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Selecting a specific steel

Selecting a specific steel

Selecting a specific steel

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I am looking for a book, handbook, or person who can tell/teach me about the methodology required to select a steel for a component made from a casting.  I have the static and dynamic analysis, but don't know how to "design" the required material to fabricate my parts.

RE: Selecting a specific steel

You could contact ASM (Amer. Society for Metals) and see what they have.  Also consider design courses at a local college.

RE: Selecting a specific steel

SDS1,

It is hard to summarize what a metallurgical engineer learns in 4+ years at university into a "checklist" for design.  One good reference on this subject is Materials Selection in Mechanical Design by M.F. Ashby.  You also can find educational materials, including self-study classes in "Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgist", at the ASM International website:

http://www.asminternational.org



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RE: Selecting a specific steel

I'd like to add to CoryPad's comment and state that it goes even beyond the college learning.  Until I was fully exposed to design criteria and planning at work, I don't think I had a good handle.

CoryPad gives you a really good reference in mechanical design book as well as the link to ASM (same to MetalGuy).  I don't know where you're designing, but another book to look at for ideas:

"Materials Selection for Hydrocarbon and Chemical Plants" by David Hansen and Robert Puyear.

Enjoy and Good Luck!

~NiM

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