Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart Materials, Structures and Systems: In Conjunction with the Ninth National Seminar on Aerospace Structures, 7-10 July, 1999, Bangalore

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Allied Publishers, 1999 - 722 pages
 

Contents

Some Issues and Potential Aeronautical Applications
3
Recent Aspects of French Research on Intelligent Materials and Systems
15
Researches of Smart Actuator Materials in Japan
23
Monitoring the Integrity of Aircraft Structures Current Procedures
31
BuiltIn Structural Health Monitoring
44
Integrated and MultiFunctional Thick Section and Sandwich Composite
49
Sensing the Signal Processing Applications of Acoustic Wave Devices
50
Ceramics and Composites
65
Smart Underwater Anechoic Linings From Short Fiber Rubber Matrix Composites
355
Studies Related to Embedment of SMA Wires in Composite Laminates
361
An Investigation of Flexural Behaviour of Smart Composite Panels
368
Vibration Suppression of Composite Laminates with Magnetostrictive Layers
377
Vibration Control of Beams Using Enhanced Active Constrained Layer
385
Evolution of Active Vibration Control Schemes in Helicopters
393
Active Control of Interior Acoustics
403
Finite Element Modelling and Active Vibration Control of Laminated
417

Instrumented Indentation of Smart Materials
73
InSitu Formation of Sensor and Actuator in Polymer and Metal Based Composites
79
Multifunctional Glass Nanocomposites of LayerStructured Ferroelectrics
94
Statistical Response of SDOF System with Shape Memory Restoring Force
109
A Constitutive Model For SMAs Considering Twinning Transformations
127
Polymer Gels Responsive to Temperature Variation in Swelling
140
Gas Sensing Characteristics of Semiconducting Oxide Doped Sensor
152
Micromachined Sensors and Actuators Based on BentBeam Suspensions
159
Simultaneous Strain and Temperature Measurement Using Optical Fibre Sensors
167
Bragg Grating Sensors for Smart Structure Applications
174
Choosing the Options to Meet Requirements
182
Development of IR Sensor Using MEMS Technology
190
Magnetostrictive Composites as Sensors and Actuators
199
Smart Structures Research at NTU
207
Optical Fiber Sensor Development at the National Cheng Kung University
215
Silicon Baed Vibration Sensors For Microelectromechanical Systems
223
Mechanical Design of a Micro Machined Vibration Sensor
229
Bragg Grating on Ceł+ Doped Solgel Waveguide for Sensor Applications
239
Mechanical Actuator Designed For Ring Laser Gyroscope
250
Thick Film Pellistor Sensor for H2 Concentration Measurement
259
Performance Evaluation of Pyroelectric Detectors for Space Applications
268
Fabrication of Low Loss Lumped Circuit Elements for Their Use
277
Micromachining of Quartz and Fabrication of Various Types of Miniature
283
Structural Integrity of Composite Structures Embedded with
295
Smart Structural Concepts For Aerospace Applications Using
303
Viscoelastic Analysis of Induced Strain Actuators
319
A General Theory for Smart Laminated Composite ThinWalled Beams
325
Static and Dynamic Analysis of Piezothermoelastic Composite Laminates
331
Spectrally Formulated Finite Element for Elementary Composite Beam
337
Smart Control of Instability of Struts
343
Analysis of Active Damping in Laminated Smart Cylindrical Shells
349
Design and Development of Instrumentation for Active Vibration Control
430
Active Vibration Control of a Beam Using Virtual Instrumentation Software
443
Vibration Control Using an ElectroRheological Fluid Sandwich Beam
460
Application of Shape Memory Actuator for Vibration Control of a 2
478
Vibration Measurement of Smart Composite Material Based on Statistical
484
Calibration of a Polarimetric FiberOptic Sensor for Measuring Small Strains
491
The Edge CrackTip Behaviour of Nitinol
499
Development of Smart Pigs for Transmission Gas Pipeline Inspection
507
FiniteElement Predictions of MOI Performance for Application to Ageing
515
Recent Developments in Flexible Eddy Current Probes for Inspecting
522
Crack Propagation Monitoring in Metallic Structures Using Piezoceramic Sensors
532
Structural Monitoring of Stresses in Prestressed Concrete Members
551
Vibration Characteristics in Structural Health Monitoring Systems
557
Experiment Study on the Effect of Optic Fibers Embedded in Carbon
563
Study on Delamination Detection in CFRP Plates Using Wavelet Signal
569
Health Monitoring of Carbon Reinforced Plastic Panels
575
Conceptions
585
A Tunable Bistable Low Power MEMS Sensor
591
Fiber Optic Pressure Sensor and its Applications
598
Smart Structures and Musical Instruments
606
Intelligent Solutions For Mechatronics
614
Development and Implementation of Adaptive Critic Based Receding
624
Closed Form Solution for Active Shape Control of Astronomical Mirror
630
Shape Control of Antenna Using Concepts of VGTS
636
Application of a NeuroFuzzy Controller to Electrohydraulic Axis
643
Studies on Vibration Control of Spacecraft Using Smart Structure Concepts
657
A Novel Scheme for Accurate Measurement of Vehicular Acceleration
671
Smart Structures and Their Applications in the Aerospace Industry
684
Mercury Patch Microwave Antennas
701
Author Index
719
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