W. Yang, "IUTAM Symposium on Mechanics and Reliability of Actuating Materials"
Publisher: Springer | ISBN: 1402041306 | edition 2006 | PDF | 327 pages | 8,81 mb
Publisher: Springer | ISBN: 1402041306 | edition 2006 | PDF | 327 pages | 8,81 mb
This book summarizes the research findings as an outcome from the IUTAM Symposium "Mechanics and Reliability of Actuating Materials held successfully on September 1-3, 2004 at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Actuating materials hold a promise for fast-spreading applications in smart structures and active control systems, and have attracted extensive attention from scientists of both mechanics and materials sciences communities. High performance and stability of actuating materials and structures play a decisive role in their successive applications as sensors and actuators in structural control and robotics. Toward this end, scientific efforts are of paramount significance to gain a deep insight into the intricate deformation and failure behaviors of actuating materials.



