SMART SKINS - A Development Roadmap

Research Status and Future Development of Smart Materials and Structures

“…Once the intelligent material structure concept is put forward, it causes the United States, Japan and Europe and other developed countries attach importance to, and invested heavily to set up a special institution to carry out the research in this aspect.Among them, the United States will locate this intelligent structure as one of the key technologies in this century.In 1984 the United States army research bureau the intelligent rotor aircraft research to raise funds for developed can adaptive reduce rotor blade vibration and distortion of the structure.Then, in the United States defense department FY92 -FY96 plan, under the support of the us army and navy research bureau of scientific research of intelligent materials research gave more aid, the broader research.The army research bureau focused on rotor aircraft and ground transportation device structure component vibration, damage detection, control and self repair etc [1,2], and naval research bureau, plans to use intelligent materials and reduce the vibration of submarine torpedo noise and improve its quiet degrees [3].The American air force is put forward in 1989 aerospace vehicle intelligent skin research plan [4,5]. The German aerospace research center also established ARES plan, the research content including:Adaptive structure active control technology, sensor and drive optimization arrangement, and the physical properties of shape memory alloy in intelligent structure and its application.Canada in the radar satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) antenna structure using intelligent materials, the shape and vibration monitoring.…”