Guest Editorial: Special Section on Smart Structures

William B. Spillman Jr.

doi:10.1117/1.601385

1 July 1997 Guest Editorial: Special Section on Smart Structures

William B. Spillman Jr.

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 36, Issue 7, (July 1997). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601385

Over the past decade, a new interdisciplinary field of research called ‘‘smart structures’’ has emerged. A smart structure can be generally described as a nonbiological structure that has a definite designed-in purpose and the ‘‘will’’ and means to actively try to achieve that purpose. In some sense, a smart structure would be a nonbiological analog of a living structure such as a tree.

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William B. Spillman Jr. "Guest Editorial: Special Section on Smart Structures," Optical Engineering 36(7), (1 July 1997). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601385

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