Special Issue on Modeling and Control of Adaptive Dynamic Systems and Structures

Abstract

The adaptation of engineered structures and systems to suit the working environment has historical precedents dating to da Vinci's sketches of regulating pumps and balancing devices [1]. Systems that respond to changing operating conditions in order to maintain their working effectiveness are simply more robust than static or passive counterparts. As a result, the study and development of adaptive structures have led to higher performance, safer, and energyefficient systems that have found successful application throughout the engineering disciplines. Because adaptive dynamic structures have numerous analogues in the natural world [2], crossdisciplinary investigations have flourished, bringing experts together from engineering fields with those in the biological, physical, and chemical sciences.