Executive Summary
E.1 Eight-Year Forecasts by End-User Sector: Aerospace as Leader
E.2 Eight-Year Forecasts of Smart Composites by Functionality
E.2.1 Approaches to Segmentation of the Smart Composite Market
E.2.2 Eight-Year Forecasts
E.3 Analysis of Smart Composites Market by Functionality
E.4 Eight-Year Forecasts of Smart Composite Markets by Volume
Chapter One: Introduction
1.1 Objective of this Report
1.2 Scope of this Report
1.3 Forecasts and Methodology
1.4 Plan of this Report
Chapter Two: Smart Composite Technologies
2.1 Why the Future of Advanced Composites will be Smart
2.1.1 Composite Technology: State of the Art
2.1.2 A Shift to Smartness in Composites
2.2 Smart Composites as Next-Generation Smart Materials
2.2.1 The Shift towards Multi-functionality
2.2.2 Smart Composites with Embedded Sensors
2.2.3 Smart Coatings and Smart Composites
2.2.4 The Use of Biological Materials in Smart Composites
2.3 The Role of Nanotechnology in Smart Composites
2.3.1 Nanomanufacturing Processes
2.3.2 A Role for Carbon Nanotubes in Smart Composites
2.4 Important Technical Requirements for Smart Composites
2.4.1 Commercialization of Smart Composites: Routes and Issues
2.5 Smart Composites and 4D Printing
2.5.1 University of Colorado
2.5.2 MIT Self-Assembly Lab
2.6 Key Points from this Chapter
Chapter Three: Aerospace Markets for Smart Composites
3.1 Aerospace will become the Largest User of Smart Composites
3.1.1 Current and Future Use of Composites by the Aerospace Industry: Implications for Smart Composites
3.1.2 Marketing Smart Materials in the Aerospace Industry
3.2 Intelligent Aerospace Structures Pave the Way to Use of Smart Composites
3.2.1 Structural Health Monitoring
3.2.2 Structural Health Monitoring Plus Self-Healing
3.2.3 Smart Composite Work at NASA: Aurora Flight Sciences and Nanosonic
3.3 Eight-Year Forecasts of Smart Composites in the Aerospace Industry
3.4 Key Points from this Chapter
Chapter Four: Smart Composites in the Automotive Industry
4.1 Current Use of Composites in the Automotive Industry: Implications for Smart Composites
4.1.1 Benefits and Uses of Composites in the Automotive Sector: Can Smart Composites Expand Markets?
4.1.2 Patterns of Use for Composites in the Automotive Sector: Smart Not Yet to the Fore
4.1.3 Challenges to the Use of Smart Composites in the Automotive Sector
4.1.4 Why We Think that the Automotive Industry Will Embrace Smart Composites over Time
4.2 How Smart Materials Usage is Paving the Way for Smart Composites in the Automotive Industry
4.3 Eight-Year Forecasts of Smart Composites in the Automotive Industry
4.4 Key Points from this Chapter
Chapter Five: Smart Composites in the Construction Industry
5.1 Why Smart Composites in the Construction Industry are Different
5.2 Smart Concrete
5.2.1 Self-Healing Concrete and Beyond
5.2.2 Bacteria-based Self-Healing Concrete
5.3 Smart Asphalt
5.3.1 State-of-the-Art
5.3.2 University of Delft
5.4 Smart Wood
5.4.1 Air Purification in Smart Floors
5.5 Structural Health Monitoring
5.5.1 Self-Diagnosing (or Self-Monitoring) Fiber Reinforced Composites
5.6 Eight-Year Forecasts of Smart Composites in the Construction Industry
5.7 Key Points from this Chapter
Chapter Six: Other Markets for Smart Composites
6.1 Other Markets
6.2 Robotics: A Doubly Uncertain Future for Smart Composites
6.3 Clothing and Fabrics: Niche Market?
6.4 A Possible Future Market for Energy Storage using Smart Composites.
6.5 Eight-Year Forecast of Other Smart Composite Applications
Acronyms and Abbreviations Used In this Report
About the Author
List of Exhibits
Exhibit E-1: Eight-Year Forecast of Smart Composites by Application ($ Million)
Exhibit E-2: Eight-Year Forecast of Smart Composites Markets by Functionality ($ Millions)
Exhibit E-3: Opportunities in the Smart Composite Business by Type of Supplier
Exhibit 2-1: Selected Types of Composites
Exhibit 2-2: Emergence of Smartness in Composites
Exhibit 3-1: Eight-Year Forecast of Smart Aerospace Composites by Application
Exhibit 4-1: Forecast of Smart Composites Used in the Automotive Industry ($ Millions)
Exhibit 5-1: Smart Composites Used in the Construction Industry
Exhibit 5-2: Forecast of Smart Composites Used in the Construction Industry
Exhibit 6-1: Forecast of Smart Composites Used in Other Applications ($ Millions)
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