In-service structural health monitoring of composite aircraft structures plays a key role in the
assessment of their performance and integrity. In recent years, Fibre Optic Sensors (FOS) …

The deployment cost of the structural health monitoring (SHM) system is the major argument
against the more widespread use of the structural health monitoring techniques …

This tutorial reviews various noncontact optical sensing techniques that can be used to
measure distances to objects, and related parameters such as displacements, surface …

Shape sensing, ie, the reconstruction of the displacement field of a structure from some
discrete surface strain measurements, is a fundamental capability for the structural health …

Aircraft operators are faced with increasing requirements to extend the service life of air
platforms beyond their designed life cycles, resulting in heavy maintenance and inspection …

Many of the civil structures experience significant vibrations and repeated stress cycles
during their life span. These conditions are the bases for fatigue analysis to accurately …

The reconstruction of the displacement field of a structure (shape sensing) has become
crucial for the Structural Health Monitoring of aerospace structures and for the progress of …

Shape sensing, ie, reconstruction of the displacement field of a structure from surface-
measured strains, has relevant implications for the monitoring, control and actuation of smart …

The inverse finite element method (iFEM) is an innovative framework for dynamic tracking of
full-field structural displacements and stresses in structures that are instrumented with a …

While displacement is valuable information for the structural behavior, measuring
displacements from large civil structures is often challenging and costly. To overcome …