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These proceedings offer original ideas and new perspectives on the topics of Intelligent Materials and Mechanical Engineering. They arose from an excellent forum within which researchers could exchange innovative ideas and new points of view. They will also provide guidance for scientists, physicists, chemists, teachers, engineers, etc., all over the world. Review from Book News Inc.: Four of the 58 papers presented during the September 2011 conference discuss experiments on the mechanical properties of soybean protein fiber yarn conducted at Qingdao University. Another four papers from the Sh
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Smart Materials are ones that can respond to environmental stimuli by exhibiting changes in properties (mechanical or physical), structure, composition or function. The growing interest in their development is driven by emerging applications and by the integration of smart materials into industrial systems for civilian, industrial, medical and military applications. Among them are composite multiferroic materials which exhibit two or more ferroic features such as ferromagnetism/magnetostriction, ferroelectricity/piezoelectricity or ferroelasticity/shape-memory effects due to their unusual resp
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The built environment of the future will implement innovative solutions for energy efficiency, self-monitoring infrastructures, and self-healing strategies, just to mention the most promising smart material technologies that will most likely assume a pivotal importance in the future. This book is a result of a very multidisciplinary effort aimed at driving the scientific progress of the constructions of the future. The works included in this book concern new materials and coatings for cultural heritage preservation, environmentally sustainable concretes and paving material components, self-healing, and durability strategies.