The development of structural health monitoring (SHM) techniques is of great importance to
improve the structural efficiency and safety. With advantages of long propagation distances …

High-frequency electromechanical impedance measured from the piezoelectric transducer
has been recognized as an effective indicator to infer minor damage occurrence. Over the …

Aircraft smart skin technology requires the integration of large-scale, lightweight, and
integrative sensor networks with aircraft structural skin, but it is difficult to directly …

Aircraft smart skin needs to integrate a large number of piezoelectric (PZT) elements and
wires for structural health monitoring (SHM), which not only add considerable weight to …

Fatigue crack diagnosis (FCD) is of great significance for ensuring safe operation,
prolonging service time and reducing maintenance cost in aircrafts and many other safety …

Techniques for identifying impact forces are crucial for improving the operational reliability
and safety of aerospace composite structures. To address the challenges of theoretical …

Real-time damage evaluation is a critical step to warrant the integrity of turnout systems in
railway industry. Nevertheless, existing structural health monitoring (SHM) approaches …

Simultaneous presence of multiple fatigue cracks in the same structural element is a critical
problem affecting system safety. However, initiation and growth of these cracks is affected by …

Damage localization with electromechanical impedance is a significant technique in
structural health monitoring and engineering community. In this paper, a newly-developed …

The particle filter (PF) has shown great potential for on-line fatigue crack growth prognosis
by combining crack measurements from structural health monitoring (SHM) techniques. In …