Selected Papers from APWSHM 2018

A special issue of Aerospace (ISSN 2226-4310).

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Department of Aeronautical & Aviation Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Interests: non-destructive evaluation; structural health monitoring; transducer technology; ultrasound; computational modelling; electrochemistry
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Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Interests: structural health monitoring; ultrasonics wave propagation; smart materials and structures; nondestructive evaluation
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The 7th Asia-Pacific Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring 2018 (APWSHM 2018, https://www.polyu.edu.hk/me/apwshm2018/) will be held in Hong Kong, 12–15 November 2018. Along with its two sister series of workshops (IWSHM and EWSHM), APWSHM 2018 will be the seventh version in the series of this biennial event, reviewing the latest research and development in Structural Health Monitoring (SHM).

This Special Issue is cooperating with APWSHM 2018. Authors of outstanding papers related to aerospace SHM presented at the Workshop are invited to submit extended versions of their work to the Special Issue for publication.

Papers are invited on all aspects of structural health monitoring, including, but not limited to:

  • Sensors/Actuators
  • Sensor Networks/System Integration
  • Guided Waves
  • Multifunctional Materials and Smart Structures
  • Diagnostics/Signal Processing/State Awareness
  • Prognostics/Health Management/Safety Assurance
  • Digital Twin/Simulations/SHM-based Design
  • Implementation/Validation/Certification
  • Industrial Applications
  • Big Data/Internet of Things
  • Metamaterials and Composites

Prof. Dr. Fangxin (Frank) Zou
Prof. Dr. Zhongqing Su
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