
Latest Resources and Highlights
On this page you will always be able to find out what new resources are available to you.
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The other resources are accessible if you are an educator at a University or College with a license for CES EduPack or CES Selector. If you do not have a password then please contact us.
Many files are large and will take some time to download.
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Title & Description |
Author, Language, Type, Size |
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Powerpoint Unit |
Unit 1. The materials and process universe |
Mike Ashby / Granta EN, PPT (10.1 MB) | ||
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An introduction to engineering materials and processes, and CES EduPack as a database of information. |
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Getting Started Guide |
Getting Started Guide—English |
Granta, EN, PDF (0.5 MB) |
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| English | An introduction to the facilities offered by CES EduPack. Contains exercises designed to help you familiarise yourself with how CES EduPack functions. |
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White |
Materials and Processes in Mechanical Design |
Arlindo Silva and Mike Ashby / Granta, EN, PDF (1MB) |
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White paper about the way in which the mechanical design process and materials and processes selection are connected. Keywords: Mechanical Design, Ideation, Performance, Selection. | |||
Powerpoint |
Unité 1: Le monde des Matériaux et des Procédés: Familles, Classes, Membres et Attributs |
Mike Ashby, Traduction: Jean-Noël Chouard (Lycée V.Bérard) FR, PPT (10 MB) |
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Classification des Matériaux et comment trouver des informations dans le CES EduPack. |
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Powerpoint |
Unidad 1: Selección de materiales |
Mike Ashby / Granta, Translation ES, PPT (4 MB) |
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Explorando el mundo de los materiales. ¿Qué es el diseño? Historia: evolución de los materiales. Keywords: Materials, Classification, Properties, Data, CES EduPack. | |||
Project |
Date First Used Project File |
Mike Ashby / Granta, EN, .ZIP (24 KB) |
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A project file with a series of charts showing materials and the dates they were first used. Fully labeled. Keywords: Date first used. Other project files are also available - fully labeled and ready to be demonstrated to students. |
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Databases |
Updated Databases | |||
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Various CES EduPack databases are available, from Cars to States of the world. They have been updated to make sure they work with CES EduPack 2012. Keywords: Data, Amorphous Metals, New and Emerging Materials, States of the World, Cars, Eco Costs. | Various EN, .gdb (Big files) | ||
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