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ME493Undergraduate

Introduction to Smart Structures and Materials

Printed in the catalogue as INTRODUCTION TO SMART STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS

Course content

Design of smart structures. Modeling mechanics of smart materials. Piezoelectric materials. Fiber optics. Shape memory alloys. Electrorheological and magnetorheological fluids. Magnetorheological elastomers. Carbon nanotubes. Control of structures. Active and semi-active vibration control. Structural health monitoring. Morphing of structures. Prerequisite: ME 302.

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