Sensor Technologies for Health Monitoring of Composite Structures

Dear Colleagues,

Advances in sensor technology have led to Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), increasingly being considered as a viable alternative to Non-Destructive Inspection (NDI), for composite materials.

The main goal of SHM is damage detection and characterization from sensor data, with a high level of reliability, in complex structures. The performance and structural integrity of the sensors (embedded/surface mounted), subjected to operational and environmental loads, are of particular interest.

This Special Issue aims to highlight advances in technology, manufacturing, and modelling of sensors and actuators for health monitoring of aerospace, civil, and marine composite structures. Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Piezoelectric transducers,

• Fibre Optic sensors,

• PVDF transducers

• Carbon Nano-Tube (CNT) based sensors

• Graphene Nano-Pellet (GNP) based sensors

• Wireless technology

• Hybrid technology

• 3D printing technology for sensors

Prof. M.H. Ferri Aliabadi
Dr. Zahra Sharif Khodaei
Guest Editors

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