Advanced Sensing Digital Image Processing for Dynamic Deformation and Vibration Monitoring
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensing and Imaging".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 1
Special Issue Editors
Interests: experimental mechanics; digital image correlation; laser vibrometry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Structural integrity assessment in civil, mechanical, and aerospace engineering increasingly relies on the integrated monitoring of both dynamic deformation and vibration responses. While vibration monitoring captures temporal behavior, dynamic deformation quantification provides critical spatial evolution data under operational loads. Recent advances in non-contact sensing (e.g., laser vibrometry, DIC, radar interferometry), multi-physics modeling, and AI-driven diagnostics have enabled unprecedented synergies in this cross-disciplinary field.
This Special Issue aims to consolidate cutting-edge research on integrated methodologies, technologies, and applications for concurrent dynamic deformation and vibration monitoring. We invite original contributions addressing novel methods, sensors, data fusion techniques, model validations, and case studies that advance predictive maintenance, structural safety, and performance optimization.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Novel sensing technologies:
- Three-dimensional digital image correlation (DIC) for full-field deformation.
- Distributed fiber optics for strain–vibration coupling.
- Millimeter-wave radar for remote displacement monitoring.
Data-driven methodologies:
- AI-based fusion of deformation/vibration data.
- Digital twins for predictive deformation-vibration analysis.
- Compressive sensing for multi-parameter monitoring.
Domain-specific applications:
- Bridge/turbine blade deformation under wind-induced vibration.
- Aerospace structure thermo-mechanical deformation monitoring.
- Geotechnical settlement–vibration interaction in railways.
- Rotating machinery coupled torsional-lateral deformation.
Fundamental advances:
- Cross-scale modeling of deformation–vibration mechanisms.
- Uncertainty quantification in hybrid monitoring systems.
- Real-time edge computing for integrated diagnostics.
Dr. Zeren Gao
Prof. Dr. Yu Fu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- structural health monitoring (SHM)
- dynamic deformation measurement
- non-contact vibration sensing
- operational modal analysis
- multi-sensor data fusion
- structural dynamics characterization
- rotating machinery diagnostics
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