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Adaptive Structures Resources
Last Updated: March 16, 2004
The ASTC provides the listings and short
descriptions below to give interested parties a point source of information on adaptive
structures. Inclusion is not endorsement or support.
Information and links are added with approval
from the ASTC Executive Committee. Please send submissions to the ASTC Chair. Corrections of current matter should
be sent to the ASTC
webmaster.
Textbooks
 Adaptive
Structures, Dynamics and Control.- Robert L. Clark, William R. Saunders,
and Gary P. Gibbs. Wiley.
- Introduction
to Dynamics and Control of Flexible Structures.
- John L. Junkins and Youdan Kim. AIAA
Education Series.
Journals
- AIAA Journals
 AIAA Journal- Journal of Aircraft
- Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
- ASME Journals
- Journal of Applied Mechanics
- Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control
- Journal of Mechanical Design
- Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems
- Journal of Vibration and Acoustics
- Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
- Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures
- Journal of Sound and Vibration
- Noise Control Engineering Journal
- Smart Materials and Structures
Conference Proceedings
Web Sites Related to Adaptive Structures
Academic
- Active Materials and Structures Laboratory, MIT
- Active Materials Laboratory,
UCLA
- Adaptive Systems and Structures Laboratory, Duke University
- Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center, University of California at Berkeley
- Center for Acoustics and Vibration, Penn State
- Center for Advanced Structural Composites, Brigham Young University
- Center for Applied Control,
Duke University
- Center for Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Virginia Tech
- Mechatronics,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Piezoelectric Motor Research, University of Missouri-Rolla
- Rotorcraft Smart Structures Group, University of Maryland
- Smart Materials and Structures Design Laboratory, University of Michigan
- Smart Materials and Structures Research Center, University of Maryland
- Smart Structures Lab,
Vanderbilt University
- Structures and Composites Laboratory, Stanford University
Commercial
- Active Control eXperts
- Developer and manufacturer of many adaptive
structure products.
- CSA Engineering
- Performs engineering services and product
development in structural dynamics, including the area of adaptive structures.
- Electro-Ceramic Products,
EDO Corporation.
- Supply a variety of piezoceramic materials
and shapes.
- Lord Corporation
- Produces a line of active and adaptive
systems to control noise, vibration and motion. Also, produces a range of magneto-rheological
(MR) fluids for use in controllable devices and systems. A common example is Lord's
Motion
Master Ride Management System.
- Piezo Film Sensor Operations, Measurement Specialties Incorporated (MSI)
- Supply of PVDF film.
- Piezo Systems, Inc.
- Produce piezoceramic transducer elements
and devices. Site contains a nice Piezo Education
section, with a FAQ list, history article and recommended reading list.
- Polytec PI, Inc.
- Widely known as makers of laser vibrometers,
but also produce piezoceramic actuators and custom devices.
- Shape Memory Applications, Inc.
- Makers of Nitinol (shape memory alloy)
products. Site contains lots of background information on shape memory alloys.
Government
- Smart Materials and Structures for Defense Systems, DARPA
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