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Material Selection Tutorial

- The document discusses quantitative methods for selecting materials for engineering designs. - It describes a 5-step method to rank candidate materials based on factors like strength, stiffness, weight, and cost. This involves determining relationships between the design requirements, material properties, and key design variables. - An example problem applies the method to select between materials for a simply supported beam based on strength and deflection requirements. The results show that deflection governs the design and that pine is the best material.
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Material Selection Tutorial

- The document discusses quantitative methods for selecting materials for engineering designs. - It describes a 5-step method to rank candidate materials based on factors like strength, stiffness, weight, and cost. This involves determining relationships between the design requirements, material properties, and key design variables. - An example problem applies the method to select between materials for a simply supported beam based on strength and deflection requirements. The results show that deflection governs the design and that pine is the best material.
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Material Selection Tutorial

• Selecting an appropriate material is a critical part of


almost all engineering designs
• There are many factors to consider
– Strength, stiffness, durability, corrosion, cost,
formability, etc
• Methods
– Experience: how do you get it? limiting
– Ashby selection charts
(http://www-materials.eng.cam.ac.uk/mpsite/DT.html)
– Quantitative ranking of options (described here)

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Ashby Material Selection Chart

http://www-materials.eng.cam.ac.uk/mpsite/tutorial/non_IE/selchart.html
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Quantitative Ranking of Options for
Material Selection*
• Objective: develop a rational method to select the best
material for an application based upon known material
parameters and the requirements of the application
• Use a 5-step method
1. Select a quantity, Q, to minimize or maximize
2. Classify the variables
3. Determine the relationship between the geometry variable, the
requirements, and material properties
4. Determine Q as a function of requirements and material
properties
5. Rank candidate materials based upon function f2
* Based on N.E. Dowling, Mechanical Behavior of Materials, section 3.8
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Step 1: Select a quantity, Q, to
minimize or maximize
• Mass (weight), m
• Cost, C
are the most common and the only ones that we will
consider

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Step 2: Classify the variables
• Requirements – variables that have prescribed values
that will not change
• Geometry – variables that define the dimensions of the
component and depend implicitly upon the material
properties
• Material Properties – variables used to define the
material in terms of physical behavior, mechanical
behavior, and cost

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Step 3: Determine the relationship
between the geometry variable, the
requirements, and material
properties
• Strength
– Bar, axial stress
– Beam, flexural stress
• Stiffness
– Bar, deformation
– Beam, deflection

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Step 4: Determine Q as a function
of requirements and material
properties

• Q = f1(requirements)* f2(material props)

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Step 5: Rank candidate materials
based upon function f2
• If both weight and cost are important then separate
rankings can be generated and results combined
• Calculate geometry variable after ranking materials
– Adjustments may be necessary if calculated
dimensions are impractical (either too large or too
small)
• There may be multiple requirements such as strength
and serviceability
– Often material can be selected based on strength and
then the serviceability requirements checked

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Sample Problem
• We must bridge a gap of L = 8’
• The bridge must have a width of b = 4”
• A load P = 300 lb can be applied at any point
• There must be a safety factor X = 1.5 for strength
• The deflection, v, must not exceed 1”
• Weight (mass) and cost have equal importance
OBJECTIVE: select the best candidate material from…
AISI 1020 steel AISI 4340 steel
7075-T6 aluminum Ti-6Al-4V (titanium alloy)
Polycarbonate Loblolly pine
GFRP (glass fiber reinforced polymer)
CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced polymer)

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Step 1: Select a quantity, Q, to
minimize
Here, mass and cost have equal importance
• Mass, m
• Cost, C
Select Q to be the sum of the normalized mass and cost
• Q = m/min(m) + C/min(C)

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Step 2: Classify the variables
• Requirements: L = 8’, b = 4”, P = 300 lb, X = 1.5, v = 1”
• Geometry: restrict analysis to a rectangular cross-
section, h = height
• Material Properties (need step 3 & 4 results here):
 = mass density, E = Young’s modulus, S = strength, C m
= cost index

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Step 3: Determine the relationship
between the geometry variable, the
requirements, and material
properties
• We have a simply supported beam with a rectangular
cross-section
• The worst case occurs when the concentrated load, P, is
applied at the center

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P h
b

Strength – elastic flexural formula shows the maximum stress


occurs at the extreme fibers of the beam at midspan
Mc
 , M  PL / 4, c  h / 2, I  bh 3 / 12
I
PL h 12 3PL
 
4 2 bh 3 2bh 2
1
3PLX  3PLX  2
S  X   h
2bh 2  2bS 

Deflection – from integration, is found to be maximum


at midspan
1
PL3
12 PL PL3 3
 PL  3 3
v    h 
48EI 48Ebh3 4 Ebh3  4 Ebv 

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Step 4: Determine Q as a function
of requirements and material
properties – strength basis
Try using strength as the basis for material selection
and then check deflection
1 1
 3PLX  2
3 3  2   
m  bhL  bL    PL Xb  1 
 2bS  2  S 2 
1
 3 3  2  Cm 
C  Cm m   PL Xb  1 
2  S 2 

f2

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Step 5: Rank materials based
upon function f2 – strength basis
Use spreadsheet to
determine rankings

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Step 4: Determine Q as a function
of requirements and material
properties – deflection basis
Try using deflection as the basis for material selection
and then check strength
1 1
 PL 
3 3
 PL b  3   
6 2
m  bhL  bL      13 
 4 Ebv   4 v  E 
1
 PL6b 2  3  Cm 
C  Cm m     13 
 4v  E 
f2

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Step 5B: Rank materials based
upon function f2 – deflection basis
Use spreadsheet to
determine rankings

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Sample Problem Results
• Material selection based only on strength results in the
deflection criterion being violated
• Material selection based only on deflection results in the
strength criterion being satisfied
• We can say that deflection governs this design
• Pine is best, 1020 steel is second best, CFRP is worst

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