Health Monitoring and Maintenance of Civil Structures

Dear Colleagues,

The ability to monitor civil structures over their lifetime in order to improve reliability and availability and reduce life-cycle costs is of vital importance in many engineering fields. Structural health monitoring (SHM) is defined as a process of monitoring the performance and evaluating structural health based on measurements from on-structure sensing systems. SHM has attracted significant worldwide research efforts because it provides engineers and infrastructure owners with a more reliable way to monitor structural conditions to prevent catastrophic failure. Over the past decades, natural hazards of unusual magnitude compared to those listed in historic records, have struck several parts of the world. Seismic actions, catastrophic and unexpected flooding, heavy rainfalls, landslides, and rock falls have caused, in many cases, irreparable damage and loss of life. Hence, it is very critical to maintain and reinforce damaged civil engineering structures, and some innovative technologies are urgently needed to achieve this. We hope that this Special Issue attracts high-quality papers that contribute to health monitoring, damage assessment, and the prediction of remaining life, maintenance and reinforcement related to civil structures. All submissions will be subject to a rapid review process, which will be provided to ensure that the highest quality papers are included in this SI. 

Prof. Dr. Yingying Zhang
Dr. Jianhui Hu
Dr. Yinglei Li
Dr. Wengui Li
Guest Editors

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