2020

Lecture Unit: Architecture and the built environment

Mike Ashby and J. Fernandez | Granta Design, MIT | 2020

Lecture Unit: The Aerospace edition

Mike Ashby, Arlindo Silva | Granta Design | 2020

Lecture Unit: The Polymer edition

Mike Ashby | Granta Design | 2020

Lecture Unit: Structural sections

Mike Ashby | Granta Design | 2020

Lecture Unit: The Synthesizer tool

Mike Ashby | Granta Design | 2020

Advanced Industrial Case Study: Selection and Sustainability of High-Temperature Aerospace Materials (Case Study)

Claes Fredriksson and Luca Masi | Ansys Granta

Industrial Case Study: Automotive Door Panels

Claes Fredriksson, Eliane Brechbuhl | Granta Design

Industrial Case Study: Mars Lander Heat Shield

Claes Fredriksson, Luca Masi | Granta Design

Industrial Case Study: Materials for a Tablet Device

Claes Fredriksson and Luca Petruccelli

Industrial Case Study: Aerospace Pressure Vessels

Claes Fredriksson, Luca Masi | Granta Design

Industrial Case Study: High-Performance Longboard Design

Claes Fredriksson | Granta Design

Industrial Case Study: Aerospace and Automotive Turbine Blades

Claes Fredriksson, Charlie Bream | Granta Design

Case Studies: CES EduPack - Electro-Mechanical 2017

Mike Ashby | Granta Design

Case Studies: CES EduPack - Mechanical 2017

Mike Ashby | Granta Design

Case Studies: CES EduPack - Thermo-Mechanical 2017

Mike Ashby | Granta Design

Guide: The Hybrid Synthesizer - Model Writer's Guide

Nick Ball, Charlie Bream, James Bateson | Ansys Granta

Paper: Materials for Nuclear Power Systems

Mike Ashby and Michael Smidman | Granta Design and Engineering Department, Cambridge University

Paper: CES EduPack Database for Bulk Functional Materials

Mike Ashby, Tim Davies, Stephane Gorsse | Granta Design, Bordeaux INP and ICMCB

Paper: Teaching Materials with CES EduPack

Hannah Melia, Magda Figuerola, Claes Fredriksson | Granta Design

Paper: Advanced Industrial Case Studies in Transportation with CES EduPack and CES Selector

Arlindo Silva | IST, University of Lisbon

Model: The Hybrid Synthesizer - Example Model

Nick Ball, Charlie Bream, James Bateson | Granta Design

Paper: Tradition and Innovation in the Education of Materials for Engineering Students in the 21st Century

Mike Ashby, Arlindo Silva, Hannah Melia, Ana Pereira, Marc Fry | Granta Design

Paper: Hybrid Synthesizer

Mike Ashby | Granta Design

Exercises: Materials; Classification and Properties

Mike Ashby | University of Cambridge | 2021

Exercises: Introductory Materials

Mike Ashby | University of Cambridge | 2021

Exercises: the Eco Audit Tool 2021

Mike Ashby | University of Cambridge | 2021

Exercises: Manufacturing Processes; Classification and Cost

Mike Ashby | University of Cambridge | 2021

Exercises: Material Selection; Translation, Screening, Ranking

Mike Ashby | University of Cambridge | 2021

Exercises: Energy: Power Systems and Storage

Mike Ashby | Granta Design | 2020

Exercises: Material Selection; Translation, Screening, Ranking

Mike Ashby | Granta Design | 2020

Exercises: Advanced Industrial Case Study - Selection and Sustainability of High-Temperature Aerospace Materials

Claes Fredriksson and Luca Masi | Ansys Granta

Exercises: Materials Concepts Inventory

Stephen Krause | Arizona State University

Exercises: Open-ended material selection project ideas

Eliane Brechbuhl, Joel Galos, Claes Fredriksson | Granta Design

Multiple Choice Questions: The Materials Science and Engineering Package

Granta Design, Andy Horsewell | Granta Design, DTU Denmark | 2017

Chart: Strength Maximum service temperature

Poster: Durability of Materials

Mike Ashby | Granta Design

Postcard: The Materials Cube

Mike Ashby, Magda Figuerola | Granta Design

Advanced Industrial Case Study: Selection and Sustainability of High-Temperature Aerospace Materials (Project files)

Claes Fredriksson and Luca Masi | Ansys Granta

Solution Manual: 'Material Selection for Mechanical Design', 5th Ed

Mike Ashby | Granta Design

Advanced Industrial Case Study: Selection and Sustainability of High-Temperature Aerospace Materials (Lecture notes)

Claes Fredriksson | Luca Masi | Ansys Granta

Case Study Unit: Materials for a Tablet Device

Claes Fredriksson and Luca Petruccelli

Contributed Lecture: Materials for Turbochargers

Dr John Robertson-Begg | University of Derby

Paper: Multiple objective optimisation of composite sandwich structures for rail vehicle floor panels

Craig William Hudson, JJ Carruthers, AM Robinson | Newcastle University

Tutoriel: exporter les Materiaux depuis CES EduPack vers SolidWorks

Victor Arnoux, Xavier Frontere | Granta Design

Video: Werkstoffauswahl anhand eines Getriebequertrager

Elisabeth Kahlmeyer | Granta Design

Ejercicio: Desafio Seleccion de Materiales 2016

Students | Universidad Politecnica de Madrid | 2016

Ejercicio: Desafio Seleccion de Materiales 2017

Students | Universidad Politecnica de Madrid | 2017

Ejercicio: Desafio Seleccion de Materiales 2018

Students | Universidad Politecnica de Madrid | 2018

Exercises: Uebungen zur Vorlesung "Systematische Werkstoffauswahl"

Stefan Dietrich, Steffen Becker, Peter Rupp | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | 2016

Book: Teaching Engineering

Peter Goodhew | University of Liverpool, UK Centre for Materials