December 2014
Intermediate to advanced
340 pages
9h 38m
English
Sushma Santapuri; Robert L. Lowe; Stephen E. Bechtel Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University Columbus, OH
A key feature of smart materials is their ability to convert energy from one form into another. For instance, piezoelectric materials deform when exposed to an electric field, thus converting electrical energy to mechanical energy. Other common smart materials include magnetostrictives, magnetorheological fluids, shape memory alloys, and electroactive polymers. These materials couple different physical effects, e.g., thermal, electrical, magnetic, and/or mechanical. In this chapter, we ...
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