Smart civil structures

"A smart civil structure integrates smart materials, sensors, actuators, signal processors, communication networks, power sources, diagonal strategies, control strategies, repair strategies, and life-cycle management strategies. It should function optimally and safely in its environment and maintain structural integrity during strong winds, severe earthquakes, and other extreme events. This book extends from the fundamentals to the state-of-the-art. It covers the elements of smart civil structures, their integration, and their functions. The elements consist of smart materials, sensors, control devices, signal processors, and communication networks. Integration refers to multi-scale modelling and model updating, multi-type sensor placement, control theory, and collective placement of control devices and sensors. And the functions include structural health monitoring, structural vibration control, structural self-repairing, and structural energy harvesting, with emphasis on their synthesis to form truly smart civil structures. It suits civil engineering students, professionals, and researchers with its blend of principles and practice."--Provided by publisher

Cover ; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; Foreword ; Preface ; Acknowledgements ; Authors ; Part I: Elements in smart civil structures; 1: Introduction; 1.1 Civil structures ; 1.2 Loading conditions and environments ; 1.2.1 Dead loads ; 1.2.2 Live loads ; 1.2.3 Wind loads.

1.2.4 Earthquake loads 1.2.5 Highway loads ; 1.2.6 Railway loads ; 1.2.7 Impact loads ; 1.2.8 Temperature effects ; 1.2.9 Corrosion ; 1.3 Materials used in civil structures ; 1.4 Design, construction and maintenance ; 1.5 Necessity of smart civil structures.

1.5.1 Structural health monitoring technology 1.5.2 Structural vibration control technology ; 1.5.3 Definition of smart civil structures ; 1.6 Historical developments of smart civil structures ; 1.7 Organisation of this book ; References ; 2: Smart materials; 2.1 Preview.

2.2 Shape memory alloys 2.2.1 Basic characteristics of shape memory alloys ; 2.2.2 Constitutive modelling of shape memory effect ; 2.2.3 Applications of shape memory alloys in smart civil structures ; 2.3 Piezoelectric materials ; 2.3.1 Basic characteristics of piezoelectric materials.

2.3.2 Constitutive modelling of piezoelectric materials 2.3.3 Application…