TY - BOOK ID - 77943436 TI - Smart technologies AU - Worden, K AU - Bullough, W A AU - Haywood, J PY - 2003 SN - 1281908762 9786611908768 9812705317 9781601192493 1601192495 9789812705310 9781281908766 9789810247768 9810247761 9810247761 6611908765 PB - River Edge, NJ World Scientific DB - UniCat KW - Technological innovations. KW - Smart structures. KW - Smart materials. KW - Adaptive materials KW - Intelligent materials KW - Sense-able materials KW - Materials KW - Adaptive structures KW - Intelligent structures KW - Structural control (Engineering) KW - Breakthroughs, Technological KW - Innovations, Industrial KW - Innovations, Technological KW - Technical innovations KW - Technological breakthroughs KW - Technological change KW - Creative ability in technology KW - Inventions KW - Domestication of technology KW - Innovation relay centers KW - Research, Industrial KW - Technology transfer UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77943436 AB - This book is a general introduction to intelligent or smart materials, systems and machines. Presented in understandable and non-mathematical terms, it is for anyone who is interested in future developments in these fields or who needs to be briefed on the current status of these interdisciplinary technologies. The intended audience comprises physicists, engineers, materials scientists and computer scientists of all levels, from undergraduates to post-doctoral practitioners. ER -