Intelligent Skins

Intelligent Skins
Author: Michael Wigginton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2013-06-17
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1136394850

Looking to the future, Intelligent Skins sets out the principles for the design of the intelligent building envelope. It highlights an exciting new approach to the area, where the fabric of the building responds to external changes and internal demands. The prime objective is to control internal environments through a responsive building fabric rather than by energy consuming building services systems. The authors examine the potential for integral intelligence within the fabric of the building and explore the evolution of information technology and smart materials which have allowed a whole new category of design principles to be created.

Self-Healing Smart Materials

Self-Healing Smart Materials
Author: Inamuddin
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2021-04-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1119710235

This comprehensive book describes the design, synthesis, mechanisms, characterization, fundamental properties, functions and development of self-healing smart materials and their composites with their allied applications. It covers cementitious concrete composites, bleeding composites, elastomers, tires, membranes, and composites in energy storage, coatings, shape-memory, aerospace and robotic applications. The 21 chapters are written by researchers from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds.

Intelligent Skins

Intelligent Skins
Author: Michael Wigginton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2002
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0750648473

Looking to the future, Intelligent Skins sets out the principles for the design of the intelligent building envelope. It highlights an exciting new approach to the area, where the fabric of the building responds to external changes and internal demands. The prime objective is to control internal environments through a responsive building fabric rather than by energy consuming building services systems. The authors examine the potential for integral intelligence within the fabric of the building and explore the evolution of information technology and smart materials which have allowed a whole new category of design principles to be created. * Gain a comprehensive knowledge of the evolution of the 'Intelligent Skin' * Explores a new approach to Intelligent Buildings, focusing on the fabric of the building responding to external changes and internal demands * Includes over twenty cutting-edge international case studies

Sensors, Measurement and Intelligent Materials

Sensors, Measurement and Intelligent Materials
Author: Yun Hae Kim
Publisher: Trans Tech Publications Ltd
Total Pages: 2969
Release: 2013-02-13
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3038260339

Selected papers from the 2012 International Conference on Sensors, Measurement and Intelligent Materials (ICSMIM 2012), December 26-27, 2012, Guilin, China

Nanoengineering

Nanoengineering
Author: Michael Berger
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2019-11-21
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1839160411

While our five senses are doing a reasonably good job at representing the world around us on a macro-scale, we have no existing intuitive representation of the nanoworld, ruled by laws entirely foreign to our experience. This is where molecules mingle to create proteins; where you wouldn't recognize water as a liquid; and where minute morphological changes would reveal how much 'solid' things, such as the ground or houses, are constantly vibrating and moving. Following in the footsteps of Nano-Society and Nanotechnology: The Future is Tiny, this title introduces a new collection of stories demonstrating recent research in the field of nanotechnology. This drives home the fact that a plethora of nanotechnology R&D will become an integral part of improved and entirely novel materials, products, and applications yet will remain entirely invisible to the user. The book gives a personal perspective on how nanotechnologies are created and developed, and will appeal to anyone who has an interest in the research and future of nanotechnology. Reviews of Nanotechnology: The Future is Tiny: 'The book is recommended not only to all interested scientists, but also to students who are looking for a quick and clear introduction to various research areas of nanotechnology' Angew. Chem., 2017, 56(26), 7351–7351 'Once you start reading you will find it very difficult to stop' Chromatographia, 2017, 80, 1821

Architecture and Building Materials

Architecture and Building Materials
Author: Xue Jun Zhou
Publisher: Trans Tech Publications Ltd
Total Pages: 1401
Release: 2011-09-08
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3038135518

Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2011 International Conference on Civil Engineering and Transportation, (ICCET 2011), 14-16 October, 2011, Jinan, China