Smart Composite and Sensors

Dear Colleagues,

For the last two decades, sensors and actuators have been combined with composite materials to enhance their functionalities and make them intelligent, adaptive, or smart structures. Commonly enhanced functionalities of smart composites compared with conventional composites are but not limited to vibration control, shape control, self-sensing, self-diagnostic, reaction to changing environmental conditions, and energy harvesting. In smart composites, sensors could be integrated with the host composite in the form of discrete patches or sensing networks. Additionally, many materials could be employed as sensors in smart composites such as piezoelectric, fiber-optics, shape-memory alloys, etc. This Special Issue aims to disseminate theoretical and experimental work from esteemed professionals like yourself on Smart Composites and Sensors.

You are cordially invited to submit your original research articles and review papers that contain theoretical and experimental investigations of all aspects of smart composite materials and sensors in the current Special Issue. The list of potential research topics includes but is not limited to:

• Modeling and analysis of smart composites;
• Characterizing smart elements as sensors in composite materials;
• Structural health monitoring of smart composites;
• Nondestructive evaluation of smart composites;
• Static analysis of smart composites;
• Dynamic analysis of smart composites;
• Modal analysis of smart composites;
• Vibration control of smart composites;
• Shape control of smart composites;
• Energy harvesting from smart composites;
• Manufacturing of smart composites;
• Interdisciplinary approaches and applications for smart composites;
• Nanosensors for composites;
• Embedded/surface bonded network of sensors in smart composites;
• Data-driven manufacturing for SHM of smart composites;
• Advanced control of smart composites.

Prof. Dr. Heung Soo Kim
Prof. Dr. Jun-Sik Kim
Prof. Dr. Jae Hun Lee
Dr. Asif Khan
Guest Editors

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