Smart Materials and Structures for Vehicle Applications
A special issue of Actuators (ISSN 2076-0825). This special issue belongs to the section "Actuator Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 October 2023) | Viewed by 3067
Special Issue Editor
Interests: smart materials and structures; ultrasonic additive manufacturing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue deals with the development of adaptive systems and structures for use in vehicles, defined broadly as vehicles for ground or air transportation. The pressing need to reduce the weight of vehicle structures is motivated by current limitations in the range of electric vehicles (EVs) and the increasingly stringent emission requirements being placed on internal-combustion powertrains. In conjunction with consumer and regulatory expectations in relation to safety, environmental concerns, energy consumption, and overall performance, these needs require the development of multi-functional structures that simultaneously provide a diversity of functions beyond just mechanical integrity. Smart materials can greatly accelerate the development of multi-functional systems through the integration of actuators, sensors, and stiffness-tunable components to achieve structures that autonomously or semi-autonomously adapt to changing external conditions. This Special Issue seeks to attract original works in these areas that may focus on one or more aspects of novel smart materials, control strategies for adaptive structures, new actuators and sensors, advanced manufacturing approaches for smart structures, and innovative designs of components and systems, with the overall objective of developing adaptive structures that can contribute to the widespread transition from fossil-fuel-based transportation to EVs, air taxis, and other emerging applications in the areas of ground and air vehicles.
This Special Issue closely fits the scope of Actuators since it creates an advanced forum for the science and technology of actuators and control systems.
Prof. Dr. Marcelo Dapino
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- smart materials
- piezoelectric
- shape memory
- magnetostrictive
- smart polymers
- smart metamaterials
- control systems
- vehicle design
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