Edited by: Silvio de Barros, Pedro Manuel Calas Lopes Pacheco, Hector Reynaldo Meneses Costa, Ricardo Alexandre Amar de Aguiar, Rodinei Medeiros Gomes and Sandro Marden Torres

Online since: June 2013

Description: This special issue presents 21 selected peer reviewed papers from the 2nd Brazilian Symposium on Functional and Structural Materials (FUNCMAT 2013), held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 25-26, 2013. These articles provide an up-to-date knowledge concerning the field of functional and structural materials such as shape memory alloys, geopolymers, piezoelectric ceramics and special alloys. The articles therein deal with recent investigations on materials used in manufacturing processes like machining, welding, coating and adhesive bonding.
Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).

Emboding Intelligence in Structures and Integrated Systems

Edited by: Dr. Pietro Vincenzini and Fabio Casciati

Online since: September 2008

Description: A collection of 86 peer-reviewed papers offering an up-to-date overview of the topic of, “Embodying Intelligence in Structures and Integrated Systems”. The papers are grouped into chapters on: 1: Smart materials, sensors/actuators and microsystems; 2: Integration technologies; 3: Smart structures and integrated systems; 4: Structural monitoring; 5: Ongoing and perspective applications. This special volume has also been published online in the series, “Advances in Science and Technology” Vol. 56.