Construction using combined materials – possibilities and limits
P. Dietz, T. Grünendick, A. Guthmann, T. Korte
Institut für Maschinenwesen
Technische Universität Clausthal
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Thesis 1:
From the designer’s point of view, choosing a material represents a restriction that has nothing to do with the creative process of product development.
Thesis 2:
Choosing a construction material always represents a compromise, in that a material’s specific properties favour the demanded properties, where others don’t meet the demands.
Thesis 3:
By combining various materials when designing a product, this increases its chances of fulfilling the demands compared to using a single material in its design.
Thesis 4:
The economic success in using new materials to reach specific component properties depends on cost effective material production, machining and assembly of the to be developed parts.
Changing material-properties leads to an increase of capacity without an detraction of the function.
Product-Optimisation with favoured materials needs interdisciplinary collaboration.
The confidence in ceramic-products is too low.
Using different materials leads to an adaptation to functional demands.
In many cases an optimisation of a product can be achieved by combining parts made from different, problem orientated material properties.
A Designer thinking in functions in combination with an expert of materials can achieve the demands of a product according to the principle of „designing materials".
