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Processing in Design
Eng. R. L. Nkumbwa
Copperbelt University
2010
Getting Started
System Components
Product
Components
Bike
Drill
Multi-gym
Product Analysis
Design Questions
Material Property
electrical conductivity
strength
cost per kg
Material Selection
Wrap Up
Example Analysis
There are three main things to think about when choosing materials
(in order of importance):
Will they meet the performance requirements?
Will they be easy to process?
Do they have the right 'aesthetic' properties?
We deal with the processing aspects of materials in a different part
of this course.
For now it is sufficient to note that experienced designers aim to
make the decisions for materials and processes separately together
to get the best out of selection.
The choice of materials for only aesthetic reasons is not that
common, but it can be important: e.g. for artists.
However, the kind of information needed is difficult to obtain and we
won't deal with this issue further here.
Material Selection
Wrap Up