Structural Health Monitoring: An Integrated Approach (Hardcover)

Introduction. Need for Condition Based Monitoring. What is Structural Health Monitoring? Advantages of SHM. Multidisciplinary Nature of SHM. Overview of Existing SHM and NOT Technologies. SHM Concepts and Principles. Modeling Needs. Modeling Needs. Multiscale Damage Models. Stochastic Modeling. Virtual Sensing. Structural Modeling for Life Estimation. Sensors for SHM. Sensor Selection Considerations. Passive vs. Active Sensing. Survey of Wave Based Sensors for Usage/Condition Monitoring. Survey of Strain Based Sensors for Usage/Condition Monitoring. Sensor Networks and Wireless Sensing. Implementation Considerations. Data Collection and Information Management. Measurement Needs. Data Acquisition. Data Preprocessing and Storage. Feature Extraction. Damage Assessment. Damage Detection. Damage Localization. Damage Quantification. Structural Life Estimation. Physics Based Methods. Data Driven Methods. Hybrid Approaches. Case Study 1: Aerospace Application. Case Study 2: Naval Application. Case Study 3: Civil Application.