Smart materials in construction: performance gains and barriers to commercial exploitation

Tony Sheehan; Clifford M. Friend; Karl Daubmann

doi:10.1117/12.396387

24 August 2000 Smart materials in construction: performance gains and barriers to commercial exploitation

Tony Sheehan, Clifford M. Friend, Karl Daubmann

Proceedings Volume 4073, Fifth European Conference on Smart Structures and Materials; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.396387
Event: Symposium on Applied Photonics, 2000, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

Construction is recognised as a potential application for Smart Materials and Structures. However, currently there has been little real penetration of these technologies into this sector. This paper highlights the potential gains from using Smart technologies form the perspective of the technological push and contrasts this with its current poor focus on the real needs of the sector. A visual assessment technique for the selection of smart materials and the needs of the construction, or indeed any other, sector. It is shown that this technique is a powerful aid in assisting the technology transfer of smart materials into construction.

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Tony Sheehan, Clifford M. Friend, and Karl Daubmann "Smart materials in construction: performance gains and barriers to commercial exploitation", Proc. SPIE 4073, Fifth European Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, (24 August 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.396387

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