Pii: S1359-835x(98)00146-8
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This paper discusses a summary of analytical modeling as applied to selected smart composites which include piezoelectric composites, shape memory alloy (SMA) fiber composites, and piezoresistive composites. First we discuss the definition of ‘smart materials’ which exhibit coupling among mechanical, thermal and electromagnetic behavior, then the Eshelby’s formulations based on a simple algebraic method for predictions of two types of smart composites properties are stated; piezoelectric and SMA composites, followed by the percolation model which is applied to obtain the strain–electric conductivity relations of elastomer composites. The predictions based on these models are shown to be in good agreement with limited experimental results. q 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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