ABSTRACT
Different chapters of this book have discussed various issues related to material selection and substitution and how they fit with customer needs and design limitations. Illustrative examples in the form of design examples and case studies were used to explain the points of discussion, whenever possible. However, such examples had to be kept simple and to just address the point under discussion in order not to disrupt the continuity of the subject matter. This chapter tries to address this limitation by presenting more detailed case studies that are hopefully more representative of real-world material selection and substitution problems.
