Advanced and Innovative Technologies for Structural Health Monitoring

Dear Colleagues,

In the past, when structures contained elements which were perishable over time (e.g., wood), the maintenance of houses, bridges, etc. was considered of vital importance to be able to use them safely and preserve their efficiency. With the advent of materials such as reinforced concrete and steel, given their relatively long useful life, periodic and constant maintenance has often been considered a secondary element. However, since it was realized that even for works made with these materials the useful life has an end, and that we are approaching it, planning maintenance has become an important and non-negligible aspect. Thus was born the concept of structural health monitoring (SHM), and to keep civil engineering works under constant control, multidisciplinary methods have been designed and implemented. In fact, computational mechanics, the static and dynamic analysis of structures, electronics, sensors, and recently also the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) come into play. However, it is also important to consider new materials—especially those with intrinsic characteristics of self-diagnosis, just as it is important to make use of measurement and survey methods typical of modern geomatics, which also makes use of satellite surveys and uses highly sophisticated laser tools. We propose this Special Issue to investigate all these issues.

With significance of structural health monitoring for civil engineering, in general, and its materials, in particular, this Special Issue aims to publish peer-reviewed and open access papers that focus on analytical, experimental, and/or numerical investigations advancing the body of knowledge and its application in this important area of materials. 

Dr. Valerio De Biagi
Prof. Dr. Giulio Ventura
Guest Editors

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