Material selection and product safety: Theory versus practice

Omega

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 467-480

  Dowlatshahi, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Material processing and usage; Parts materials selection; Product design; Product liability; Product safety; Proposition evaluation

Indexed keywords

INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATERIALS TESTING; PRODUCT LIABILITY; SAFETY TESTING;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT; MATERIAL PRODUCTS; MATERIAL USAGE; MATERIALS PROCESSING; MATERIALS SELECTION; PART/MATERIAL SELECTION; PRODUCT-SAFETY; PRODUCTS LIABILITIES; PROPOSITION EVALUATION;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 0034239476     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0483(99)00065-1     Document Type: Article

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