Smart Materials
eBook - PDF

Smart Materials

  1. 554 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Smart Materials

About this book

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

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Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Contents
  4. Preface
  5. Editor
  6. Contributors
  7. Chapter 1. Residual Stress in Thin Films
  8. Chapter 2. Intelligent Synthesis of Smart Ceramic Materials
  9. Chapter 3. Functionally Graded Polymer Blend
  10. Chapter 4. Structural Application of Smart Materials
  11. Chapter 5. Composite Systems Modeling-Adaptive Structures: Modeling and Applications and Hybrid Composites
  12. Chapter 6. Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloy Actuators
  13. Chapter 7. Aircraft Applications of Smart Structures
  14. Chapter 8. Smart Battery Materials
  15. Chapter 9. Piezoelectric and Electrostrictive Ceramics Transducers and Actuators
  16. Chapter 10. Chitosan-Based Gels and Hydrogels
  17. Chapter 11. Films, Coatings, Adhesives, Polymers, and Thermoelectric Materials
  18. Chapter 12. Cure and Health Monitoring
  19. Chapter 13. Drug Delivery Systems
  20. Chapter 14. Fiber Optic Systems: Optical Fiber Sensor Technology and Windows
  21. Chapter 15. Flip-Chip Underfill: Materials, Process, and Reliability
  22. Chapter 16. Dielectric Cure Monitoring of Polymers, Coposites, and Coatings: Synthesis, Cure, Fabrication, and Aging
  23. Chapter 17. Magnetorheological Fluids
  24. Chapter 18. Intelligent Processing of Materials
  25. Chapter 19. Magnets, Magnetic, and Magnetostrictive Materials
  26. Chapter 20. Shape-Memory Alloys and Effects: Types, Functions, Modeling, and Applications
  27. Chapter 21. Current Developments in Electrorheological Materials
  28. Chapter 22. Carbon Microtubes and Conical Carbon Nanotubes
  29. Chapter 23. "Smart" Corrosion Protective Coatings
  30. Chapter 24. Smart Polymers for Biotechnology and Elastomers
  31. Chapter 25. Vibration Control for Smart Structures
  32. Chapter 26. Action Truss Structures
  33. Chapter 27. Application of Smart Materials and Smart Structures to the Study of Aquatic Animals
  34. Chapter 28. Molecular Imprinting Technology
  35. Chapter 29. Biomedical Sensing
  36. Chapter 30. Intelligent Chemical Indicators
  37. Chapter 31. Piezoelectric Polymer PVDF Microactuators
  38. Chapter 32. Ultrasonic Nondestructive Testing and Materials Characterization
  39. Chapter 33. Lipid Membranes on Highly Ordered Porous Alumina Substrates
  40. Index
  41. Back cover