Structural health monitoring (SHM) technology has various applications in different engineering fields. The technology of setting up sensors, the sensors type, and the assessment procedures are key elements for damage detection and material characterization. Studies that incorporate the effect of loads on SHM are still limited. The latest development in the sensors’ quality and the monitoring systems has triggered new ideas in the existing SHM methodologies.

In this special issue, we seek to publish original, high-quality research papers and review articles addressing recent advances in the SHM field, assessment of structures (buildings, bridges, and off-shore platforms) and mechanical systems (aerospace, automobile, and power generation), nondestructive testing (NDT), and impeded sensors network under different load effects. We are particularly interested in recent developments in real-time SHM, wireless monitoring systems, and actual sensing aspect as opposed to the signal analysis approaches or interpretation of collected data.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

• Structural health monitoring and nondestructive test and evaluation
• Novel structural health monitoring modeling and evaluation
• Advanced computational methods and signal processing
• New sensors health monitoring networks and evaluation
• Wireless and wire monitoring system and benchmark problem
• Big data collection and processing for the SHM
• Sensors network management and assessment
• Monitoring systems for structures
• Material assessment using SHM systems
• Structural management using monitoring systems
• Advanced sensors technologies and reliability