Synthesizing knowledge acquired as a result of significant research
and development over recent years, "Smart Structures" clearly
illustrates why these structures are of such intense current
interest. Gaudenzi offers valuable insight into both how they
behave and how and at what cost they could be designed and produced
for real life applications in cutting edge fields such as vibration
control, shape morphing, structural health monitoring and energy
transduction.
"Smart Structures" offers a basic and fundamental description of
smart structures from the physical, mathematical and engineering
viewpoint. It explains the basic physics relating to the behaviour
of active materials, gives the mathematical background behind the
phenomena, and provides tools for numerical simulation. It also
offers an insight into considerations related to the manufacturing,
assembly and integration of smart structures.
"Smart Structures" is divided into 5 sections: in the first part
a definition of smart structures is proposed, the motivation for
developing a smart structure presented and the basic physics of
active materials such aspiezoelectrics, electrostrictives,
magnetostrictives and shape memory alloys briefly recalled. A
second part is devoted to the mathematical modelling of
piezoelectric bodies. The third part discusses actuation and
sensing mechanisms based on which the active part of a smart
structure will produce "results" on the passive one. The fourth
part deals with active composites at the micromechanical and
macromechanical level, and the fifth part is devoted to
applications of smart structures with examples taken from the
aerospace field.
This introduction to smart structures will be useful both for
structural and mechanical designers, and for students and
researchers at graduate level or beyond. The diverse industries
involved in this rapidly evolving field include aerospace,
automotive and bioengineering.
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