Smart Materials in Additive Manufacturing, volume 2: 4D Printing Mechanics, Modeling, and Advanced Engineering Applications

4D-Printed Smart Materials and Structures: Smart Materials in Additive Manufacturing, Volume Two 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. 4D Printing Mechanics, Modeling, and Advanced Engineering Applications 2. 4D Printing Electro-induced Shape Memory Polymers 3. 4D Printing Modeling Using ABAQUS: A Guide for Beginners 4. 4D Printing Modeling via Machine Learning 5. 4D-printed Pneumatic Soft Actuators Modelling, Fabrications, and Control 6. 4D-printed Auxetic Structures with Tunable Mechanical Properties 7. 4D-printed Shape Memory Polymers Modeling and Fabrication 8. 4D Textiles - Materials, Processes, and Future Applications 9. Closed-loop Control of 4D-printed Hydrogel Soft Robots 10. Hierarchical Motion of 4D-printed Structures Using the Temperature Memory Effect 11. Manufacturing Highly Elastic Skin Integrated with Twisted Coiled Polymer Muscles: Towards 4D Printing 12. Multi-material 4D Printing Simulation Using Grasshopper Plugin 13. Origami-inspired 4D RF and Wireless Structures and Modules 14. Shape-Reversible 4D Printing Aided by Shape Memory Alloys 15. Variable Stiffness 4D Printing

• ISBN: 978-0-323-95430-3
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 450
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2022
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés