Scope

SMART 2023 aims at promoting research, development and applications of smart materials and structures through the exchange of scientific results and insight from leading international scholars and specialists from Europe, Americas, and Asia. The conference provides a forum for the discussion of recent advances in the highly interdisciplinary field of smart materials and structures, development of future ideas in a multidisciplinary level and encourages transfer of advanced scientific results from research to applications.

Topics

Materials:

Active or field dependent materials • shape memory alloys • ferroelectrics & piezoelectrics • electroactive polymers • electrostrictive and magnetostrictive materials • electrorheological and magnetorheological fluids • multifunctional materials • smart composites • smart textiles • nano-reinforced • biomimetic • optic • characterization, etc.

Smart structures:

Fundamentals • concepts • design • modelling, simulation • testing, etc.

Smart systems:

Nano • micro • mechatronic • robotics • structural systems and solutions • automation • integration • packaging, etc.

Structural Control:

Active/semi-active vibration control • Semi active/hybrid damping • Active noise control • Sensors and actuators • Shape and position control • Morphing • Nano/Micro structures/systems

Health monitoring:

Sensor/actuator networks  • vibration SHM • guided wave SHM • wireless communication, etc.

Energy Harvesting:

Vibration EH • nonlinear EH • piezoelectric-based EH • thermal EH, etc.

Tools and Methodologies:

Coupled-field mechanics • modelling and simulation • homogenization • numerical methods • structural integration of sensors and actuators • control methodologies • integrated system design • bioinspiration and biomimetics • embodying intelligence, etc.

Manufacturing technology:

Bonding • embedding • connection • additive, 3d/4d printing • painting • smart manufacturing, etc.

Applications:

Aerospace, mechanical, automotive and transportation • renewable energy • civil • sustainable buildings • medical and bioengineering, etc.