IUTAM Symposium on Multiscale Modelling of Fatigue, Damage and Fracture in Smart Materials Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Multiscale Modelling of Fatigue, Damage and Fracture in Smart Materials, held in Freiberg, Germany, September 1-4, 2009 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kuna, Meinhard (Editor), Ricoeur, Andreas (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: IUTAM Bookseries, 24
• Subjects: Engineering.; Mathematical models.; Continuum mechanics.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Materials science.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.

Today, multi-functional materials such as piezoelectric/ferroelectric ceramics, magneto-strictive and shape memory alloys are gaining increasing applications as sensors, actuators or smart composite materials systems for emerging high tech areas. The stable performance and reliability of these smart...