Buch, Englisch, 364 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 735 g
Blurring the Distinction Between the Living and the Nonliving
Buch, Englisch, 364 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 735 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-922917-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press
A structure is an assembly that serves an engineering function. A smart structure is one that serves this function smartly, i.e. by responding adaptively in a pre-designed useful and efficient manner to changing environmental conditions. Adaptive behaviour of one or more materials constituting a smart structure requires nonlinear response. This book describes the three main types of nonlinear-response materials: ferroic materials, soft materials, and nanostructured materials. Information processing by biological and artificial smart structures is also discussed. A smart structure typically has sensors, actuators, and a control system. Progress in all these aspects of smart structures has leant heavily on mimicking Nature, and the all-important notion in this context has been that of evolution. Artificial Darwinian and Lamarckian evolution holds the key to the development of truly smart structures. Modestly intelligent robots are already on the horizon. Projections about the low-cost availability of adequate computing power and memory size indicate that the future really belongs to smart structures. This book covers in a compact format the entire gamut of concepts relevant to smart structures. It should be of interest to a wide range of students and professionals in science and engineering.
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Fachgebiete
- Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik Robotik
- Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Metallurgie
- Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Mess- und Automatisierungstechnik
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Humangenetik
- Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Metallische Werkstoffe
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Molekularbiologie
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Festkörperphysik, Kondensierte Materie
- Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Mathematik für Ingenieure
- Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik Überwachungstechnik
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Mechanik Klassische Mechanik, Newtonsche Mechanik
Weitere Infos & Material
- 1: Introduction and Overview
- 2: Information Processing by Biological and Artificial Smart Structures
- 3: Ferroic Materials
- 4: Soft Matter
- 5: Self-Assembly and Self-Organization of Matter
- 6: Nanostructures
- 7: Human Intelligence
- 8: Smart Sensor Systems
- 9: Sensors and Actuators for Smart Structures
- 10: Machine Intelligence
- 11: The Future of Smart Structures
- Appendices
