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.

Mechanical Behaviour of Engineering Materials
Mechanical Behaviour of Engineering Materials

Author: Y.M. Haddad

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2012-11-19

Total Pages: 501

ISBN-13: 9401004366

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This monograph consists of two volumes and provides a unified, comprehensive presentation of the important topics pertaining to the understanding and determination of the mechanical behaviour of engineering materials under different regimes of loading. The large subject area is separated into eighteen chapters and four appendices, all self-contained, which give a complete picture and allow a thorough understanding of the current status and future direction of individual topics. Volume I contains eight chapters and three appendices, and concerns itself with the basic concepts pertaining to the entire monograph, together with the response behaviour of engineering materials under static and quasi-static loading. Thus, Volume I is dedicated to the introduction, the basic concepts and principles of the mechanical response of engineering materials, together with the relevant analysis of elastic, elastic-plastic, and viscoelastic behaviour. Volume II consists of ten chapters and one appendix, and concerns itself with the mechanical behaviour of various classes of materials under dynamic loading, together with the effects of local and microstructural phenomena on the response behaviour of the material. Volume II also contains selected topics concerning intelligent material systems, and pattern recognition and classification methodology for the characterization of material response states. The monograph contains a large number of illustrations, numerical examples and solved problems. The majority of chapters also contain a large number of review problems to challenge the reader. The monograph can be used as a textbook in science and engineering, for third and fourth undergraduate levels, as well as for the graduate levels. It is also a definitive reference work for scientists and engineers involved in the production, processing and applications of engineering materials, as well as for other professionals who are involved in the engineering design process.

Engineering Analysis of Smart Material Systems
Engineering Analysis of Smart Material Systems

Author: Donald J. Leo

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2007-09-10

Total Pages: 574

ISBN-13: 0471684775

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The book provides a pedagogical approach that emphasizes the physical processes of active materials and the design and control of engineering systems. It will also be a reference text for practicing engineers who might understand the basic principles of active materials but have an interest in learning more about specific applications. The text includes a number of worked examples, design problems, and homework problems (with a solutions manual) that will be useful for both instructors and practicing engineers.

Smart Materials and Structures
Smart Materials and Structures

Author: M.V. Gandhi

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 1992-05-31

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 9780412370106

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This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the embryonic field of smart materials and structures, and also presents a state-of-the-art review of the sub-disciplines of the field. It informs readers of the technical challenges to the commercialisation of products incorporating these material technologies.

Laminar Composites
Laminar Composites

Author: George Staab

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780750671248

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Introduction to Composite Materials; Review of stress, Strain and Material Behavior; Lamina Analysis; Mechanical Test Methods for Lamina Failure Theories; Laminate Analysis; Appendix A, B, C, D; Glossary.

Smart Materials and Structures
Smart Materials and Structures

Author: G.R Tomlinson

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 858

ISBN-13: 9780750305471

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Significant changes have occurred in materials science, including increasing demands on life extensions, and the reliability and exploitability of components, materials, and structures. These changes provide smart technologies with excellent application opportunities in aerospace, civil and electrical engineering, transportation, manufacturing, communications, defense, and medicine. Smart Materials and Structures presents an overview of current developments in the characterization and applications of materials and actuators, issues surrounding their control, and the integration of smart systems and technologies. This compendium provides a valuable synopsis of this rapidly expanding and topical research field for engineers, program managers, technologists, physicists, materials scientists, and mathematicians working to advance smart materials, research methods, their applications, and robotic technologies.

Smart Materials in Structural Health Monitoring, Control and Biomechanics
Smart Materials in Structural Health Monitoring, Control and Biomechanics

Author: Chee-Kiong Soh

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-03

Total Pages: 625

ISBN-13: 3642244637

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"Smart Materials in Structural Health Monitoring, Control and Biomechanics" presents the latest developments in structural health monitoring, vibration control and biomechanics using smart materials. The book mainly focuses on piezoelectric, fibre optic and ionic polymer metal composite materials. It introduces concepts from the very basics and leads to advanced modelling (analytical/ numerical), practical aspects (including software/ hardware issues) and case studies spanning civil, mechanical and aerospace structures, including bridges, rocks and underground structures. This book is intended for practicing engineers, researchers from academic and R&D institutions and postgraduate students in the fields of smart materials and structures, structural health monitoring, vibration control and biomedical engineering. Professor Chee-Kiong Soh and Associate Professor Yaowen Yang both work at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Dr. Suresh Bhalla is an Associate Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India.

eMaintenance
eMaintenance

Author: Diego Galar

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2017-06-15

Total Pages: 554

ISBN-13: 0128111542

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eMaintenance: Essential Electronic Tools for Efficiency enables the reader to improve efficiency of operations, maintenance staff, infrastructure managers and system integrators, by accessing a real time computerized system from data to decision. In recent years, the exciting possibilities of eMaintenance have become increasingly recognized as a source of productivity improvement in industry. The seamless linking of systems and equipment to control centres for real time reconfiguring is improving efficiency, reliability, and sustainability in a variety of settings. The book provides an introduction to collecting and processing data from machinery, explains the methods of overcoming the challenges of data collection and processing, and presents tools for data driven condition monitoring and decision making. This is a groundbreaking handbook for those interested in the possibilities of running a plant as a smart asset. - Provides an introduction to collecting and processing data from machinery - Explains how to use sensor-based tools to increase efficiency of diagnosis, prognosis, and decision-making in maintenance - Describes methods for overcoming the challenges of data collection and processing

The British Chess Magazine; Volume 16
The British Chess Magazine; Volume 16

Author: Anonymous

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2022-10-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781016407649

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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.