Smart Structures Requirements and Potential Applications in Mechanical and Civil Engineering Book

	Preface
	Robust decentralized H[subscript [infinity]] control of input delayed interconnected systems	1
	Scale influence in the static and dynamic behaviour of no-tension solids	9
	Passive magnetic damping composites	19
	Desk-top selected laser sintering of stereometric shapes	27
	Smart structures research in the U.S.	37
	Damage prediction concept based on monitoring and numerical modelling of a medieval church	45
	Few remarks on the controllability of an aeroacoustic model using piezo-devices	53
	Supervision, maintenance and renovation of reinforced and prestressed concrete bridges	63
	Numerical and experimental investigations of adaptive plate and shell structures	71
	Layered piezoelectric composites: macroscopic behaviour	79
	Smart structures using carbon fibre reinforced concrete (CFRC)	89
	Optimal design of adaptive structures	97
	Magnetoelastic method of stress measurement in steel	107
	Damage assessment, reliability estimation and renovation of structural systems	115
	Controlling pantograph dynamics using smart technology	125
	Piezogenerated elastic waves for structural health monitoring	133
	Design of adaptive structures for improved crashworthiness	143
	Modeling and experiments of the hysteretic response of an active hydrofoil actuated by SMA line actuators	153
	Vibration and stability control of gyroelastic thin-walled beams via smart materials technology	163
	A critical overview of the published research on control of vibrations of civil engineering structures	173
	Decentralized sliding mode control of a two-cable-stayed bridge	183
	Active control of cable-stayed bridges	193
	Strategy of impulse release of strain energy for damping of vibration	203
	Analysis of a hybrid system for noise reduction	211
	Effectiveness of smart structure concepts to improve rotorcraft behaviour	221
	Control system for highway load effects	229
	Optimal delayed feedback vibration absorber for flexible beams	237
	Active parametric modification of linear vibrating systems	247
	Laser control of frame microstructures	255
	Finite element analysis of the dynamic response of composite plates with embedded shape-memory alloy fibers	265
	Application of active tendons to the damping of aerospace and civil engineering structures	275
	Control theory sources in active control of civil engineering structures	285
	Analysis and optimization of energy conversion efficiency for piezoelectric transducers	295
	Numerical and experimental behaviour of the corge railway bridge with active railway support	303
	Flextensional actuator design using topology optimization and the homogenization method. Theory and implementation	313
	Active control of nonlinear 2-degrees-of-freedom vehicle suspension under stochastic excitations	321
	Active structural control against wind	329
	Low-cycle fatigue behavior of copper zinc aluminium shape memory alloys	337
	On two problems of exact controllability for elastic anisotropic solids	345
	Nonlinear piezoelectric composites: deterministic and stochastic homogenization	355
	Simulation examination of annular plates excited by piezoelectric actuators	365
	New concept of active multiple-frequency vibration supression technique	373
	Advanced monitoring system for large structural systems	383
	Subject Index	391