Thermal spraying has been present for over a century, being greatly refined and optimized
during this time. It has become nowadays a reliable and cost-efficient method to deposit …

The need for non-destructive testing/structural health monitoring (SHM) is becoming
increasingly important for gas turbine manufacturers. Incipient cracks have to be detected …

A water level measurement using an interdigital capacitive sensor with low-cost, low-energy,
good repeatability, high linearity, and ease of installation is proposed with a support of …

Soft structural textiles, or softgoods, are used within the space industry for inflatable habitats,
parachutes and decelerator systems. Evaluating the safety and structural integrity of these …

Although various processes for metal printing at the micro-and mesoscale have been
demonstrated, printing functional devices such as thermocouples, thermopiles, and heat flux …

Accurate, real-time monitoring of strain in fuel, cladding, and structural components of
nuclear reactors is critical to better understand radiation induced phenomena during reactor …

From a traffic safety point-of-view, there is an urgent need for intelligent tires equipped with
strain sensors as a warning system for road conditions and for optimized braking control on …

Smart Textiles for in situ Monitoring of Composites proposes a 'smart textile'approach to help
solve the problem of real-time monitoring of the structural health of composites. The book …

Carbon-based materials are commonly used as fillers in polymer matrices for the fabrication
of flexible physical and chemical sensors. Among the carbon materials, graphene has …

Stretchable nanocomposites-based strain gauges have received much attention due to their
adjustable properties in various applications, including soft robotics, human health …