ABSTRACT

Explores State-of-the-Art Work from the World's Foremost Scientists, Engineers, Educators, and Practitioners in the FieldWhy use smart materials?Since most smart materials do not add mass, engineers can endow structures with built-in responses to a myriad of contingencies. In their various forms, these materials can adapt to their environments by c

chapter 1|14 pages

Residual Stress in Thin Films

chapter 3|14 pages

Functionally Graded Polymer Blend

chapter 4|8 pages

Structural Application of Smart Materials

chapter 6|12 pages

Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloy Actuators

chapter 7|22 pages

Aircraft Applications of Smart Structures

chapter 8|8 pages

Smart Battery Materials

chapter 10|20 pages

Chitosan-Based Gels and Hydrogels

chapter 12|6 pages

Cure and Health Monitoring

chapter 13|16 pages

Drug Delivery Systems

chapter 17|8 pages

Magnetorheological Fluids

chapter 18|10 pages

Intelligent Processing of Materials

chapter 23|16 pages

"Smart" Corrosion Protective Coatings

chapter 25|22 pages

Vibration Control for Smart Structures

chapter 26|10 pages

Action Truss Structures

chapter 28|6 pages

Molecular Imprinting Technology

chapter 29|6 pages

Biomedical Sensing

chapter 30|10 pages

Intelligent Chemical Indicators

chapter 31|8 pages

Piezoelectric Polymer PVDF Microactuators