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Monday 27 May 2013

Material Selection

MATERIAL SELECTION
QUESTION 11.3
Which material property would you select as a guide in material selection if the chief performance characteristic of the component was:

PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTIC
MATERIAL PROPERTY
a)
Strength in bending
Tensile strength
b)
Resistance to twisting
Hardness
c)
The ability of a sheet material to be stretched into a complex curvature
Ductility
d)
Ability to resist fracture from cracks at low temperatures
Malleability
e)
Ability to resist shattering if dropped on floor
Toughness
f)
Ability to resist alternating cycles of repeat heating and cooling
Thermal shock resistance


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