Smart materials for smart devices and structures : selected, peer reviewed papers from the symposium C, European Materials Research Society, Fall Meeting, Warsaw University of Technology, September 15-19, 2008 / edited by Marcin Leonowicz and Dariusz Oleszak.

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Smart Materials are ones that can respond to environmental stimuli by exhibiting changes in properties (mechanical or physical), structure, composition or function. The growing interest in their development is driven by emerging applications and by the integration of smart materials into industrial systems for civilian, industrial, medical and military applications. Among them are composite multiferroic materials which exhibit two or more ferroic features such as ferromagnetism/magnetostriction, ferroelectricity/piezoelectricity or ferroelasticity/shape-memory effects due to their unusual responses: including very large magneto-electric susceptibility, giant magnetostriction and energy-coupling coefficients which approach unity. Other systems include shape-memory and magnetic shape-memory alloys, magnetostrictive materials, magnetorheological fluids and polymers. This volume highlights advances in the development of smart materials, with particular attention being paid to numerical modelling, fabrication methods, technologies, properties, sensing and processing capabilities. The coverage of these new capabilities, remarkable performance enhancement or cost reduction, new ideas and directions for future development will make the book essential reading for those working in materials engineering, mechanical engineering, theoretical and applied mechanics, electronics, electromechanics and manufacturing.

Smart Materials for Smart Devices and Structures; Preface; Table of Contents; Rapid Prototyping Methodologies for Ceramic Micro Components; Finite Element Model of Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels Swelling -- Comparison with Experiments; Kinetics of Swelling and Drug Release from PNIPAAm/Alginate Stimuli Responsive Hydrogels; Differential Magnetoelastic Compressive Force Sensor Utilizing Two Amorphous Alloy Ring Cores; Measurements of Strain in Ceramic Components Using Magnetostrictive Delay Line; Magnetomechanical Properties of Terfenol-D Powder Composites

A Simulation Study of Magnetostrictive Material Terfenol-D in Automotive CNG Fuel Injection ActuationSMA Thin Strip for Rotary-Driving Element; Structure and Properties of the High Temperature Nitrided/Oxided Surface of Ni-Ti Alloy; Structure and Shape Memory Effect in Annealed Ni-Ti-Co Strip Produced by Twin Roll Casting Technique; Performance of Shape Memory Composite with SMA and SMP; Shape Memory Assemblies Using Ultrasonic Welding; Simultaneous Growth of MWCNTs at Different Temperatures in a Variable Gradient Furnace

Suppressed Field Emission Screening Effect and Electric Field Simulation of Carbon Nanotube-Based Triode Field EmittersFePt Nanorods and Nanowires for Novel Ferrofluids; Formation of Metal Silicide Nanodots on Ultrathin SiO2 for Floating Gate Application; Nano-Silicon Sol-Gel Film Refraction Index Modulation with Femtosecond Laser; Urethane Magnetorheological Elastomers -- Manufacturing, Microstructure and Properties; Experimental Validation of Numerical Methods of MRE Simulations; Elastomers Containing Fillers with Magnetic Properties

Magnetic Anisotropy of Nanocrystalline HITPERM-Type Alloys and its Correlation with ApplicationMagnetic Field Analysis for Magnetron Sputtering Apparatus for Accurate Composition Control; 3D Magnetovision Scanner as a Tool for Investigation of Magnetomechanical Principles; Smart Technologies for Adaptive Impact Absorption; Active Control of Landing Gear Shock Absorber Characteristic Using Magnetoreological Fluids; Keywords Index; Authors Index

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