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Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Structural Monitoring

This special issue belongs to the section “Building Structures“.

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The Special Issue “Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Structural Monitoring” aims to collect the last findings in SHM. Both methodologies and technological advancements are welcome, as well as specific laboratory or in situ experimental studies or validations. Contributions can focus from the scale of material modelling to the structural one.

The topics of applications will include (but not be limited to):

Damage Detection
Modelling of Damages, Fractures, Defects and Cracks
Dynamic Identification
Inverse Problems in Structural Engineering
Model Updating
Machine learning in SHM
Sensor Network, Optimal Sensor Placement and Instrumentation Design
Sensor Technologies
Remote Monitoring

Dr. Egidio Lofrano
Guest Editor

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

structural health monitoring
dynamic identification
damage detection
inverse problem
machine learning in SHM
sensor network
optimal sensor placement
sensor technologies
remote monitoring
instrumentation design

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