Smart materials/structures technical analysis. Final report, 26 November 1990-30 November 1992
Smart Materials and Structure have the capability to respond to their environment to a significant degree, by virtue of intrinsic properties and/or built-in sensor/ actuator systems. The words smart or intelligent as applied to materials/structures are used in an idealistic and imprecise way to indicate an analogy with the integrated sensor/actuator/control systems evolved by living beings. The programatic objectives of this proposal suggest the following definition of Smart Materials/ Structures (SMS): Smart Materials/Structures (SMS) Structural systems based upon materials with the ability to SENSE their Own response to environmental and operational stimuli, and modify that response in such as waymore »