TY - BOOK AU - UTKU,SENOL TI - THEORY OF ADAPTIVE STRUCTURES: INCORPORATING INTELLIGENCE INTO ENGINEERED PRODUCTS SN - 0849374316 U1 - 624.17 PY - 0000///[s.f.] CY - [s.l.] PB - CRC PRESS LLC KW - INGENIERIA DE ESTRUCTURAS KW - TEORIA DE LAS ESTRUCTURAS N2 - THEORY OF ADAPTIVE STRUCTURES FURNISHES FOS ACTIVELY CONTROLLING THE BEHAVIOR OF ENGINEERED PRODUCTS. THE TEXT EXAMINES ADAPTIVE STRUCTURES WHOSE RESPONSE TO EXCITATIONS CAN BE CONTROLLED IN REAL TIME BY ON-BOARD MICRO-PROCESSORS THAT RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM SENDORS AND INSERT INTERNAL DEFORMATIONS THROUGH APPROPRIATELY PLACE ACTUATORS SIMILAR TO AN ATHLETE CONTROLLING MOVEMENTS BY FLEXING MUSCLES IN RESPONSE TO SENSORY INPUT TO THE BRAIN ER -