Fundamentals of Smart Materials / edited by Mohsen Shahinpoor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shahinpoor, Mohsen, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Smart materials.

Smart materials--Problems, exercises, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 338 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Royal Society of Chemistry, [2020]

Summary:

Smart materials are of significant interest and this is the first textbook to provide a comprehensive graduate level view of topics that relate to this field. Fundamentals of Smart Materials consists of a workbook and solutions manual covering the basics of different functional material systems aimed at advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students. Topics include piezoelectric materials, magnetostrictive materials, shape memory alloys, mechanochromic materials, thermochromic materials, chemomechanical polymers and self-healing materials. Each chapter provides an introduction to the material, its applications and uses with example problems, fabrication and manufacturing techniques, conclusions, homework problems and a bibliography. Edited by a leading researcher in smart materials, the textbook can be adopted by teachers in materials science and engineering, chemistry, physics and chemical engineering.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781839168819

1839168811

9781523141791

1523141794

9781788019460

1788019466