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Piezoelectric Aeroelastic Energy Harvesting explains the design and implementation of piezoelectric energy harvesting devices based on fluid-structure interaction. There is currently an increase in demand for low power electronic instruments in a range of settings, and recent advances have driven their energy consumption downwards. As a result, the possibility to extract energy from an operational environment is of growing significance to industry and academic research globally. This book solves problems related to the integration of smart structures with the aeroelastic system, addresses the importance of the aerodynamic model on accurate prediction of the performance of the energy harveste...
The state of the art in the optical characterization of materials is advancing rapidly. New insights have been gained into the theoretical foundations of this research and exciting developments have been made in practice, driven by new applications and innovative sensor technologies that are constantly evolving. The great success of past conferences proves the necessity of a platform for presentation, discussion and evaluation of the latest research results in this interdisciplinary field.
This book provides an introduction to Acoustic Emission Testing and its applications to different materials like concrete, steel, ceramics, geotechnical materials, polymers, biological structures and wood. Acoustic Emission Techniques (AET) techniques have been studied in engineering for a long time. The techniques are applied more and more to practical investigations and are more and more standardized in codes. This is because the degradation of structures due to ageing urgently demand for maintenance and rehabilitation of structures in service. It results in the need for the development of advanced and efficient inspection techniques. In mechanical engineering and concerning the monitoring...
This open access book compiles the contributions of the conference Collection Care: New Challenges in Environmental Monitoring, Risk Assessment and Risk Management. The conference held within the framework of the EU’s Horizon2020 CollectionCare project (grant no. 814624), was a forum where the latest technological advances in the study of the behavior and aging of cultural heritage materials, environmental monitoring, and the design of preventive conservation strategies in collections were presented. This volume is of interest to heritage researchers and is divided into two sections: the first brings together thirteeen papers that focus on the monitoring, analysis, data interpretation and ...
Eigenspannungen in direktgefügten Werkstoffverbunden aus Stahl und kohlenstofffaserverstärktem Epoxidharz reduzieren die Grenzschicht- und Verbundfestigkeit und sind somit für die Festigkeitsbeurteilung von Strukturen zwingend zu berücksichtigen. Zur ganzheitlichen Beschreibung von Eigenspannungen wird in der vorliegenden Arbeit ein thermo-chemo-mechanisches Konstitutivmodell für die skalenübergreifende Bewertung von Eigenspannungsverteilungen vorgestellt. Die Analyse von repräsentativen Einheitszellen mit regulärer und stochastischer Verteilung von Fasern liefert in diesem Zusammenhang Informationen über die zugehörigen Deformations- und Spannungsfelder. Die Dehomogenisierung an m...
Mechanical fasteners, so-called insert, offer the opportunity to allow for an inexpensive, detachable connection of thin-walled carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) parts to metal- or other plastic-based structures in the context of multi-material design. The present work is comprised of a systematic comparison of both insert types under near-application load conditions, whereby the strength as well as the damage behavior were evaluated.
The purpose of this book-the fourth volume of a series on Can cer Markers-is intended to provide an updated "status report" on today's use of cancer markers in the diagnosis and monitoring of can cer, with an emphasis on cancer markers detected in the serum. It has been 7 years since the publication of the last volume in this series. The 1980, 1982, and 1985 volumes covered the development of cancer markers, not only in their roles of unraveling the basic biology of can cer, but also as increasingly important players in the management of patients with cancer. During the last 7 years we have seen the applica tion of a number of markers identified by monoclonal antibodies, as well as the begin...
This collection contains 162 papers on structural engineering presented at Structures Congress XIV, held in Chicago, Illinois, April 14-18, 1996.
Vols. 24-52 include the proceedings of the A.N.A. convention. 1911-39.