Materials and Process Information Science Notes Interactive Materials Property Charts
Three levels of database, from an introductory teaching resource to a comprehensive project tool covering 3,000 materials.
Textbook-style explanations with further reading references to books by Ashby, Askeland, Callister, Shackelford and more...
Unique tools to compare and analyze properties and to select materials and processes.
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Getting Started Guide
Professor Mike Ashby
Department of Engineering University of Cambridge
© Granta Design and M. F. Ashby, 2011
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This Getting Started Guide is part of a set of open access teaching resources created by Mike Ashby to help introduce students to materials, processes and rational selection. The Teaching Resources website aims to support teaching of materials-related courses in Design, Engineering and Science. Resources come in various formats and are aimed primarily at undergraduate education. Some like this are open access.
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Getting started with CES EduPack
Getting started with CES EduPack
These exercises give an easy way to learn to use the CES EduPack software. The comprehensive CES Help file within the software gives more detailed guidance.
Thumbnail sketch of CES EduPack The CES EduPack software has three Levels of Database.
Level 1 Coverage Around 70 of the most widely used materials drawn from the classes: metals,