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CES Selector:
• Access advanced
materials property
data—steels,
aerospace alloys,
medical materials,
composites, plastics...
• Perform advanced
eco audits
• Predict the properties
of hybrid materials
(such as sandwich
panels) and add
your own Hybrid
Synthesizer models
• Access advanced
selection tools,
e.g., Performance
Index Finder
• Automatically
generate reports and
export them to Word
or as a PDF
CES Constructor:
• Add and edit your
own materials data,
or build completely
new research
databases
• Compare materials
you are researching
to materials already
on the market
• Share research data
with colleagues
Supporting Advanced Teaching
and Academic Research
CES Selector is powerful PC software that offers graphical
analysis of materials data, plus specialist eco design
and modeling tools, in support of materials selection and
substitution.
It is an enhanced version of the software provided with CES EduPack, the
leading resource for teaching materials and processes, used at over 800
universities worldwide. CES Selector, designed for industry, can also support
advanced teaching (e.g., master’s-level) and academic research. Academic
Licenses provide cost-effective access, enabling:
Exploration of materials and process data—browse, plot, and compare
engineering, cost, and eco data for the full range of engineering materials.
Rational selection—choose the right materials and processes for your application.
Optimize performance, cost, and environmental properties.
Materials replacement and substitution—fi nd replacements for materials that
are obsolete or failing to meet performance objectives.
Eco design—consider sustainability early in the design process, when changes
matter most and cost least.
Develop and position materials and structures—visualize property space to
guide development of new materials and communicate their benefi ts.
Performance indices defi ne
the optimal relationship
between properties for a
given design objective.
In CES Selector, the
Performance Index Finder
(pictured, top) helps you
to identify the right index
for your design scenario.
You can then easily create
property charts (pictured,
below) to study the tradeoff
between different
objectives.
The Academic License: for advanced teaching
Compared to the CES EduPack software for undergraduate teaching, CES Selector
includes advanced features, such as the ‘Performance Index Finder’, which
makes it quick and easy to specify complex objectives for a selection project.
It comes with a range industrial databases providing in-depth property data on
metals, plastics, composites, and ceramics. As well as its core materials selection
and charting tools, CES Selector comes with two add-on tools: Eco Audit Tool for
eco design, and Hybrid Synthesizer (pictured overleaf) for lightweight design. The
license also enables students to use CES Selector on industrial projects linked to
their advanced courses.
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CES Selector
Industrial data
ASME BPV Code
Materials data for power and
process applications.
CAMPUS Plastics
5,000 plastics grades
measured to comparable
ISO standards.
IDES Plastics
77,000 plastics property
datasheets from 725 suppliers.
MMPDS
Alloy data for aerospace
component design
(previously Mil-Hdbk-5).
ESDU
European design-strength
data on aerospace metallic
materials.
StalhDat SX
Property data for the complete
register of European steels
(the Stahl-Eisen-Liste).
CMH-17
Test data for advanced
composite materials
(formerly Mil-Handbook-17).
Firehole Composites
Data for continuous fi ber
reinforced polymer composites.
Medical MaterialUniverse
MaterialUniverse plus medical
and food grade data.
CES-AC-12-1
The Academic Research Licence: for research
The CES Academic Research Licence gives greater fl exibility by providing
the CES Selector software and data described overleaf, together with
CES Constructor for database creation and modifi cation.
CES Constructor is the database development toolkit for CES Selector. It
allows you to customize the reference data available within CES Selector and
to add and edit your own data. Some examples of such databases, covering
areas such as amorphous materials, creep properties, and metal foams, are
available via Granta’s Teaching Resources Website.
Granta’s links with Research and Industry
Granta works closely with many internationally-renowned societies and
academic / government research centers. Our collaborations include: providing
access to data from these organizations via the CES Selector or GRANTA MI
software; helping these institutions to publish their data online; and providing
materials data management tools.
Examples include:
• ASM International (the US society for materials engineers)
• The Welding Institute (TWI), UK
• The National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS), Japan
• The UK National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
Granta also works closely with many of the world’s leading engineering
companies. These organizations use Granta software and data, and
partcipate in three collaborative projects organized by Granta: The Material
Data Management Consortium (MDMC), the Environmental Materials
Information Technology Consortium (EMIT), and the Materials Strategy
Software Consortium.
Example members include: NASA, Boeing, Rolls-Royce, EADS Astrium,
Honeywell, GE, Emerson Electric, TRW Automotive
GRANTA MI materials data management
If your research group or department generates large quantities of materials
data, for example, from materials testing or research analysis, you may be
interested in GRANTA MI, the leading system for materials data management
in engineering enterprises. Contact Granta for more information.
More information: www.grantadesign.com
The Hybrid Synthesizer predicts the
performance of hybrid materials and
structures (sandwich panels, foams, lattices,
composites...) and compares them with other
materials. You can investigate the benefi ts of
hybrid materials, support rational materials
design, and demonstrate the benefi ts of new
materials. You can customize the predictions
with your own models.
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