Materials Selection and Design Considerations

Abstract

This chapter describes material selection in relation to design considerations using open literature resources. The mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties underlined by fundamental knowledge of design analysis for materials selection is succinctly described. More specifically, the elastic deformation and constitutive equations for failure, buckling, and torsion phenomena are presented. Failure mechanism of dense and metallic foams is explained in relation to materials and design prospective. The chapter also focusses on procedure, function, objectives, constraints, free variable along with single optimization methods, and significance of materials. Additionally, the chapter also addresses the indices for metal foam design of simple structures and constitutive equations for the same are highlighted.