Materials are the stuff of design. From the very beginning of human history, materials have been taken from the natural world and shaped, modified, and adapted for everything from primitive tools to modern electronics. This renowned book by noted materials engineering author Mike Ashby and Industrial designer, Kara Johnson, explores the role of materials and materials processing in product design, with a particular emphasis on creating both desired aesthetics and functionality. The new edition will feature even more of the highly useful "materials profiles," that give critical design, processing, performance and applications criteria for each material in question. The reader will find information ranging from the generic and commercial names of each material, its physical and mechanical properties, its chemical properties, its common uses, how it is typically made and processed, and even its average price. And with improved photographs and drawings, the reader will be taken even more closely to the way real design is done by real designers, selecting the optimum materials for a successful product.
	
	* The best guide ever published on the on the role of materials, past and present, in product development, by noted materials authority Mike Ashby and professional designer Kara Johnson--now with even better photos and drawings on the Design Process
	
	* Significant new section on the use of re-cycled materials in products, and the importance of sustainable design for manufactured goods and services
	
	* Enhanced materials profiles, with addition of new materials types like nanomaterials, advanced plastics and bio-based materials

Materials and Design : The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product Design 2nd edition Ed. 2

Material screening and choosing methods: A review

Application of multi-objective optimization on the basis of ratio analysis (MOORA) method for materials selection

A selection of material using a novel type decision-making method: Preference selection index method

A comprehensive VIKOR method for material selection

http://jafari3000.persiangig.com/document/Article(11-20)/1-s2.0-S0263822310001947-main.pdf

Optimum stacking sequence design of composite materials Part II: Variable stiffness design

https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/downloads/4j03d372k

Optimization of variable stiffness composites with embedded defects induced by Automated Fiber Placement

http://mdog.mcgill.ca/paper%20pdf%20to%20upload/Defect%20layer%20method.pdf

Defect layer method to capture effect of gaps and overlaps in variable stiffness laminates made by Automated Fiber Placement

http://mdog.mcgill.ca/paper%20pdf%20to%20upload/Surrogate-based%20multi-objective%20optimization%20of%20a%20composite%20laminate.pdf

Kazem Fayazbakhsh

Papers

Optimum stacking sequence design of composite materials Part II: Variable stiffness design

Optimization of variable stiffness composites with embedded defects induced by Automated Fiber Placement

Defect layer method to capture effect of gaps and overlaps in variable stiffness laminates made by Automated Fiber Placement

Surrogate-based multi-objective optimization of a composite laminate with curvilinear fibers

A comparative study of metamodeling methods for the design optimization of variable stiffness composites