Dynamics of Smart Systems and Structures: Concepts and Applications

✍ Scribed by Vicente Lopes Junior, Valder Steffen Jr., Marcelo Amorim Savi (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 342
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Written by a team of experts that has been working together for several years in the context of a research network involving international institutions, this book brings several applications related to smart material systems such as vibration and noise control, structural health monitoring, energy harvesting and shape memory alloys. Furthermore, this book also provides basic knowledge on the fundamentals of smart material systems and structures. Consequently, the present title serves as an important resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. In addition, it serves as a guide for engineers and scientists working with smart structures and materials both with an application and basic research perspective.

Smart material systems and structures represent a new paradigm which is increasing the capabilities of engineering systems. Adaptability and versatility are some important aspects related to such systems. In brief, research on smart materials is characterized by synergistically combining different physical features, such as mechanical, electrical, chemical, and magnetic. As a result, smart material technologies have a huge potential to enhance the performance of engineering structures opening unlimited opportunities to innovation and economic benefits.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Continuum Mechanics....Pages 7-40
Wave Motion in Elastic Structures....Pages 41-63
Passive and Active Structural Vibration Control....Pages 65-92
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos....Pages 93-117
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Introduction to Smart Materials and Structures....Pages 121-134
Piezoelectric Materials....Pages 135-154
Shape Memory Alloys....Pages 155-188
Electro- and Magneto-Rheological Materials....Pages 189-215
Composite Structures Design and Analysis....Pages 217-263
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting....Pages 267-288
Piezoelectric Structural Vibration Control....Pages 289-309
Impedance-Based Structural Health Monitoring....Pages 311-328
Damage Detection Systems for Commercial Aviation....Pages 329-342

✦ Subjects

Structural Materials; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials; Energy Harvesting; Energy Technology