2004 Research for Intelligent Materials & System(International Workshop on Smart Materials and Structural Systems, W03 Jointly organized by Material & Processing Division, Material & Mechanics Division, Dynamics & Control Division and Space Engineering Division.)

Abstract

This paper describes research developments of intelligent materials and system. Based on nanotechnologies related to magnetic field, electron charging, dangling bond, point defects, atomic distance, proton and phase transformation, smart and intelligent materials with three intelligent principle functions of power, sight and reliability successfully developed in 2003 and 2004 were introduced. To obtain high power, unimorph actuators operated by hydrogen gas and magnetic field were developed. Furthermore, recent developments of processing related to percussion welding and electron beam irradiation will be introduced for smart materials and systems.