Special issue on Intelligent Information Processing Technology in Structural Health Monitoring

摘要

The rapid development of the global and urban landscape continues to propel civil structures to new heights and spans, enhancing the role of structural engineers in assuring a safe and habitable built environment. The structural health monitoring (SHM), which refers to the use of in-situ, continuous or regular measurement and analyses of key structural and environmental parameters under operating conditions for the purpose of warning impending abnormal states or accidents at an early stage to avoid casualties as well as giving maintenance and rehabilitation advice, has been becoming one of the most popular research areas in engineering fields recently. An SHM system is in fact a synthetic application of various branches of engineering and science disciplines such as mechanical engineering, civil engineering, software engineering, computer science, information technology, etc.