IUTAM Symposium on Dynamics of Advanced Materials and Smart Structures: Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in Yonezawa, Japan, 20–24 May 2002

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxi
Exact Solution for a Thermoelastic Problem of Wave Propagations in a Piezoelectric Plate....Pages 1-8
Simulation of Impact-Induced Martensitic Phase-Transition Front Propagation in Thermoelastic Solids....Pages 9-18
Wave Scattering and Attenuation in Polymer-Based Composites: Analysis and Measurements....Pages 19-28
Dynamics of Structural Systems with Devices Driven by Fuzzy Controllers....Pages 29-40
Model Reduction for Complex Adaptive Structures....Pages 41-52
Transient Analysis of Smart Structures Using a Coupled Piezoelectric-Mechanical Theory....Pages 53-62
Dynamic Behavior of Shape Memory Alloy Structural Devices: Numerical and Experimental Investigation....Pages 63-72
Overall Design and Simulation of Smart Structures....Pages 73-84
Bio-Mimetic Smart Microstructures....Pages 85-94
Stress-Focusing Effects in a Spherical Inclusion Embedded in an Infinite Medium Caused by Instantaneous Phase Transformation....Pages 95-104
Free Large Vibrations of Buckled Laminated Plates....Pages 105-114
High-Performance Impact Absorbing Materials — The Concept, Design Tools and Applications....Pages 115-124
Mysel’s Formula for Small Vibrations Superimposed Upon Large Static Deformations of Piezoelastic Bodies....Pages 125-136
The Analysis of Transient Thermal Stresses in Piezothermoelastic Semi-Infinite Body with an Edge Crack....Pages 137-146
Transient Dynamic Stresses around a Rectangular Crack in a Nonhomogeneous Layer between Two Dissimilar Elastic Half-Spaces....Pages 147-156
Remote Smart Damage Detection via Internet with Unsupervised Statistical Diagnosis....Pages 157-166
Smart Actuation from Coupling between Active Polymer Gels and Fibrous Structures....Pages 167-176
Thermally Induced Vibration of an Inhomogeneous Beam due to a Cyclic Heating....Pages 177-186
Application of Optical Fiber Sensors to Smart Structure....Pages 187-196
Application of Stress and Strain Control to Living Tissues....Pages 197-206
Unfolding of Morning Glory Flower as a Deployable Structure....Pages 207-216
Mechanics of Plasma Membrane Vesicles in Cells....Pages 217-226
Control of Structures by Means of High-Frequency Vibration....Pages 227-236
Numerical Modeling of Smart Devices....Pages 237-250
A Review of Simulation Methods for Smart Structures with Piezoelectric Materials....Pages 251-262
Application of Transfer Matrix Method in Analyzing the Inhomogeneous Initial Stress Problem in Prestressed Layered Piezoelectric Media....Pages 263-272
Infinitesimal Mechanism Modes of Tensegrity Modules....Pages 273-284
Shape and Stress Control in Elastic and Inelastic Structures....Pages 285-296
Transient Piezothermoelasticity for a Cylindrical Composite Panel....Pages 297-306
Active Damping of Torsional Vibration in a Piezoelectric Fiber Composite Shaft....Pages 307-316
High-Performance PZT and PNN-PZT Actuators....Pages 317-326
Energy Release Rate Criteria for Piezoelectric Solids....Pages 327-336
Integral Approach for Velocity Feedback Control in a Thin Plate with Piezoelectric Patches....Pages 337-346
Non-Parametric Representations of MR Linear Damper Behaviour....Pages 347-356
Active Control of Smart Structures Using Port Controlled Hamiltonian Systems....Pages 357-366
Numerical Simulation for Control of Progressive Buckling with Defects on Axisymmetric Shell Structure....Pages 367-376
Wave Propagation in Piezoelectric Circular Plate under Thermo-Electro-Mechanical Lording....Pages 377-386
Modeling of Piezoelectric / Magnetostrictive Materials for Smart Structures....Pages 387-396
Control of Thermally-Induced Structural Vibrations via Piezoelectric Pulses....Pages 397-408
Active Damping of Parametric Vibrations of Mechanical Distributed Systems....Pages 409-418
Finite Element Models for Linear Electroelastic Dynamics....Pages 419-428
Exact Thermoelasticity Solution for Cylindrical Bending Deformations of Functionally Graded Plates....Pages 429-438
Shape Memory: Heterogeneity and Thermodynamics....Pages 439-448
Complex Variable Solution of Plane Problem for Functionally Graded Materials....Pages 449-458
Green’s Function for Two-Dimensional Waves in a Radially Inhomogeneous Elastic Solid....Pages 459-468
Back Matter....Pages 469-472