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Smart Materials and Structures

This document outlines the modules and objectives of a course on smart materials and structures. The course will cover fundamentals of smart materials like piezoelectric, electrostrictive, and shape memory materials. It will also cover smart sensors and actuators including accelerometers, force sensors, and MEMS sensors. Finally, the course will discuss smart structures, including concepts of instrumented structures, vibration control using smart structures, and case studies integrating smart materials with structures. The total course hours are 45.

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Smart Materials and Structures

This document outlines the modules and objectives of a course on smart materials and structures. The course will cover fundamentals of smart materials like piezoelectric, electrostrictive, and shape memory materials. It will also cover smart sensors and actuators including accelerometers, force sensors, and MEMS sensors. Finally, the course will discuss smart structures, including concepts of instrumented structures, vibration control using smart structures, and case studies integrating smart materials with structures. The total course hours are 45.

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SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES 3 0 0 3 Objectives: The objectives are to provide students with The fundamentals of smart materials,

, devices and electronics, in particular those related to the development of smart structures and products The skills, knowledge and motivation in the design, analysis and manufacturing of smart structures and products MODULE - I 12 Smart Materials: Smart Materials - Piezoelectric materials - Electrostrictive Materials Magnetostrictive materials - Magnetoelectric materials - Magnetorheological fluids Electrorheological fluids - Shape Memory materials. MODULE - II 15 Smart Sensor and Actuator: Smart Sensors Accelerometers - Force Sensors - Load Cells - Torque Sensors - Pressure Sensors Microphones - Impact Hammers - MEMS Sensors - Fiber Optic Sensors - Sensor Arrays - Smart Actuators - Displacement Actuators - Force Actuators - Power Actuators Vibration Dampers Shakers - Fluidic Pumps Motors - Smart Transducers - Ultrasonic Transducers - Sonic Transducers - Air Transducers. MODULE - III 18 Smart Structures: Concept of Smart structures - Instrumented structures - Sensing technologies Signal processing and control of smart structures - Vibration Control using Smart structures - Case studies on incorporating design, analysis, manufacturing and application issues involved in integrating smart materials and devices with signal processing and control capabilities to engineering smart structures and products. TOTAL: 45 REFERENCE BOOKS 1. Srinivasan, A.V., Smart Structures: Analysis and Design, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York, 2001. 2. Moulson, A. J. and Herbert, J. M., Electroceramics: Materials, Properties, Applications, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, West Sussex, New York, 2003. 3. Gautschi, G., Piezoelectric Sensorics: Force, Strain, Pressure, Acceleration and Acoustic Emission Sensors, Materials and Amplifiers, Springer, Berlin, New York, 2002. 4. Engdahl, G., Handbook of Giant Magnetostrictive Materials, Academic Press, San Diego, Calif., London, 2000. 5. Andre Preumont, Vibration Control of Active Structures: An Introduction, Second Edition, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 2002. 6. Brian Culshaw, Smart Structures and Materials, Artech House, London, 1996.

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