Advances in Smart Technologies in Structural Engineering

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Fuzzy Chip Controllers and Wireless Links in Smart Structures

   • Fabio Casciati, Roberto Rossi

   Pages 1-24

3. Semi-Active Friction Damping of Flexible Lightweight Structures

   • Lothar Gaul, Hans Albrecht, Jan Wirnitzer

   Pages 25-43

4. Design of Adaptive Structures under Random Impact Conditions

   • J. Holnicki-Szulc, P. Pawłowski, M. Wikło

   Pages 45-67

5. Damage Detection of Structures Using Spectral Element Method

   • Wiesław Ostachowicz, Marek Krawczuk

   Pages 69-88

6. Spatial Filtering with Discrete Array Sensors and Distributed PVDF Films

   • A. Preumont, P. De Man, A. François, N. Loix, K. Henrioulle

   Pages 89-116

7. Structural Health Monitoring Using Guided Ultrasonic Waves

   • Wiesław J. Staszewski

   Pages 117-162

8. Controllability and Asymptotic Problems in Distributed Systems

   • Józef Joachim Telega

   Pages 163-190

9. Mechatronics in Vibration Monitoring and Control

   • Tadeusz Uhl

   Pages 191-211

This book collects invited lectures presented and discussed on the AMAS & ECCOMAS Workshop/Thematic Conference SMART'o3. The SMART'o3 Conference on Smart Materials and Structures was held in a 19th century palace in Jadwisin near Warsaw, 2-5 September 2003, Poland .It was organized by the Advanced Materials and Structures (AMAS) Centre of Excellence at the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research (IFTR) in Warsaw,ECCOMAS - European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and SMART-TECH Centre at IFTR. The idea of the workshop was to bring together and consolidate the community of Smart Materials and Structures in Europe. The workshop was attended by 66 participants from n European countries (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, U.K., Ukraine), 1 participant from Israel and 1 participant from the USA. The workshop program was grouped into the following major topics: 4 sessions on Structural Control (18 presentations), 3 sessions on Vibration Controland Dynamics (14 presentations), 2 sessions on Damage Identification (10 presentations), 2 sessions on Smart Materials (9 presentations). Each session was composed of an invited lecture and some contributed papers. Every paper scheduled in the program was presented, so altogether 51 presentations were given. No sessions were run in parallel. The workshop was attended not only by researchers but also by people closely related to the industry. There were interesting discussions on scientific merits of the presented papers as well as on future development of the field and its possible industrial applications.

• Damage Identifications
• Fundament
• Fuzzy
• Smart Materials
• Smart Structures
• Structural Control
• Vibration
• Vibration Control and Dynamics
• friction
• mechatronics
• structure

From the reviews:

"Within the last few decades there has been a growing fusion of the disciplines of electrical, civil, and aerospace/mechanical engineering to develop a new generation of ‘smart structures.’ … the contributions of the various papers have utility for the general readership in varying degrees. … this book emphasizes the unique and promising solutions to societal problems that can surface when diverse disciplines of civil, aerospace/mechanical, and electrical engineering come together." (Tracy Kijewski-Correa, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 50 (11), 2005)

• Polish Academy of Sciences, Inst. Fundamental Technological Research, Warszawa, Poland

  Jan Holnicki-Szulc

• Inst. Superior Tecnico, Centro Mecanica e Materiais, Universidade Tecnica Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

  Carlos Mota Soares

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