Intelligent Materials and Structures
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Entropic Alloys and Meta-Metals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 4335
Special Issue Editors
Interests: smart materials and structures; nonlinear dynamics; modeling; numerical simulation
Interests: nonlinear mechanics–smart materials and structures; nonlinear dynamics, chaos and control; biomechanics and ecology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Intelligent materials are able to alter their response and properties through the multiphysics coupling such as mechanical, temperature, electrical and magnetic fields. Shape memory alloys, magnetostrictive materials, piezoelectric materials, are among the most usual intelligent materials.
Due to their remarkable characteristics, intelligent materials have attracted the attention of several researchers and industries in recent years, having been used as actuators and sensors in several areas such as aerospace, automotive, bioengineering, oil and gas exploration and robotics.
The characterization and modeling of intelligent materials present several challenges due to their complex behavior associated with the coupling between different physical fields. Therefore, these research activities are relevant to permit the development of new applications.
This Special Issue aims to address the lasted research in the field of intelligent materials. Topics addressed in this Special Issue may include but are not limited to: characterization; modeling; applications, morphing, energy harvesting, smart composites, structural health monitoring, nonlinear vibration and wearable technology.
Prof. Dr. Pedro Manuel Calas Lopes Pacheco
Prof. Dr. Marcelo Amorim Savi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Smart materials
- Intelligent materials
- Shape memory alloys
- Magnetostrictive materials
- Piezoelectric materials
- Material characterization
- Material modeling
- Numerical simulations
- Adaptative structures
- Biomorphing
- Energy harvesting
- Smart composites
- Vibration
- Nonlinear dynamics
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