Smart technologies /
K. Worden, W.A. Bullough & J. Haywood.
- River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, c2003.
- xi, 271 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Preface. - Ch. 1. The Smart Approach - An Introduction to Smart Technologies. - Ch. 2. Sensing Systems for Smart Structures. - Ch. 3. Vibration Control Using Smart Structures. - Ch. 4. Data Fusion - The Role of Signal Processing for Smart Structures and Systems. - Appendix. A The Multi-Layer Perception. - Ch. 5. Shape Memory Alloys - A Smart Technology? - Ch. 6. Piezoelectric Materials. - Ch. 7. Magnetostriction. - Ch. 8. Smart Fluid Machines. - Ch. 9. Smart Biomaterials - "Out-Smarting" the Body's Defense Systems and Other Advances in Materials for Medicine. - Ch. 10. Natural Engineering - The Smart Synergy.