This thesis is intended to help eliminate misconceptions and missing information
over the realm of smart materials, by offering a newly structured &lsquo / Information
Hierarchy for Smart Materials Communication for Industrial / Product Design&rsquo / .
Industrial and product designers are invited to use the findings of the thesis to assist
in developing a common smart materials language and culture, enriched by details,
technicalities, opportunities, and creative and innovative material attributes.
The study commences with the creation of a concise and compact reservoir of
technical knowledge on smart materials and critically contrasts two established
systems of classification for smart materials. Then, the subject of materials
information appropriate to industrial design is discussed, highlighting channels
through which smart materials information may be communicated at an optimum
level so as to be amenable to exploitation by industrial designers. A sectoral analysis
of smart materials use follows, including the presentation of factors that may hinder
their more extensive exploitation in major industrial sectors.
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The thesis concludes that smart materials have potential to initiate a breakthrough in
the materials universe, and that industrial designers have a role in promoting smart
materials knowledge, the capabilities of smart materials, and their innovation
possibilities. It is recomended that since smart materials are a new generation of
materials quite different from the conventional, they be promoted carefully through
the proposed Information Hierarchy.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12610999/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 September 2009 |
| Creators | Akin, Tugce |
| Contributors | Pedgley, Owain |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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