New Book: Structural health monitoring of civil infrastructure systems

Woodhead Publishing has released a new book on "Structural health monitoring of civil infrastructure systems", edited by V M Karbhari (University of Alabama at Huntsville) and F Ansari (University of Illinois at Chicago).

More details on the Woodhead Publishing website.

I have contributed a chapter on "Structural health monitoring of bridges: general issues and applications"

Abstract:

Structural health monitoring is an extremely important methodology in evaluating the ‘health’ of a structure by assessing the level of deterioration and remaining service life of civil infrastructure systems. This book reviews key developments in research, technologies and applications in this area of civil engineering. It discusses ways of obtaining and analysing data, sensor technologies and methods of sensing changes in structural performance characteristics. It also discusses data transmission and the application of both individual technologies and entire systems to bridges and buildings.

With its distinguished editors and international team of contributors, Structural health monitoring of civil infrastructure systems is a valuable reference for students in civil and structural engineering programs as well as those studying sensors, data analysis and transmission at universities. It will also be an important source for practicing civil engineers and designers, engineers and researchers developing sensors, network systems and methods of data transmission and analysis, policy makers, inspectors and those responsible for the safety and service life of civil infrastructure.

Contents:

Structural health monitoring: applications and data analysis

F N Catbas, University of Central Florida, USA

PART 1 STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES

Piezoelectric impedence transducers for structural health monitoring of civil infrastructure systems, Y W Yang and C K Soh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Wireless sensors and networks for structural health monitoring of civil infrastructure systems, R A Swartz and J P Lynch, University of Michigan, USA

Synthetic aperture radar and remote sensing technologies for structural health monitoring of civil infrastructure systems, M Shinozuka, University of California, USA and B Mansouri, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Iran

Magnetoelastic stress sensors for structural health monitoring of civil infrastructure systems

M L Wang, Northeastern University, USA

Vibration-based damage detection techniques for structural health monitoring of civil infrastructure systems, V M Karbhari, University of Alabama in Huntsville and L S-W Lee, University of the Pacific, USA

Operational modal analysis for vibration-based structural health monitoring of civil structures, V M Karbhari, University of Alabama in Huntsville, H Guan HDR, USA and C Sikorsky, California Department of Transportation, USA

Fiber optic sensors for structural health monitoring of civil infrastructure systems, F Ansari, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

Data management and signal processing for structural health monitoring of civil infrastructure systems, D K McNeill, University of Manitoba, Canada

Statistical pattern recognition and damage detection in structural health monitoring of civil infrastructure and other systems, K Worden, G Manson and S Rippengill, University of Sheffield, UK

PART 2 APPLICATIONS OF STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING IN CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS

Structural health monitoring of bridges: general issues and applications, D Inaudi, SMARTEC SA, Switzerland

Structural health monitoring of cable-supported bridges in Hong Kong, K Y Wong, Highways Department and Y Q Ni, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Structural health monitoring of historic buildings, A De Stefano, Turin Polytechnic and P Clemente, ENEA, Italy

Structural health monitoring research in Europe: trends and applications, W R Habel, BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Germany

Structural health monitoring research in China: trends and applications, J Ou, Dalian University of Technology and Harbin Institute of Technology and H Li, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

ISBN 1 84569 392 2

New Book: An Introduction to Optoelectronic Sensors

A recently published book on Optoelectronic Sensors contains several chapters of interest for SHM. The volume is edited by Giancarlo C. Righini, Antonella Tajani and Antonello Cutolo.

This book offers an overview of the technologies and applications of optoelectronic sensors. Based on the R&D experience of more than 70 engineers and scientists, mainly from the Italian academic and industrial community in this area, this book provides a broad description of the state-of-the-art optoelectronic technologies for sensing. The most innovative approaches, such as the use of photonic crystals, squeezed states of light and microresonators for sensing, are considered. Application areas range from environment to medicine and healthcare, from aeronautics, space, and defence to food and agriculture.

There are chapters on Fiber Bragg Gratings, Distributed sensing and one chapter dedicated to the application of fiber optic sensors for Strucutral HEalth Monitoirng.

A few chapters can be previewed on Google Books and on Amazon.

SHM Articles

Here you can find an interesting collection of articles on SHM and NDT in general:

www.ndt.net

In particular, here is a list of articles on SHM.

U.S. Panel on Structural Control and Monitoring

An interesting intitiavie on SHM has an updated website.

The charter of the U.S. Panel on Structural Control and Monitoring is to accelerate the advancement of the science and practice of structural control and monitoring, by means of education, research and application of knowledge. This includes the response of large-scale structures to earthquakes, wind and man-made forces.  The U.S. Panel promotes and organizes activities including workshops, conferences and educational initiatives with the aim of fostering close collaboration between the academic and industrial communities.  In particular, the U.S. Panel has a proud tradition of assisting in the planning and execution of the International Workshop on Structural Control and Monitoring and the World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring.

The website ca be found here: http://shm.engin.umich.edu/USPanel/index.html 

The Executive committe is chaired by prof. Shirley Dyke (Washington University) and prof. Jerome Lynch (University of Michigan, secretary). 

It contains useful information about SHM , conferences and test reports.

SAMCO Library of documents

The thematic network SAMCO (Structural Assessment, Monitoring and Control) has become a focal point of reference for industries (especially for small and medium sized enterprises), consultants and other organisations interested in the transfer of knowledge and technology in the field of assessment, monitoring and control of structures of relevant civil and industrial interest, in particular the transportation infrastructure. The activities of the network are mostly related to bridges, buildings, power plants and industries under seismic and other environmental loads. The knowledge and technology transfer supports the research community but also brings benefit to owners of structures, consultants, suppliers and end users.

SAMCO has an interesting library of documents that cover different aspects of Structural Health Monitoring and Bridge Management, in particular:

• Monitoring Glossary
  
• Ambient Vibration Monitoring
  
• Guidelines for Structural Control 
  

Geotechnical Instrumentation News Dec 2008

The latest issue of Geotechnical Instrumentation News, Edited by John Dunnicliff ,  is now available online.

The December 2008 Issue contains articles on the following topics:

- Distributed Optical Fibre Strain Measurements in Civil Engineering
- Monitoring by Manual and/or Automated Optical Survey
- Some Views on a Recent Addition to our Instrumentation Tool Box
- Early History of the Geo-Institute Committee on Grouting
- Installing a Gravel Pack or Filter pack for a Monitoring Well

Some of the recent issues of GIN are available here.

Book Announcement

A new book entitled "Structural Health Monitoring Systems", a joint project between Jacob Egede Andersen (COWI) and Mario Fustinino (Futurtec), has now been published.

A sample of the book and it's table of content can be fond here. The authors also have set up a website: http://www.shms.dk/

Structural Health Monitoring Journal Vol 6, No. 3

Here is the table of content of the latest issue of the Structural Health Monitoring Journal :

Zhao-Dong Xu and Zhishen Wu
Simulation of the Effect of Temperature Variation on Damage Detection in a Long-span Cable-stayed Bridge
Structural Health Monitoring 2007 6: 177-189.
[Abstract] [PDF] [References]

Zhan-Sheng Guo
Strain and Temperature Monitoring of Asymmetric Composite Laminate using FBG Hybrid Sensors
Structural Health Monitoring 2007 6: 191-197.
[Abstract] [PDF] [References]

Luke S. Lee, Vistasp M. Karbhari, and Charles Sikorsky
Structural Health Monitoring of CFRP Strengthened Bridge Decks Using Ambient Vibrations
Structural Health Monitoring 2007 6: 199-214.
[Abstract] [PDF] [References]

Gang Niu, Jong-Duk Son, Achmad Widodo, Bo-Suk Yang, Don-Ha Hwang, and Dong-Sik Kang
A Comparison of Classifier Performance for Fault Diagnosis of Induction Motor using Multi-type Signals
Structural Health Monitoring 2007 6: 215-229.
[Abstract] [PDF] [References]

Soheil Saadat, Gregory D. Buckner, and Mohammad N. Noori
Structural System Identification and Damage Detection using the Intelligent Parameter Varying Technique: An Experimental Study
Structural Health Monitoring 2007 6: 231-243.
[Abstract] [PDF] [References]

Ramana M. Pidaparti
Structural Corrosion Health Assessment using Computational Intelligence Methods
Structural Health Monitoring 2007 6: 245-259.
[Abstract] [PDF] [References]

IABSE Pubblication on Cable Vibrations in Cable-Stayed Bridges

IABSE has recently published an interesting book on Cable Vibrations in Cable-Stayed Bridges.

The fifty years of experience of construction of cable-stayed bridges since their establishment as a new category among the classical types have brought an immense progress, ranging from design and conception to materials, analysis, construction, observation and retrofitting. The growing construction of cable-stayed bridges has also triggered researchers’ and designers’ attention to the problem of cable vibrations. Intensive research has been developed all over the world during the last two decades as a consequence of the numerous cases of cable vibrations exhibited by all types of cable-stayed bridges. Despite the increased knowledge of the various vibration phenomena, most of the outcomes and research results have been published in journals and conference proceedings and scarce information is currently provided by the existing recommendations and codes.
The book provides a comprehensive survey on the governing phenomena of cable vibration, both associated with direct action of wind and rain: buffeting, vortex-shedding, wake effects, rain-wind vibration; and resulting from the indirect excitation through anchorage oscillation: external and parametric excitation. Methodologies for assessment of the effects of those phenomena are presented and illustrated by practical examples. Control of cable vibrations is then discussed and state-of-art results on the design of passive control devices are presented.
The book is complemented with a series of case reports reflecting the practical approach shared by experienced designers and consultants: Yves Bournand (VSL International), Chris Geurts (TNO), Carl Hansvold (Johs. Holt), Allan Larsen (Cowi) and Randall Poston (WDP & Associates).
Order Form
188 pages, in English
Structural Engineering Documents 9Cable Vibrations in Cable-Stayed BridgesElsa de Sa Caetano
ISBN 978-3-85748-115-4Format: 170 x 240 mmPublished October 2007
Price:IABSE Members: CHF 40.-Non-Members: CHF 70.-

Engineering Structural Health

I have received an interesting link to workshop proceedings:

PROCEEDINGS OF THE WORKSHOP ON ENGINEERING STRUCTURAL HEALTH (PDF)
Sponsored by
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Edited by
SREENIVAS ALAMPALLI & MOHAMMED ETTOUNEY
Held on May 16-17, 2002

The Engineering Structural Health workshop brought representatives from infrastructure owners and government officials, practicing engineers, academia, and sensor/equipment manufacturers together to discuss the current state of structural health engineering. The goal of the workshop was to increase communication between the groups involved in this field as well as review necessary aspects of successful bridge infrastructure condition assessment.

The proceeding include an interesting discussion on the owners needs in therms of bridge SHM.

SHM Journals

Here is a list of Journals that feature papers related to SHM.

I will keep an eye on those journals and point to new issues and interesting papers.

If you know any other interesting journal in this domain, please leave a comment.

Here's my list:

• Structural Control and Health Monitoring, Lucia Faravelli editor


• Structural Health Monitoring, Fu-Kuo Chang editor


• Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, Dan Frangopol editor


• The Monitor (ISHMII Newsletter), John Newhook editor

SHM Books

I was asked to recommend books about SHM.

Here is a list of my personal picks. Since my interest lies mostly with civil engineering applications and fiber optic sensors, I have concentrated mostly on those topics.

About SHM:

• Fibre Optic Methods for Structural Health Monitoring by Branko Glisic and myself
• Fiber Optic Smart Structures by Eric Udd
• Sensing Issues in Civil Structural Health Monitoring by Farhad Ansari

About Fiber Optic Sensing for SHM:

• Structural Monitoring with Fiber Optic Technology by Raymond Measures
• Handbook of Optical Fibre Sensing Technology by José Miguel Lopez-HigueraFiber Optic Sensors: An Introduction for Engineers and Scientists (Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics) by Eric Udd. A little old, but still a good reference.
• Trends in Optical Non-Destructive Testing and Inspection by Pramod Rastogi and myself

Conferences (proceedings):

• SHMII Conferences, organized by ISHMII
• IABMAS Conferences
• SPIE Conference series on Smart Structures and Materials

Please post a Comment if you want to point to other interesting ones:

New Book Announcement

Here is a new book I am co-authoring with Branko Glisic.

It will be published by Wiley in December 2007. Here is a link to the Wiley page.

The book introduces the broad realm of structural health monitoring, with a thorough discussion of SHM systems, processes, and management tools. It continues with the main focus of the book Fibre-Optic Deformation sensors, their application and interpretation, covering areas such as the mechanical parameters to be monitored – deformations, displacements, rotations, cracks openings, curvatures, with in depth discussions of how to achieve the monitoring aims, how to make data interpretation depending on the construction material, and discusses what numerical concepts and formulas to use in order to properly analyse the data. Overall the Book is organised so that it can be used as a step-by-step guide to implement a monitoring system and includes numerous application examples on the most common types of structures, such as building, bridges, historical monuments, piles, dams, tunnels, pipelines, risers, and off-shore structures, and their most frequently monitored parameters.

I hope that the readers of this blog will find the book interesting and vice-versa. From time to time, I will discuss topics from the book and I encourage interested readers to use this blog as a forum to discuss the ideas presented in the book.