Control Engineering in Materials Processing II Special topic volume with invited peer reviewed papers only. (Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Trans Tech Publications Ltd, 2013)
Includes bibliographical references and index
The special topic volume with invited papers covers works implementing the Control Theory to materials processing, especially the field of putting materials properties to its better use in manufacturing processes. Instead of only using principles of control theory for materials, researchers use phenomena arising in materials for control purposes. In this topic book most considerations are focused on the group of "Smart Materials" ie. Shape Memory Alloys (SMA) or Piezoelectrics. Review from Book News Inc.: Mechanical engineers discuss the role of control engineering in processing materials, especially in manufacturing contexts. Among the topics are wave packets as a model of localized disturbances propagating along cables, a system for measuring a child's foot pressure on a shoe sole, laboratory research on energy harvesting of ionic polymer metal composites, predicting the shape of non-ferrous pipe elements processed by electro-dynamic forming, and analyzing the dependence between stress change and resonance frequency for self-excited acoustical systems