Experimental, analytical and numerical investigations of emerging materials for sensing, actuation and energy harvesting

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The science of emerging materials is now at the stage where many basic concepts have been developed, verified and demonstrated. The next stage involves an improved understanding of their behaviour through experimental, analytical and numerical modelling. Various configurations need to be tested, studied and modeled to produce effective designs in order to minimize design costs and create more efficient structures and systems. Testing and prototyping are always performed to verify the design, but simulation and modelling have become standard practice throughout the design process. Therefore, it is desirable to have, in addition to the experimental and analytical studies, adequate computational tools to predict the behaviour and response of these materials to the environment. In the last years, emerging materials such as magnetostrictive Terfenol and Galfenol as well as ferromagnetic shape memory alloy (FSMA) have been proposed for actuation and sensing purposes. The sensing response has also been extended to energy harvesting.