Material Selection in Mechanical Design.xls

Consider material properties to determine optimum materials for:

• stiffness-limited design, consider specific stiffness ratios (E/ρ).
  
• strength-limited design, consider specific strength ratio (σy/ρ).
  The following types of loading are considered:
  
• pure tension.
  
• flat plate bending.
  
• cantilever bending of hollow tubes with a fixed outer radius to thickness ratio.
  Materials optimised by considering:
  
• minimum mass.
  
• minimum cost.

  Calculation Reference
  Material Selection in Mechanical Design - Michael Ashby