Journal of Sensors

Advanced Sensor Technologies for Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation and Structural Health Monitoring


Publishing date
04 May 2012
Status
Published
Submission deadline
04 Nov 2011

Lead Editor

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

Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/js/guidelines/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/ according to the following timetable:


Articles

  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 518754
  • - Editorial

Advanced Sensor Technologies for Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation and Structural Health Monitoring

Gui Yun Tian | Lalita Udpa | ... | Shenfang Yuan
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 156329
  • - Research Article

Investigation of Wireless Sensor Networks for Structural Health Monitoring

Ping Wang | Yan Yan | ... | Zhiguo Ding
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 870916
  • - Research Article

A Simple Magnetostatic Sensing Method for Assessing the Local Hysteresis Properties in Ferromagnetic Sheet Materials

Ivan J. Garshelis | Guillaume Crevecoeur
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 851231
  • - Research Article

Eddy Current Transducer Dedicated for Sigma Phase Evaluation in Duplex Stainless Steel

Grzegorz Psuj | Tomasz Chady | Cesar Giron Camerini
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 750261
  • - Research Article

Health Monitoring for Coated Steel Belts in an Elevator System

Huaming Lei | Guiyun Tian | ... | Zuoying Huang
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 954867
  • - Research Article

Terahertz and Thermal Testing of Glass-Fiber Reinforced Composites with Impact Damages

T. Chady | P. Lopato | B. Szymanik
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 408437
  • - Research Article

Comparison of Nondestructive Testing Methods on Detection of Delaminations in Composites

Liang Cheng | Gui Yun Tian
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 693082
  • - Research Article

Development of a Nondestructive Impulse Device and Damage Model for Unreinforced Concrete

Shane D. Boone | Paul J. Barr | ... | Marvin W. Halling
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 680383
  • - Research Article

Envelope and Wavelet Transform for Sound Localisation at Low Sampling Rates in Wireless Sensor Networks

O. M. Bouzid | G. Y. Tian | ... | B. Sharif
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 129074
  • - Research Article

Flexible GMR Sensor Array for Magnetic Flux Leakage Testing of Steel Track Ropes

W. Sharatchandra Singh | B. P. C. Rao | ... | T. Jayakumar
Journal of Sensors
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