Material with high strength-to-weight ration

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Material with high strength-to-weight ration

sarar (Mechanical)

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2 Apr 03 09:19

I am looking for a comparison of materials with high strength-to-weight ratios, is there a website or otehr publication that may help me find and compare materials that fit my criteria?

TVP (Materials) · Answer 1 · 2003-04-02 10:02:02

You can perform property searches using matweb. MIL-HDBK-5H is a great source of information on high strength materials. The following links should get you started:

http://www.matweb.com

http://www.grantadesign.com/cgi-bin/stat-tree.cgi?src=MIL5-H.xml&br=0

NickE (Materials) · Answer 2 · 2003-04-02 11:57:35

If you have any access to Ashby charts or any of his (Ashby's) texts on materials selection you might find them really useful.

nick

plasgears (Mechanical) · Answer 3 · 2003-04-02 12:01:15

While you're at it, probe strength to wt at various oper temps. At certain temps the advantage crosses over from material to material. GE had a chart that showed strength to wt vs. temp, which is enlightening.

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