Adaptronics and Smart Structures: Basics, Materials, Design, and Applications (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783540719656)

Adaptronic structures and systems are engineered to adjust automatically to variable operating and environmental conditions, through the use of feedback control. The authors of this book have taken on the task of comprehensively describing the current state of the art in this highly modern and broadly interdisciplinary field. The book presents selected examples of applications, and goes on to demonstrate current development trends.