Smart Material Systems: Model Developments (Frontiers in Applied Mathematics, Series Number 32) - Softcover

Ralph Smith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0898715830 ISBN 13: 9780898715835

Publisher: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2005

Synopsis

This book describes several novel applications currently under investigation that exploit the unique actuator and sensor capabilities of smart material compounds. In addition to present and projected applications, this book provides comprehensive coverage of both linear and nonlinear modeling techniques necessary to characterize materials in a manner that facilitates transducer design and control development. The author focuses on ferroelectric, magnetic, and shape memory compounds and also addresses applications exploiting amorphous and ionic polymers, magnetorheological compounds, and fiber optic sensors. Three classes of nonlinear models are discussed, all of which provide unified characterization frameworks for the broad class of combined compounds. Discussions of structural models based on linear and nonlinear constitutive models, and numerical techniques for approximating solutions to the structural systems are included. An extensive glossary of terms is provided in an appendix, as well as MATLAB software for representative models at an accompanying website.

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About the Author

Ralph C. Smith is Professor of Mathematics and Associate Director of the Center for Research in Scientific Computation at North Carolina State University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0898715830
• ISBN 13: 9780898715835
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 540