TY - JOUR
T1 - Design of mechanically intelligent structures
T2 - Review of modelling stimuli-responsive materials for adaptive structures
AU - Chen, Qianyi
AU - Kalpoe, Tarish
AU - Jovanova, Jovana
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Smart materials are upcoming in many industries due to their unique properties and wide range of applicability. These materials have the potential to transform traditional engineering practices by enabling the development of more efficient, adaptive, and responsive systems. However, smart materials are characterized by nonlinear behaviour and complex constitutive models, posing challenges in modelling and simulation. Therefore, understanding their mechanical properties is crucial for model-based design. This review aims for advancements in numerically implementing various smart materials, especially focusing on their nonlinear deformation behaviours. Different mechanisms and functionalities, classification, constitutive models and applications of smart materials were analyzed. In addition, different numerical approaches for modelling across scales were investigated. This review also explored the strategies and implementations for mechanically intelligent structures using smart materials. In conclusion, the potential model-based design methodology for the multiple smart material-based structures is proposed, which provides guidance for the future development of mechanically intelligent structures in industrial applications.
AB - Smart materials are upcoming in many industries due to their unique properties and wide range of applicability. These materials have the potential to transform traditional engineering practices by enabling the development of more efficient, adaptive, and responsive systems. However, smart materials are characterized by nonlinear behaviour and complex constitutive models, posing challenges in modelling and simulation. Therefore, understanding their mechanical properties is crucial for model-based design. This review aims for advancements in numerically implementing various smart materials, especially focusing on their nonlinear deformation behaviours. Different mechanisms and functionalities, classification, constitutive models and applications of smart materials were analyzed. In addition, different numerical approaches for modelling across scales were investigated. This review also explored the strategies and implementations for mechanically intelligent structures using smart materials. In conclusion, the potential model-based design methodology for the multiple smart material-based structures is proposed, which provides guidance for the future development of mechanically intelligent structures in industrial applications.
KW - Constitutive models
KW - Model-based design
KW - Non-linear behaviours
KW - Numerical approaches
KW - Smart materials
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85198503975&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e34026
DO - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e34026
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85198503975
SN - 2405-8440
VL - 10
JO - Heliyon
JF - Heliyon
IS - 14
M1 - e34026
ER -