Material properties
Important mechanical material properties in the context of Industrial Design are:
The values of these parameters for ±50 relevant materials can be found in Ashby’s ”Materials and the Environment” book[Ashby2013], see Materials and the environment book.
Other important sources for material data are the:
MatWeb website www.matweb.com and
the Custompart website www.custompartnet.com/materials/.
Ashby et al. in their book ”Materials Selection in Mechanical Design” [Ashby2005] explain how to systematically select a material for a specific product. The book also contains overview charts which makes selecting materials more systematic and easier, see the Ashby_Material_Charts.