Multi-criteria Decision Analysis for Supporting the Selection of Engineering Materials in Product Design, Second Edition

✍ Scribed by Ali Jahan Ph.D., Kevin L Edwards Ph.D., Marjan Bahraminasab Ph.D

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 244
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Multi-criteria Decision Analysis for Supporting the Selection of Engineering Materials in Product Design, Second Edition, provides readers with tactics they can use to optimally select materials to satisfy complex design problems when they are faced with the vast range of materials available.

Current approaches to materials selection range from the use of intuition and experience, to more formalized computer-based methods, such as electronic databases with search engines to facilitate the materials selection process. Recently, multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods have been applied to materials selection, demonstrating significant capability for tackling complex design problems.

This book describes the rapidly growing field of MCDM and its application to materials selection. It aids readers in producing successful designs by improving the decision-making process. This new edition updates and expands previous key topics, including new chapters on materials selection in the context of design problem-solving and multiple objective decision-making, also presenting a significant amount of additional case studies that will aid in the learning process.

• Describes the advantages of Quality Function Deployment (QFD) in the materials selection process through different case studies
• Presents a methodology for multi-objective material design optimization that employs Design of Experiments coupled with Finite Element Analysis
• Supplements existing quantitative methods of materials selection by allowing simultaneous consideration of design attributes, component configurations, and types of material
• Provides a case study for simultaneous materials selection and geometrical optimization processes

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front-matter,Copyright,Preface to the 2nd edition,From the Preface to the 1st edition,About the authorsEntitled to full text1 - The importance of decision support in materials selection, Pages 1-23
2 - Materials selection in the context of design problem-solving, Pages 25-40
3 - Screening of materials, Pages 41-61
4 - Multi-criteria decision-making for materials selection, Pages 63-80
5 - Multi-attribute decision-making for ranking of candidate materials, Pages 81-126
6 - Multiple objective decision-making for material and geometry design, Pages 127-146
7 - Case studies of materials selection and design, Pages 147-225
8 - Future developments, Pages 227-232
Index, Pages 233-238