The field of smart materials and structures has evolved in the last 10 years to the point of viability for commercial mass-production industries. A good example of this is the automotive industry where there has been a 600% increase in patent applications. While the fundamental science is present for many smart materials such as shape memory alloys or piezoelectrics, there have been only a few ...

Behavior, adaptation and response are considered of the characteristics living organisms, for architecture it is a structural, physical functional construction. To achieve change in built environment not easy, as challenge comes from manner we build hierarchical nature design process. As such general problem research (the whole lack knowledge effect smart materials adaptive space within buildin...

Smart power grid is the future transformation of the current power systems into controlled two-way power flow networks. Smart grid allows the interactive service between customers and grid operators and permits fully integration of distributed and renewable energy resources into the electrical power system. The main objectives of the smart grid are to increase the efficiency, reliability and op...

nowadays, environment-sensitive smart drug delivery systems have found diverse applications in pharmaceutical science and technology. these systems can respond to the environment stimuli such as temperature, pressure, ph, light, electrical and magnetical fields and etc. they can release the proper amount of drug in human body. among these systems, special attention and much research works have ...

This paper explores technical and aesthetic possibilities for the convergence of smart materials and computation. It describes Pulp-Based Computing, Sprout I/O and Shutters, with particularly emphasis on how craft, collocated input/output and material intelligence can provide the framework for extending computation and interactivity into our everyday objects and spaces. By leveraging the dynami...

The Network Economy forces managers to pursue opportunities and engage competition through alliances and networks of alliances. Managers and organisations must therefore nurture the skills that successful alliance development and management require, and attain the “partnering mindset” pertinent to this new industrial paradigm. Studies indicate that alliance success remains an elusive aspiration...

By the past two decades IPMCs have been intensively studied because of their special capabilities for actuation and sensing.This paper presents a theoretical physics based model for analyzing the behavior of IPMC sensors in fluid environments. The mechanical vibration of the IPMC strip is described by the classical Euler–Bernoulli beam theory. The model also takes in to account the physical pro...