Engineering Research
Materials Science
Engineering Series
Multi-functional Materials and Structures
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Smart Materials are materials that can respond to environmental stimuli by exhibiting particular changes in some of their properties. Depending upon the change in some external condition, a smart materials can change its own characteristics (mechanical, electrical, appearance), structure, composition and/or response. These materials are usually embedded into systems whose inherent properties change favourably in order to meet performance needs.
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This two-volume work collects the 400 peer-reviewed technical papers from the July 2008 First International Conference on Multifunctional Materials and Structures, which focused on cutting-edge research concerning multifunctional materials systems that can perform multiple functions at different times and have been developed to improve system performance through a reduction of redundancy between subsystem materials and functions. The technical papers have been presented with no apparent ordering system. A few examples of specific topics addressed include: design of finish system using rotational magnetic-assistance in ultrasonic electrochemical finishing of freeform-surfaces, development of a safety network system for highway structures in Korea, feedback linearization of hysteretic thermoelastic dynamics of shape memory alloy actuators with phase transformations, electromagnetic wave shielding and fire retardant multifunctional polymer composites, development of high performance fiber reinforced composite with negative thermal expansion property, mechanical behavior of non sintered and sintered steel wool, design and control of magnetorheological fluid-based multifunctional haptic device for vehicle applications, temperature effects on guided wave structural damage detection, quantum chemical and electrochemical studies on the inhibitive effect of carboxymenthylchitosan for mild steel in different PHs, vibration damping of automotive driveshafts with piezofiber composite structures, swelling behavior of poly(acrylamide) nanoclay composite hydrogels, synthesis of mono-sized silica nanoparticles by combustion technique, and precision transfer of replication of ultrasonic nanoimprint.