Smart Materials and Structures

ISBN-13: 9780412370106 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 312 str.

Mukesh V. Gandhi; B. S. Thompson; M. V. Gandhi

Opis

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.

Recenzje

This most timely text is devoted to the newly emerging field of smart materials...The authors have provided an excellent bibliography to serve the reader as a valuable start. This well written text offers the technologist a new and stimulating approach to materials. - Sample Journal - USA

Spis treści

Preface. Historical prologue. Intelligent materials. Smart materials and structural systems. Electro-rheological fluids. Piezoelectric materials. Shape-memory materials. Fiber-optic sensors. The epilogue: research issues. Bibliography. Index.