Advanced Sensor Technologies for Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation and Structural Health Monitoring
1School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Newcastle University, NE1 7RU, UK
2Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
3Nondestructive Testing Department, National Institute of Research & Development for Technical Physics, 47 D. Mangeron Boulevard, 700050 Iasi, Romania
4Metallurgy and Materials Group, EMSI Section, NDE Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, Tamilnadu 603 102, India
5The Aeronautic Key Laboratory for Smart Materials and Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China
Advanced Sensor Technologies for Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation and Structural Health Monitoring
Description
The need for monitoring materials in critical structural components within industries, combined with stringent requirements for safety and quality, has resulted in the development of nondestructive testing (NDT) and nondestructive evaluation (NDE) methods for characterising materials and defects. The presence of defects and material abnormalities such as corrosion, residual stresses and microstructural changes may result in the structural integrity being compromised and increased likelihood of failure. NDT&E provides a means of identifying this damage and is often the only means of obtaining information about the current “health status” of a structure. Structural health monitoring (SHM) is an extension of NDE where the goal for both methodologies is to estimate the characteristics of the material being without damaging the structure by installing appropriate sensing and data management systems, beyond traditional condition monitoring.
For this special issue, we are interested in articles that explore aspects of sensor technologies. We invite investigators to contribute original research articles as well as review articles that will stimulate the continuing efforts to design and develop new sensors, sensor systems, advanced fabrication technologies, advanced signal processing and communication techniques, new/smart materials and novel sensor applications in particular. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- New emerging/smart materials for sensors
- Self-powered sensor systems for NDT&E and SHM
- Advanced sensing and imaging techniques
- Smart structures, adhering, and embedded sensors
- Sensor arrays and networks for NDT&E and SHM
- Multipoint and distributed sensing techniques
- Modeling and simulation of sensor networks for SHM
- Advanced signal processing for sensor systems
- Sensor fusion, packaging, and integration techniques
- Sensor data mining and lifecycle assessment
- Distributed stress and temperature sensing
- Remote NDT&E, SHM, and communication security
- Sensors for device, structural, and environmental monitoring
- Applications of sensor networks and Internet of Things for NDT&E and SHM
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