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

新兴材料科学目前正处于许多基本概念得到发展、验证和论证的阶段。下一阶段包括通过实验、分析和数值建模来更好地理解它们的行为。需要对各种配置进行测试、研究和建模，以产生有效的设计，从而将设计成本降至最低，并创建更高效的结构和系统。为了验证设计，总是要进行测试和原型制作，但模拟和建模已经成为整个设计过程中的标准做法。因此，除了实验和分析研究外，还需要有足够的计算工具来预测这些材料的行为和对环境的响应。近年来，出现了磁致伸缩材料Terfenol、Galfenol以及铁磁形状记忆合金(FSMA)等用于驱动和传感的新材料。传感响应也扩展到了能量采集。

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.