IUTAM Symposium on Multi-Functional Material Structures and Systems : Proceedings of the the IUTAM Symposium on Multi-Functional Material Structures and Systems, Bangalore, India, December 10-12, 2008

This Symposium provided an international forum for exchange of ideas and creation of knowledge in recent advances on Multi-Functional Material Structures and Systems. Novel theories, mathematical models, analyses, and application of computational and experimental methods are topics treated. In particular, this work reflects the state of the art in mathematical modeling, computational methods, new experimental methods, new and advanced engineering applications in emerging technologies advanced sensors, structural health monitoring, MEMS, and advanced control systems. Front Matter....Pages i-xv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Functionally Graded Shells with Distributed Piezoelectric Sensors and Actuators for Active Vibration Control....Pages 3-13 A Numerical Investigation of the Dynamic Behaviour of Functionally Graded Foams....Pages 15-24 Nonlinear Stability of Functionally Graded Plates Subjected to Aero-thermo-mechanical Loads....Pages 25-33 A Generalized Three Species Model for Shape Memory Alloys....Pages 35-43 Use of SMA Constitutive Model in Finite Element Analysis of Wire-Based Actuators....Pages 45-53 Time Dependent Deformations in Concrete: A Multi-scale Approach....Pages 55-64 Higher Order Theories of Functionally Graded Beams and Plates....Pages 65-74 Front Matter....Pages 76-76 A Strain Sensor from a Polymer/Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposite....Pages 77-86 A Hysteresis Compensator Based on a Modified Dynamic Preisach Model for Conductive Polymer Nanocomposites....Pages 87-94 Multi-Axial Behavior of Ferroelectrics with Two Types of Micro–Macro Mechanical Models....Pages 95-102 Active Single Walled Carbon Nanotube–Polymer Composites....Pages 103-110 Modeling of Fibre Formation and Oxygen Permeability in Micro-fibrillar Polymer-Polymer Composites....Pages 111-119 Front Matter....Pages 122-122 Multiscale Computational Analysis of Biomechanical Systems....Pages 123-131 Effect of Magnetic-Field on Stress–Strain Behavior of Magneto-Sensitive Elastomers....Pages 133-142 Effects of Functionalization on the Morphology, Cure Kinetics and Mechanical Behavior of Thermosetting Polymers....Pages 143-152 A Study on Polarization-Electric Field Nonlinearity in Smart Composite Structures....Pages 153-161 Multifunctional Components in Sodium Cooled Fast Reactor: Design and Development....Pages 163-173 Front Matter....Pages 176-176 From Structural Mechanics to Inspection Processes: Getting Structural Health Monitoring into Application for Riveted Metallic Structures....Pages 177-185 Shaped Modal Sensors for Uncertain Dynamical Systems....Pages 187-197 Sensor Failure Detection Using Interaction Matrix Formulation....Pages 199-210 Front Matter....Pages 176-176 Resonant MEMS Sensors....Pages 211-220 Front Matter....Pages 222-222 Compressive Behavior of Fibre Reinforced Honeycomb Cores....Pages 223-231 Strain-Space Solution for the Elasto-plastic Analysis of Adhesively Bonded Single Lap Joint....Pages 233-240 Design and Development of a Smart Composite T-Tail for Transport Aircraft....Pages 241-249 Manufacturing of Multi-functional Composites....Pages 251-257 Front Matter....Pages 260-260 Iso-Spectral Rotating and Non-Rotating Beams....Pages 261-268 Innovative Energy Absorbing Composite Tubes Incorporating Extension-Torsion Coupling, Stitch Ripping, and Foam Crushing....Pages 269-278 A Pseudo-dynamical Systems Approach to Inverse Problems....Pages 279-288 Force Reconstruction for Wave Based Damage Detection....Pages 289-296 On Numerical Integration of Discontinuous Approximations in Partition of Unity Finite Elements....Pages 297-304 Front Matter....Pages 307-307 Approximate Evaluations of the Modal Effective Electromechanical Coupling Coefficient....Pages 307-315 Distributed Point Source Model for Wave Propagation Through Multi-phase Systems....Pages 317-324 Intrinsic Localized Modes in Micro-scale Oscillator Arrays Subjected to Deterministic Excitation and White Noise....Pages 325-334 A Theoretical and Computational Framework for Modeling Diffusion-Driven Boundary Motion Without Remeshing....Pages 335-342 Multiscale Simulation of Metal/Ceramic Interface Fracture....Pages 343-355 Back Matter....Pages 357-358