On Concepts and Challenges of Realizing Material‐Integrated Intelligent Systems

Advances in Metal Casting Technology: A Review of State of the Art, Challenges and Trends—Part II: Technologies New and Revived

“…Endowing components of all kinds with some level of intelligence is an ongoing trend [237]. The purposes are manifold and include the monitoring and control of production or logistic processes [238], as well as the constant supervision of the components' state-the Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) case [239]-and the gathering of usage data [240] to optimize next generation product design [241] or facilitate predictive maintenance [242,243], to name but a few application scenarios.…”

A Combined Thin Film/Thick Film Approach to Realize an Aluminum-Based Strain Gauge Sensor for Integration in Aluminum Castings

“…In general, an embedded sensor must be considered a foreign body in the surrounding metal matrix if there is a mismatch in CTE, in the deviant modulus of elasticity, or in thermal conductivity [ 11 , 12 ]. Using aluminum as a substrate for sensors seems to be an appropriate solution for minimizing thermal and mechanically induced stress in the aluminum metal matrix; however, it introduces additional challenges.…”