Behavior and physics associated with ceramic and polymeric active materials; constitutive models of piezoelectric and electrostrictive ceramics and polymers derived from thermodynamic relationships; development of static and dynamic models of systems that incorporate active materials derived using variational mechanics. Piezoelectric and electrostrictive ceramics and polymers, ionomeric polymers, conductive polymers, and carbon nanotubes will be studied. Applied topics in structural health monitoring, motion control, vibration control, and sensing will be studied.
Active Materials/smart Structures 1
Host University
Virginia Tech
Semester
Spring 2024
Course Number
ME 5804
CRN
17585
Credits
3
Discipline
Mechanical Engineering
Instructor
Kurdila
Times and Days
Asynchronous
Course Information