Author(s):
1. Dušan Petković, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Niš, Serbia
2. Miloš Madić, Serbia
3. Goran Radenković, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Niš, Serbia
4. Predrag Živković, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Niš, Serbia
5. Mladen Tomić, The School of Higher Technical Professional Education, Niš, Serbia

Abstract:
Materials play an important role in engineering design. Selection of the most suitable material involves the study of a large number of factors, such as thermal, mechanical, electrical, chemical and physical properties as well as machinability, formability and weldability of available materials. Heat exchanger is a design part which takes heat from one fluid and passes it to a second. Selection of the most suitable material for a heat exchanger is a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) problem with diverse objectives. This paper describes the use of recently developed MCDM methods for selecting the most suitable material for a heat exchanger. Results revealed that naval brass UNS C46400 is the most preferable material for this application.

Key words:
Material selection,Heat exchangers,Multi-criteria decision making

Thematic field:
Production and Computer-Aided Technologies

Date of abstract submission:
06.03.2015.

Conference:
12th International conference on accomplishments in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and Information Technology (DEMI 2015)

Final paper