Selecting materials of components of a product to be manufactured

A non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium having recorded thereon a computer program having instructions for performing a computer-implemented method for selecting materials of components of a product to be manufactured, the method comprising:

• obtaining:
• a set of materials for the components of the product;
• for each component:
• a set of use and/or manufacturing and/or material constraints for the component;
• for the product:
• a set of use and/or manufacturing constraints for the product;
• and
• one or more material compatibility constraints;
• and
• specifications indicating an extent of compatibility of one or more reference materials within the set of materials with the constraints;
• and
• determining, for each component of the product, at least one optimal material, with respect to compatibility with the constraints and based on the obtained specifications, for manufacturing the component.

A computer system comprising:

• a processor coupled to a memory, the memory having recorded thereon a computer program comprising instructions for selecting materials of components of a product to be manufactured that when executed by the processor cause the processor to be configured to:
• obtain:
• a set of materials for the components of the product,
• for each component:
• a set of use and/or manufacturing and/or material constraints for the component,
• for the product:
• a set of use and/or manufacturing constraints for the product, and
• one or more material compatibility constraints, and
• specifications indicating an extent of compatibility of one or more reference materials within the set of materials with the constraints, and
• determine, for each component of the product, at least one optimal material, with respect to compatibility with the constraints and based on the obtained specifications, for manufacturing the component.