Structural Health Monitoring Applied to Civil and Mechanical Engineering

Topic Information

Dear Colleagues,

The safety and reliability of civil and mechanical engineering systems—such as buildings, bridges, wind turbines, aerospace structures, and industrial machinery—are of paramount concern to researchers and practitioners. Structural health monitoring (SHM) plays a critical role in ensuring these objectives by enabling real-time condition assessment and early warning of damage. Recent breakthroughs in sensing technologies, communication protocols, and intelligent algorithms have significantly advanced the application of SHM across both domains. Based on structural responses measured via various sensors, the safety performance of a structure can be evaluated through monitoring data analysis, feature extraction, and inverse identification of structural parameters. However, not all loads are known or directly measurable, and only a limited set of structural responses can be captured. Therefore, structural load identification and response reconstruction remain essential components of SHM. Furthermore, the integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning has opened new frontiers, enabling data-driven modeling, anomaly detection, and predictive maintenance by establishing complex mappings between monitored signals and structural states.

This Topic invites original research articles and comprehensive reviews that highlight the state of the art in structural health monitoring applied to civil and/or mechanical engineering systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, innovative sensor development, damage detection and localization, fatigue monitoring, vibration-based diagnostics, uncertainty quantification, and the fusion of physics-based models with data-driven approaches.

We look forward to receiving your contributions that advance the theory and practice of SHM across these interconnected engineering fields.

Prof. Dr. Yang Yang
Dr. Lijun Liu
Dr. Ning Yang
Topic Editors

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Participating Journals

Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
Applied Mechanics applmech	1.5	3.5	2020	24.5 Days	CHF 1400	Submit
Applied Sciences applsci	2.5	5.5	2011	16 Days	CHF 2400	Submit
Buildings buildings	3.1	4.4	2011	15.1 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
CivilEng civileng	2.0	4.0	2020	21.7 Days	CHF 1400	Submit
Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Analyses jeta	-	-	2023	29.1 Days	CHF 1000	Submit
Materials materials	3.2	6.4	2008	15.5 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
NDT ndt	-	-	2023	27.8 Days	CHF 1000	Submit

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