Special Issue "Structural Health Monitoring, Damage Detection and Long-Term Performance"

Dear Colleagues,

With the increase in natural hazards, the degradation of existing infrastructure, and advances in computational methods, structural health monitoring (SHM) has become a promising technique for assessing civil structural conditions.

In fact, since the 1980s the number of applications of continuous monitoring systems in civil engineering structures has grown considerably. The development of new sensors and network devices has allowed for new applications, real-time monitoring and optimizing the sensorial systems. Also, artificial intelligence has provided a new field to explore, and cases of the automatization of data processing in the context of SHM and damage detection have emerged. Reports on applications of  SHM in large structures, such as, for example, bridges, tunnels and offshore platforms, can be found in the literature, and  heritage construction monitoring has been utilized more often. Fortunately, the costs related to SHM systems and new approaches have allowed for the application of SHM  techniques in long-term performance and real-state safety management, highlighting the relevance of monitoring techniques for supporting decisions on time maintenance, the structural safety state, and the most economical approach for intervention.

This Special Issue, “Structural Health Monitoring, Damage Detection and Long-Term Performance”, will provide an overview of the existing knowledge on new approaches for building monitoring. Original research, theoretical and experimental work, case studies, and comprehensive review papers are invited to be submitted for possible publication. Relevant topics to this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following subjects:

• New approaches for SHM;
• Short and long-term monitoring;
• New sensors and sensorial networks;
• Digital methodologies for monitoring applications;
• Monitoring strategies for construction sustainability;
• Cultural heritage.

Dr. Esequiel Mesquita
Prof. Dr. Humberto Varum
Dr. Paulo Antunes
Dr. Antonella D'Alessandro
Guest Editors

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• new approaches for SHM
• short and long-term monitoring
• new sensors and sensorial networks
• digital methodologies for monitoring applications
• monitoring strategies for construction sustainability
• cultural heritage