Advanced Sensing Technology in Structural Health Monitoring—2nd Edition
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Industrial Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2027 | Viewed by 32
Special Issue Editors
Interests: measuring systems; MEMS accelerometers; sensor integration; uncertainty assessment
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Interests: measuring systems; MEMS accelerometers; sensor integration; uncertainty assessment.
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Interests: non-destructive test; risk evaluation and disaster reduction in tunnel and underground space
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Public safety, cultural heritage preservation, and sustainable urban growth are among the most important political and technical concerns in advanced countries. Because of this, assessing the health and functionality of the current infrastructure and buildings represents a crucial need that enables decision-makers to set up the optimal lines of intervention and priorities to enhance patient safety and quality of life.
To develop integrated techniques and procedures investigating geotechnical and structural aspects, as well as the diagnostics of buildings, distributed multi-sensor networks are required in order to cover entire structures or groups of structures over wide areas.
The high connectivity and digitalisation of modern cities, the availability of miniaturised and low-cost sensors, and the development of advanced processing algorithms, even based on artificial intelligence, and cloud platforms favour the development of sensor networks and integrated systems for acquisition, processing, transmission, and information storage.
However, numerous factors must be considered to develop robust and trustworthy techniques for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), as well as to guarantee easy field application and affordability; for example, sensor type, number, and positioning of sensor networks, validation of data, and metrological traceability. The scope of this Special Issue encompasses a broad range of topics in SHM, with a particular focus on metrological aspects, including, but not limited to, the following:
- Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) techniques for SHM;
- MEMS-based and low-cost sensing solutions;
- Wireless sensor networks for SHM;
- Fault-tolerant and self-diagnostic monitoring systems;
- Smart materials and self-sensing structures;
- Artificial intelligence for damage detection and prediction;
- Digital twins for structural monitoring.
Dr. Emanuela Natale
Prof. Giulio D'Emilia
Prof. Dr. Xiongyao Xie
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sensor networks
- MEMS sensors
- measuring systems
- uncertainty evaluation
- structural monitoring
- artificial intelligence
- sensor fusion
- calibration
- non-destructive testing
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