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smart materials [‚smärt mə′tir·ē·əlz] (materials) Materials that can significantly change their mechanical properties (such as shape, stiffness, and viscosity), or their thermal, optical, or electromagnetic properties, in a predictable or controllable manner in response to their environment. Materials that perform sensing and actuating functions, including piezoelectrics, electrostrictors, magnetostrictors, and shape-memory alloys. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Sailing Smart materials include the instructor handbook, the student activity book and the boating basics book. By embedding three small strips of smart material in the platform, the Sandia researchers reduced the magnitude of its vibrations from 240 nanometers to 4 nm and cut the platform's settling time after each movement from 15 milliseconds to 9 ms, Redmond says. com/reports/c42122) has announced the addition of Smart Material Systems and MEMS: Design and Development Methodologies to their offering. |
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