Smart Structures: Requirements and Potential Applications in Mechanical and Civil Engineering

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Robust Decentralized H ∞ Control of Input Delayed Interconnected Systems....Pages 1-8
Scale Influence in the Static and Dynamic Behaviour of No-Tension Solids....Pages 9-18
Passive Magnetic Damping Composites....Pages 19-25
Desk-Top Selected Laser Sintering of Stereometric Shapes....Pages 27-36
Smart Structures Research in the U. S.....Pages 37-44
Damage Prediction Concept Based on Monitoring and Numerical Modelling of a Medieval Church....Pages 45-52
Few Remarks on the Controllability of an Aeroacoustic Model Using Piezo-Devices....Pages 53-62
Supervision, Maintenance and Renovation of Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Bridges....Pages 63-70
Numerical and Experimental Investigations of Adaptive Plate and Shell Structures....Pages 71-78
Layered Piezoelectric Composites: Macroscopic Behaviour....Pages 79-88
Smart Structures Using Carbon Fibre Reinforced Concrete (CFRC)....Pages 89-95
Optimal Design of Adaptive Structures....Pages 97-106
Magnetoelastic Method of Stress Measurement in Steel....Pages 107-114
Damage Assessment, Reliability Estimation and Renovation of Structural Systems....Pages 115-123
Controlling Pantograph Dynamics Using Smart Technology....Pages 125-132
Piezogenerated Elastic Waves for Structural Health Monitoring....Pages 133-142
Design of Adaptive Structures for Improved Crashworthiness....Pages 143-152
Modeling and Experiments of the Hysteretic Response of an Active Hydrofoil Actuated by SMA Line Actuators....Pages 153-162
Vibration and Stability Control of Gyroelastic Thin-Walled Beams Via Smart Materials Technology....Pages 163-172
A Critical Overview of the Published Research on Control of Vibrations of Civil Engineering Structures....Pages 173-182
Decentralized Sliding Mode Control of a Two-Cable-Stayed Bridge....Pages 183-192
Active Control of Cable-Stayed Bridges....Pages 193-202
Strategy of Impulse Release of Strain Energy for Damping of Vibration....Pages 203-210
Analysis of a Hybrid System for Noise Reduction....Pages 211-220
Effectiveness of Smart Structure Concepts to Improve Rotorcraft Behaviour....Pages 221-228
Control System for Highway Load Effects....Pages 229-236
Optimal Delayed Feedback Vibration Absorber for Flexible Beams....Pages 237-246
Active Parametric Modification of Linear Vibrating Systems....Pages 247-254
Laser Control of Frame Microstructures....Pages 255-264
Finite Element Analysis of the Dynamic Response of Composite Plates with Embedded Shape-Memory Alloy Fibers....Pages 265-274
Application of Active Tendons to the Damping of Aerospace and Civil Engineering Structures....Pages 275-284
Control Theory Sources in Active Control of Civil Engineering Structures....Pages 285-294
Analysis and Optimization of Energy Conversion Efficiency for Piezoelectric Transducers....Pages 295-302
Numerical and Experimental Behaviour of the Corge Railway Bridge with Active Railway Support....Pages 303-312
Flextensional Actuator Design Using Topology Optimization and the Homogenization Method....Pages 313-320
Active Control of Nonlinear 2-Degrees-of-Freedom Vehicle Suspension Under Stochastic Excitations....Pages 321-327
Active Structural Control Against Wind....Pages 329-336
Low-Cycle Fatigue Behavior of Copper Zinc Aluminum Shape Memory Alloys....Pages 337-344
On Two Problems of Exact Controllability for Elastic Anisotropic Solids....Pages 345-354
Nonlinear Piezoelectric Composites: Deterministic and Stochastic Homogenization....Pages 355-364
Simulation Examination of Annular Plates Excited by Piezoelectric Actuators....Pages 365-372
New Concept of Active Multiple-Frequency Vibration Supression Technique....Pages 373-382
Advanced Monitoring System for Large Structural Systems....Pages 383-390
Back Matter....Pages 391-391