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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      18 December 2013
      30 December 2013
      ISBN:
      9781139025164
      9780521866576
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139025164
      Dimensions:
      (253 x 177 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.6kg, 920 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Thermal-Fluids Engineering, Civil and Geotechnical Engineering
      Series:
      Cambridge Aerospace Series (35)
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    Subjects:
    Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Thermal-Fluids Engineering, Civil and Geotechnical Engineering
    Series:
    Cambridge Aerospace Series (35)
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    The twenty-first century could be called the 'Multifunctional Materials Age'. The inspiration for multifunctional materials comes from nature, and therefore these are often referred to as bio-inspired materials. Bio-inspired materials encompass smart materials and structures, multifunctional materials and nano-structured materials. This is a dawn of revolutionary materials that may provide a 'quantum jump' in performance and multi-capability. This book focuses on smart materials, structures and systems, which are also referred to as intelligent, adaptive, active, sensory and metamorphic. The purpose of these materials from the perspective of smart systems is their ability to minimize life-cycle cost and/or expand the performance envelope. The ultimate goal is to develop biologically inspired multifunctional materials with the capability to adapt their structural characteristics (such as stiffness, damping and viscosity) as required, monitor their health condition, perform self-diagnosis and self-repair, morph their shape and undergo significant controlled motion over a wide range of operating conditions.

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    '… one of the most comprehensive and extensive treatises on smart materials and structures published in the last two decades. … This is a book that I strongly recommend.'

    Fabrizio Scarpa Source: The Aeronautical Journal

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