Download or read book Smart Materials Taxonomy written by Victor Goldade and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart materials have been categorized employing taxonomical methods used in classification of cybernetics systems. This approach has allowed the systematization of the variety of smart materials (both developed and conceptualized) as well to substantiate the three-stage process of the materials’ making. This book proposes a phenomenological model describing smart materials.