"Advances in Structural Health Monitoring" ed. by Maguid H.M. Hassan

This book presents demonstrations of and applications for new advancements such as infrared thermography, ultrasonic guided waves, and strain sensors, among others. The information presented will encourage further research and implementation of these advanced techniques and technologies in structural health monitoring.

The concepts presented in this book are some of the new advancements in the design of structural health monitoring systems. It is envisaged that such advancements will lead to smart structural health monitoring that will result in sustainable engineering systems. Sustainability is considered an important objective in today's engineering design due to the current state of climate change and global warming, both of which are hugely aggravated by industrial and construction activities.


Contents
1.Introductory Chapter: Advances in Structural Health Monitoring
2.Structural Health Monitoring from Sensing to Processing
3.The Importance of Emissivity on Monitoring and Conservation of Wooden Structures Using Infrared Thermography
4.Applications of Infrared Thermography for Non-destructive Characterization of Concrete Structures
5.Monitoring of Critical Metallic Assets in Oil and Gas Industry Using Ultrasonic Guided Waves
6.Application of a Frequency-Based Detection Method for Evaluating Damaged Concrete Sleepers
7.Nanotechnology and Development of Strain Sensor for Damage Detection