The document discusses smart materials and their applications in the military. It defines smart materials as materials that can significantly change their properties in a predictable way in response to their environment. Some examples of smart materials discussed include piezoelectric, electrostrictive and shape memory alloys. The document also discusses potential military applications of smart materials such as smart sensors for micro and nano air vehicles, smart combat suits, smart skin, smart clothes, and smart dust which are dispersed sensor networks.

1. National Conference
on
Emerging Trends in Intelligent Computing &
Communication
13-14 Apr 12,
“Galgotias College of Engineering &
Technology” Greater Noida.
Anupam Tiwari
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2. Smart Materials
 Introduction.
 Smart Concept & Definition.
 Smart “Sensors “ for Military
Applications.
 Smart Clothes & Smart Dust (Specific
Application).
 Conclusion.
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3. Smart Materials
Definition:
•Materials that can significantly change their mechanical ,
thermal, optical, or electromagnetic properties,
in a predictable / controllable manner in response to their
environment. They perform sensing and actuating functions.
•Smart Materials incorporate intelligence into systems/object
which make object/ things/system “smart”.
• AI, Nanotechnology, Soft computing etc are used for making
object/system “Smart”.
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4. Smart Material/ Smart
Structure
 Piezoelectric.
 Electro-strictive.
 Magneto-strictive.
 Shape Memory
Alloys.
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5. Example -1
“Smart Carpet” Piezoelectric for
building/installation security.
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6. “Smart Sensors”
( Military Applications)
MAVs/NAVs
 Micro Air Vehicles/ Nano Air Vehicles.
 Int Gathering/ sensors.
 Smart Dust.
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7. SMART MAVs/ NAVs
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8. Smart Combat Suit
Body Armor, detect NBC threat , Wearable electronics
Communicate with Net-centre room and get updates for
better situational awareness.
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9. Smart Skin
 Soldiers could wear a T-
shirt made of special tactile
material that can detect a
variety of signals from the
human body, such as
detection of hits by bullets.
 It can then generate signal
which indicates nature of
injury, analyze their extent,
decide on the urgency to
react, and even takes some
action to stabilize the
injury.
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10. Smart Cloths
 Combination of mobile multimedia, wireless
communication, and wearable computing.
 Wearable electronics , supports distributed
computing and communications systems.
 Applications includes telemedicine, military,
police / emergency service ,entertainment, sports
and fashion wear.
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11. Definition :
A dust “mote” is an autonomous node
incorporating sensing, computing,
communications and a power source in a
( mm³ ) volume.
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12. What is “Smart Dust”?
 It is a nano-structured silicon senor which can
spontaneously assemble, orient sense and
report on their local environment, which can
be used in a number of applications.
 Main purpose is to collect and relay
information(up to 1 Km).
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13. Components of “MOTE”
 Microcontroller
 Tiny Operating System (Tiny OS)
 Processor
 3 KB RAM
 One week fully active, 2 year @1 % duty
cycle.
 TCP/IP Protocols includes management
planes(Mobility, Power and Task )
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14. Smart Dust Military Deployment
 “Smart Dust”, creates a
wireless network of nano-
scaled sensors, called
“Motes”( mm³ ) .
 “Motes” are dispersed by
UAV across a battle space,
like (food packets ) yielding
real-time information
about enemy or troops
movements, and remote
MET observations, and
tactical environment.
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15. Int Gathering in Office by
“Mote”.
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16. Applications of Smart Dust
S Measure vibrations in Aero engines, compressors and
pass reading using wireless links to predict equipment
failure.
n Monitor local temperatures,(Remote MET Observations)
m Monitor speed and Volume tactical move of
troops/tanks.
Monitor presence of people (unauthorized LOC crossing
monitoring).
l Target contaminants in drinking water.(GD contingency)
n Relay information about cancerous cells/wounds
(medical Application).
t Detect hazardous chemical and biological agents(NBC
Defense).
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17. Air Force Application
 CNT coating on cockpit.
 Nano enabled high calories eatables, Nano
bandage, Nano medicine (nano-bio fusion),
Nano water purifier, and nano-sensor (as
RFID tag) war tag which will carry his
service number and religion.
 PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) which will
communicate with Net centric Room.
 Pistol, knife and high quality touch with
NT enable light weight battery.
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18. Conclusion
 Smart means “Incorporating Intelligence in
object/Systems with Technologies.
 NT, AI, Soft computing are most important
technologies for “Smart Systems”.
 MAV/NAVs will be use as Sensors for Warfare.
 Smart Combat Suits enhance solider
capabilities and improves situational awareness.
 “Mote” as sensors is used for wireless
distributed sensors for Military applications.
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20. Thanks
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