From Smart Materials to Lifetime High Performance Structures

摘要

Te major challenge in today’s structural engineering is to betterdesign structures against the damaging e?ects of natural hazards andterrorist attacks. Smart structural systems are an innovative conceptthat has been proven to be very e?ective in protecting structures. Tesesystems absorb damaging energy and/or counteract damaging force onthe structure, and thus reduce structural response and possible damage.Smart structure technology is being improved every day, and there is agreat need for documented references in this feld