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Course Name Smart Materials and Structures
Course Code 18SC713
Program M. Tech. in Structural & Construction Engineering
Credits Coimbatore
Year Taught 2019

Syllabus

Course Syllabus

Introduction to passive and active systems – need for active systems – smart systems – definitions and implications – active control and adaptive control systems – examples. Components of smart systems– system features and interpretation of sensor data – pro active and reactive systems – demo example in component level – system level complexity. Materials used in smart systems – characteristics of sensors – different types smart materials – characteristics and behaviour of smart materials – modelling smart materials – examples. Control Systems – features – active systems – adaptive systems – electronic, thermal and hydraulic type actuators – characteristics of control systems – application examples. Integration of sensors and control systems – modelling features – sensor-response integration – processing for proactive and reactive components – FE models – examples.

Text Books

  • Smart Structures: Analysis and Design, Srinivasan, A.V. and Michael McFarland, D., Cambridge University Press, 2009.
  • Smart Structures and Materials 2003, Yoseph Bar Cohen, The International Society for Optical Engineering, Spie, 2003.
  • Smart Materials and Technologies: For the Architecture and Design Professions, Michelle Addington and Daniel L. Schodek, Routledge 2004.
  • Smart Structures and Materials, Culshaw,B., Artec House Publishers, 1996.

References

‘Smart Materials and Structures’ is an elective course offered in M. Tech. program in Structural & Construction Engineering at the School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus.

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