Structural Health Monitoring for Smart Structures

Dear Colleagues,

The science of monitoring (continuous or periodic) of the condition of a structure using built-in or autonomous sensory systems is called structural health monitoring (SHM). The acquired data in combination with advanced signal processing techniques can indicate the need for monitoring, inspection, damage assessment, and maintenance actions upon demand. This Special Issue will focus on all the opportunities of SHM for smart structures. This Special Issue focuses on recent developments in theoretical, computational, experimental, and practical aspects in the field. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Autonomous systems for SHM and maintenance intervention
• Big data, artificial intelligence, and deep learning in infrastructures
• Damage detection and assessment
• Damage in composite and smart materials
• Damage modelling
• Fatigue damage
• Fracture and damage mechanisms
• Innovative sensing solutions for SHM
• Intelligent health management
• Modal analysis
• Model verification and validation
• Modelling and simulation
• Multifunctional materials and structures
• Multiscale dynamics and modelling
• Non-contact dynamics measurement
• Non-destructive testing and evaluation
• Non-linear guided waves
• Real-world SHM applications
• Sensors and actuators
• Sensor network and system integration
• Signal processing
• Smart repairs
• Structural health monitoring
• Structural integrity and reliability
• System identification and assessment
• Structural model updating
• Structural rehabilitation and maintenance
• Vibration-based SHM
• Vibration isolation and mitigation

Dr. Kong Fah Tee
Guest Editor

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