Smart Materials Systems. Modern Development
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Author(s): R. C. Smith
Publisher: SIAM
ISBN: 0898715830
Format: softback
501pp
Price: $65.00
Review Date: 17 May 2005
Review: In this volume, the latest in the Frontiers in Applied mathematics series, Professor Smith discusses mathematical and modelling foundations for the basic types of materials that make up the field of smart materials and structures. This is a relatively new field and is known by a number of names: adaptronics, adaptive structures, intelligent materials systems and structures, smart materials and structures and combinations of these terms. Here Professor Smith describes the development of the linear and nonlinear models that are needed to characterize the materials. The focus is on piezoelectric, magnetic and shape memory materials systems, and includes applications that exploit ionic polymers, magnetorheological compounds and fibre-optic sensors.