Sensing hardware and data collection methods for performance assessment

Abstract

Introduction to sensing for structural performance assessment and health monitoring Sensor data acquisition systems and architectures Review of frequently-used traditional sensors and associated algorithms Piezoelectric transducers for assessing and monitoring civil infrastructures Fiber optic sensors for assessing and monitoring civil infrastructures Acoustic emission sensors for assessing and monitoring civil infrastructures Nonlinear acoustic and ultrasound methods for assessing and monitoring civil infrastructures Radar technology: radio frequency, interferometric, millimeter wave and terahertz sensors for civil applications Electromagnetic sensors for assessing and monitoring civil infrastructures Micro-electro-mechanical-systems (MEMS) for assessing and monitoring civil infrastructures Nano-enabling multifunctional materials and sensing of civil infrastructures Laser-based sensing for assessing and monitoring civil infrastructures Corrosion sensing for assessing and monitoring civil infrastructures Vision-based sensing for assessing and monitoring civil infrastructures Robotic sensing for assessing and monitoring civil infrastructures Design and selection of wireless structural monitoring systems Permanent installation of wireless structural monitoring systems in infrastructure systems Energy harvesting for sensing systems to assess and monitor civil infrastructures System level design of a roaming, multi-modal, multi-sensor system for assessing and monitoring civil infrastructures.