Low-Dimensional Structures for Smart Materials and Composites: Preparation, Properties and Applications

Smart materials and structures.

A smart structure is a system containing multifunctional parts that can perform sensing, control, and actuation; it is a primitive analogue of a biological body. Smart materials are used to construct these smart structures, which can perform both sensing and actuation functions. The ‘‘I.Q.’’ of smart materials is measured in terms of their ‘‘responsiveness’’ to environmental stimuli and their ‘...

Preparation and Properties of Magnesium Porous Materials for Medical Applications

Magnesium is a biocompatible and biodegradable metal which possesses suitable mechanical properties for load-bearing applications in orthopaedics. Moreover, magnesium ions, the products of magnesium corrosion, improve growth of the new bone tissue. Implementation of the porosity into these materials compromises values of mechanical properties closer to the values of nature bone and allows the i...

Novel Electroceramic: Polymer Composites - Preparation, Properties and Applications

exploring motivation and english test preparation strategies of iranian pre-university candidates during and at the end of test preparation period for konkur examination

the current study aimed at investigating the relationship between motivation and test preparation strategies (tpss) used by iranian pre-university students in their preparation period for the university entrance exam (uee). due to the importance of uee in iran, this study also attempted to show its impact on these two important variables. to this end, 100 pre-university students in an iranian p...

Mechanics of Materials and Structures THREE-DIMENSIONAL ISOFIELD MICROMECHANICS MODEL FOR EFFECTIVE ELECTROTHERMOELASTIC PROPERTIES OF PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITES