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Record Nr.

UNINA9911006792003321

Autore

Smith Ralph C. <1960->

Titolo

Smart material systems : model development / / Ralph C. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, Pa., : Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM, 3600 Market Street, Floor 6, Philadelphia, PA 19104), 2005

ISBN

1-62870-858-1

0-89871-747-7

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic text (xxvii, 501 p. : bill.) : digital file

Collana

Frontiers in applied mathematics ; ; 32

Disciplina

620.1/1

Soggetti

Smart materials - Mathematical models

Smart structures - Mathematical models

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-487) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword -- Preface -- Notation -- Elements and compounds -- Abbreviations for units -- Chapter 1. Smart material applications -- Chapter 2. Model development for ferroelectric compounds -- Chapter 3. Model development for Relaxor ferroelectric compounds -- Chapter 4. Model development for ferromagnetic compounds -- Chapter 5. Model development for shape memory alloys -- Chapter 6. Unified modeling frameworks for ferroic compounds -- Chapter 7. Rod, beam, plate and shell models -- Chapter 8. Numerical techniques -- Appendix A. Glossary of terms -- Appendix B. Mathematical theory -- Appendix C. Legendre transforms, calculus of variations, mechanics principles -- Appendix D. Inversion algorithm -- Bibliography -- Index.