ASCI 70703 - (was 7307) Smart Materials

Three credit hours.

Was ASCI 7307. This course will explore the unique, nonlinear, hysteretic response of smart materials that arises due to coupling between mechanical and thermal, electric, or magnetic fields. Topics covered specifically will be: microstructural characteristics and constitutive modeling of shape memory alloys, ferroelectric materials, and ferromagnetic materials. Use of these smart materials in sensor and actuator design will be addressed.