I would say that to start, read the Ashby books to get some basic sense of things. That, to me anyway, is really core and useful engineering practice. What to b

I would say that to start, read the Ashby books to get some basic sense of things. That, to me anyway, is really core and useful engineering practice. What to balance, what can be physically traded, and fundamental constraints. https://www.amazon.com/Materials-Selection-Mechanical-Design-Fifth/dp/0081005997 https://www.amazon.com/Materials-Selection-Mechanical-Design...