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Solution manual for exercises - MAELabs UCSD

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E8.18. Make a chart showing modulus E and density ρ . Apply a selection line of slope 1,<br />

corresponding to the index ρ / E positioning the line such that six materials are left above it. What<br />

families do they belong to?<br />

Answer. The chart generated by CES is shown below with a selection line of slope 1 positioned to<br />

leave six materials above the line. These are the materials with the lowest values of the index. They<br />

are listed in the table. Five are ceramics, one is a composite.<br />

Selected materials<br />

Alumina<br />

Aluminum nitride<br />

Boron carbide<br />

CFRP, epoxy matrix (isotropic)<br />

Silicon carbide<br />

Silicon nitride<br />

Eco text: solution <strong>manual</strong> 49 MFA, 08/12/2008

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