Smart Structures and Applications
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "A：Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2023) | Viewed by 1626
Special Issue Editor
Interests: piezoelectric and piezomagnetic materials; sensors and actuators; energy harvesting and control of systems and devices; micro and nano mechanics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The development of smart materials and structures and their applications in electromechanical and electromagnetomechanical systems has encouraged designers, scientists, and engineers to introduce innovative and novel systems and structures.
The scope of this Special Issue involves the presentation of novel structures and systems composed of piezoelectric and piezomagnetic materials and structures as sensors or actuators in electromechanical and electromagnetic systems based on advanced methods of analysis and investigation. Smart materials may be used in various geometries, configurations, and patterns, such as rods, beams, plates, shells, and sandwich structures. The significant effects of multi-field loads on the smart and intelligent structures have the potential to serve as important contributions in the wider context of mechanical engineering. This Special Issue invites submissions of papers discussing the size-dependent analysis of intelligent systems and structures in micro- and nanoscales using innovative and relevant theories.
The Special Issue also welcomes research that addresses the various applications of intelligent material and structures, as well as the experimental works in relation to the control of systems and energy-harvesting applications.
Dr. Mohammad Arefi
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- piezoelectric and piezomagnetic materials
- sensors and actuators
- energy harvesting and control of systems and devices
- micro and nano mechanics
