This paper present the modal analysis for the predicating the behavior of inflatable membrane structure of general square shape with a thickness in millimeter using the various smart material which optimally within structural member subjected to edgeconstrained rather than applying bending or moments. A numerical solution for membranes may also be found using the finite element method. In this ...

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is an important tool for the ongoing maintenance of aging infrastructure. The ultimate goals of implementing an SHM system are to improve infrastructure maintenance, increase public safety, and minimize the economic impact of an extreme loading event by streamlining repair and retrofit measures. Networks of wireless smart sensors offer tremendous promise for a...

Smart systems and smart materials Smart structures are a new emerging materials system which combines contemporary materials science with information science. The smart system is composed of sensing, processing, actuating, feedback, self-diagnosing and self-recovering subsystems. The system uses the functional properties of advanced materials to achieve high performances with capabilities of re...

By definition and general agreement, smart materials are materials that have properties which may be altered in a controlled fashion by stimuli, such as stress, temperature, moisture, pH, and electric or magnetic fields. There are numerous types of smart materials, some of which are already common. Examples include piezoelectric materials, which produce a voltage when stress is applied or vice ...

A medium is a medium is a medium. As the sentence says, there is no difference between occult and technological media. Their truth is fatality, their field the unconscious. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. The urban ether swims with a multitude of invisible particles: the residue of ash and aerosols, signals and light. Circulating through the city is the dus...

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Cellulose is the most abundant biomass material in nature, and possesses some promising properties, such as mechanical robustness, hydrophilicity, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. Thus, cellulose has been widely applied in many fields. "Smart" materials based on cellulose have great advantages-especially their intelligent behaviors in reaction to environmental stimuli-and they can be app...

TERENCE is an FP7 ICT European project that is developing an adaptive learning system for supporting poor comprehenders and their educators. Its learning material are stories and games. The games are specialised into smart games, which stimulate inference-making for story comprehension, and relaxing games, which stimulate visual perception and not story comprehension. The paper focuses on smart...