4D-Printed Smart Materials and Structures: Mechanics, Modeling, and Advanced Engineering Applications

4D-Printed Smart Materials and Structures: Mechanics, Modeling, and Advanced Engineering Applications, Volume One provides a thorough introduction to the fundamentals of the mechanics, manufacturing, modeling and applications of 4D printed smart materials and structures. The book covers basic theories, definitions and fabrication details of 4D printing and various smart materials such as shape memory polymers, stimuli-responsive hydrogels, pneumatic soft actuators, dielectric elastomer soft robots, liquid crystal elastomers, shape memory alloys, and magnetic stimulus structures. In addition, it examines the mechanics of these materials and their various applications, covering topics such as variable stiffness, miniature-sized 4D printing, and more. Finally, the book includes a chapter on machine learning in 4D printing, with applications in mechanical, aerospace, civil and structural engineering, among others. Covers the mechanics, manufacturing processes and applications of 4D-printed smart materials and structures Discusses applications in civil, mechanical, aerospace, polymer and biomedical engineering Presents experimental, numerical and analytical studies in a simple and straightforward manner, providing tools that can be immediately implemented and adapted by readers to fit their work INDICE: 1. Smart Materials and Mechanisms in 4D Printing2. 4D-Printed Shape Memory Polymers Modeling and Fabrications3. 4D-Printed Stimuli-responsive Hydrogels Modeling and Fabrications4. 4D-Printed Pneumatic Soft Actuators Modeling, Fabrications, and Control5. 4D-Printed Dielectric Elastomer Soft Robots Modeling and Fabrications6. 4D-Printed Liquid Crystal Elastomers Mechanics7. 4D-Printed Magnetic Stimulus Structures8. Miniature-Sized 4D Printing9. Variable Stiffness 4D Printing10. Machine Learning in 4D Printing11. 4D Printing Meta-Structures12. Bi-Stable and Multi-Stable Mechanisms 4D Printing13. Printing of Shape Memory Alloys14. 4D Bioprinting for Biomedical Applications

• ISBN: 978-0-323-95428-0
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 850
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2022
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés