Remote Sensing for Structural Health Monitoring and Structural Analysis in Civil Engineering and Industrial Facilities Structures

Dear Colleagues,

Monitoring the structural health of civil engineering and industrial infrastructure is crucial to both guarantee its safety and to plan for adequate maintenance measures. In this sense, nondestructive techniques, and, in particular, remote sensing technologies (Lidar, Photogrammetry, InfraRed Thermography, etc.), have seen widespread use in recent years. Furthermore, these techniques constitute a foundation for most 3D modeling approaches that carry out structural analysis functions based on numerical simulations or Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Heritage Building Information Modeling (HBIM) processes.

We are inviting authors to contribute to this Special Issue with the submission of original artilces covering any aspect of remote sensing and the application of nondestructive techniques in structural health monitoring and analysis in civil engineering and industrial facilities. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Point cloud data processing for automatic detection, segmentation, and modeling of structural elements (algorithms and applications).
• 3D geometrical modeling for as-built BIM and HBIM used for structural health monitoring.
• Detection and quantification of structural damage and defects based on remote sensing and nondestructive techniques.
• Analysis of evolution of structural health over time using remote sensing and non-destructive techniques.
• New methods and approaches for the development and calibration of FEM models based on sensing data.
• Computational modeling for structural analysis purposes supported by remote sensing data.

Dr. Manuel Cabaleiro
Dr. Borja Conde
Guest Editors

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