Smart Materials and Structures / Edition 1

by M.V. Gandhi, B.D. Thompson

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780412370106
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	05/31/1992
Edition description:	1992
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.03(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

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.

Editorial Reviews

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

From the Publisher

A reprint of Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, v.2, no.4, 1992. Articles discuss computational models of concept formation, very large time constants for synaptic transfer in neural networks, a hierarchical clustering network based on a model of olfactory processing, competitive learning in asynchronous- pulse-density integrated circuits, and a programmable analog CMOS synapse for neural networks. No index. This introduction to a multidisciplinary field reviews the sub- disciplines of the field and focuses on electro-rheological fluids, piezoelectric materials, shape-memory materials and fiber optics. The demand for smart materials in such diverse fields as electronics, artificial intelligence, information technology, materials synthesis, physics, chemistry, molecular biology, computer science, life science, control theory, aerospace industry, material synthesis, defense science, transportation, and biotechnology is discussed. Includes a 35-page bibliography. Distributed in the US by VNR. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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