Intelligent Structures

Intelligent Structures

Author: K.P. Chong

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2003-10-04

Total Pages: 470

ISBN-13: 020349816X

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Proceedings of the International Workshop on Intelligent Structures, Taipei, Taiwan, 23-26 July 1990.


Intelligent Structures - 2

Intelligent Structures - 2

Author: Y.K. Wen

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1992-01-14

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 1482286769

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Proceedings of the International Workshop on Intelligent Systems held in Perugia, Italy, 27-29 June 1991.


Intelligent Materials and Structures

Intelligent Materials and Structures

Author: Haim Abramovich

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2021-10-25

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 311072622X

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This new edition of our 2016 book provides insight into designing intelligent materials and structures for special application in engineering. Literature is updated throughout and a new chapter on optics fibers has been added. The book discusses simulation and experimental determination of physical material properties, such as piezoelectric effects, shape memory, electro-rheology, and distributed control for vibrations minimization.


Intelligent Buildings

Intelligent Buildings

Author: Derek Clements-Croome

Publisher: Thomas Telford

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 9780727732668

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Intelligent buildings provide stimulating environments for people to work and live in. This book brings together a body of the latest knowledge about design, management, technology and sustainability set against the background of developments in the cultural landscapes, which affect those living and working in buildings.


Smart Structures

Smart Structures

Author: Jan Holnicki-Szulc

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 940114611X

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Smart (intelligent) structures have been the focus of a great deal of recent research interest. In this book, leading researchers report the state of the art and discuss new ideas, results and trends in 43 contributions, covering fundamental research issues, the role of intelligent monitoring in structural identification and damage assessment, the potential of automatic control systems in achieving a desired structural behaviour, and a number of practical issues in the analysis and design of smart structures in mechanical and civil engineering applications. Audience: A multidisciplinary reference for materials scientists and engineers in such areas as mechanical, civil, aeronautical, electrical, control, and computer engineering.


Structronic Systems: Smart Structures, Devices And Systems (In 2 Parts)

Structronic Systems: Smart Structures, Devices And Systems (In 2 Parts)

Author: Ardeshir Guran

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 1998-04-04

Total Pages: 881

ISBN-13: 9814578932

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This book is concerned with electrostructural systems, particularly the interaction between the control of the structural and electrical (electronic) components. Structronics is a new emerging area with many potential applications in the design of high-performance structures, adaptive structures, high-precision systems, and micro-systems. As structures are increasingly being controlled by electronics, the problems of structural engineering can be separated less and less from those of electronic engineering and control engineering. This graduate-level book fills a gap in the literature by considering these problems while giving an overview of the current state of analysis, modelling and control for structronic systems. It is a coherent compendium written by leading experts in this new research area and gives readers a sophisticated toolbox that will allow them to tackle the modelling and control of smart structures. The inclusion of an extensive, up-to-date bibliography and index makes this volume an invaluable standard for professional reference.Because of the large number of contributions to the present volume, it has been subdivided into two parts, of which this is Part I. This book will be of interest to engineers, materials scientists, physicists and applied mathematicians.The synergistic integration of active (smart) materials, structures, sensors, actuators, and control electronics has redefined the concept of structures from a conventional passive elastic system to an active (life-like) structronic (structure + electronic) system with inherent self-sensing, diagnosis, and control capabilities. Because of its multi-disciplinary nature, the development of structronic systems has attracted researchers and scientists from many disciplines, such as structures, materials, control, electronics, mathematics, manufacturing, electromechanics, and mechanics. In practical applications, this new structronic system can be used as a component of high-performance machines or structural systems, or be an integrated structure itself performing designated function(s).Most common active (smart) materials, such as piezoelectrics, shape-memory alloys, electro- and magneto-strictive materials, and polyelectrolyte gels have been reviewed in Part I. Application examples are also provided and research issues reported on. While the first part focuses primarily on materials and structures, Part II emphasizes control applications and intelligent systems. With the information provided in this two-volume book, scientists and researchers can easily grasp the state of the art of smart materials and structronic systems, and are ready to pursue their own research and development endeavors.


Smart Structures Theory

Smart Structures Theory

Author: Inderjit Chopra

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 925

ISBN-13: 052186657X

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This book focuses on smart materials and structures, which are also referred to as intelligent, adaptive, active, sensory, and metamorphic. The ultimate goal is to develop biologically inspired multifunctional materials with the capability to adapt their structural characteristics, monitor their health condition, perform self-diagnosis and self-repair, morph their shape, and undergo significant controlled motion.


World Forum on Smart Materials and Smart Structures Technology

World Forum on Smart Materials and Smart Structures Technology

Author: B.F. Spencer Jr.

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2008-06-23

Total Pages: 626

ISBN-13: 143982844X

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Research in smart materials and structures seeks to apply multifunctional capabilities of new and existing materials to develop structures and systems that are capable of self-sensing and monitoring, self-diagnosis and prognosis with intelligence, self-healing and repair, and adaptive response to prevent loss of human life and catastrophe, to minimize maintenance and life-cycle costs, and to prolong service life. This book provides the critical knowledge and technological bases required for meeting one of the ultimate engineering challenges: the design and construction of smart structures and systems.


Artificial Intelligence in Structural Engineering

Artificial Intelligence in Structural Engineering

Author: Ian Smith

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 1998-07-15

Total Pages: 518

ISBN-13: 9783540648062

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This book presents the state of the art of artificial intelligence techniques applied to structural engineering. The 28 revised full papers by leading scientists were solicited for presentation at a meeting held in Ascona, Switzerland, in July 1998. The recent advances in information technology, in particular decreasing hardware cost, Internet communication, faster computation, increased bandwidth, etc., allow for the application of new AI techniques to structural engineering. The papers presented deal with new aspects of information technology support for the design, analysis, monitoring, control and diagnosis of various structural engineering systems.


Dynamics of Advanced Materials and Smart Structures

Dynamics of Advanced Materials and Smart Structures

Author: Kazumi Watanabe

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-04-17

Total Pages: 501

ISBN-13: 940170371X

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Two key words for mechanical engineering in the future are Micro and Intelligence. It is weIl known that the leadership in the intelligence technology is a marter of vital importance for the future status of industrial society, and thus national research projects for intelligent materials, structures and machines have started not only in advanced countries, but also in developing countries. Materials and structures which have self-sensing, diagnosis and actuating systems, are called intelligent or smart, and are of growing research interest in the world. In this situation, the IUT AM symposium on Dynamics 0/ Advanced Materials and Smart Structures was a timely one. Smart materials and structures are those equipped with sensors and actuators to achieve their designed performance in achanging environment. They have complex structural properties and mechanical responses. Many engineering problems, such as interface and edge phenomena, mechanical and electro-magnetic interaction/coupling and sensing, actuating and control techniques, arise in the development ofintelligent structures. Due to the multi-disciplinary nature ofthese problems, all ofthe classical sciences and technologies, such as applied mathematics, material science, solid and fluid mechanics, control techniques and others must be assembled and used to solve them. IUTAM weIl understands the importance ofthis emerging technology. An IUTAM symposium on Smart Structures and Structronic Systems (Chaired by U.