Smart Materials

by Mel Schwartz

Explores State-of-the-Art Work from the World's Foremost Scientists, Engineers, Educators, and Practitioners in the Field Why use smart materials? Since most smart materials do not add mass, engineers can endow structures with built-in responses to a myriad of contingencies. In their various forms, these materials can adapt to their environments by changing characteristics and can provide information about structural and environmental changes. A single...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1420043722
• ISBN13: 9781420043723
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 554 Pages
• Weight: 3.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.3" x 11.0"