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

Uncertainty-Enhanced Structural Health Monitoring and Advanced Nondestructive Testing

Nondestructive Evaluation for Health Monitoring and Diagnostics

Much of our expectation of the future is based on a linear extrapolation from the present. However history tells us time and again that it’s the nonlinearities that make the big differences in predicting the future. New technologies like smart materials, MEMS, micro adaptive flow control, and nanotechnology all have the potential to have a big influence on the future of aeronautics. A forward-l...

Assessment and Monitoring for Railway Tracks Reliability and Safety using Nondestructive Testing Measurement Systems

The deterioration of railway tracks raises great concerns about the integrity of assessments and evaluations of railway tracks currently in service. Integrated inspection strategies coupled with innovations in inspection technology can lead to significant improvements in operational cost efficiency and reliability without the requirement of a fundamental shift in the existing understanding o...

Multi-Wave and Hybrid Imaging Techniques: A New Direction for Nondestructive Testing and Structural Health Monitoring

In this article, the state-of-the-art multi-wave and hybrid imaging techniques in the field of nondestructive evaluation and structural health monitoring were comprehensively reviewed. A new direction for assessment and health monitoring of various structures by capitalizing the advantages of those imaging methods was discussed. Although sharing similar system configurations, the imaging physic...

Piezoelectric Paint Sensor for Nondestructive Structural Condition Monitoring

This article presents a novel piezoelectric paint-based structural condition monitoring method. The piezoelectric paint concerned is composed of tiny piezoelectric particles mixed within polymer matrix. A special fabrication technique has been developed to apply large area of piezoelectric paint directly onto the surface of host structures in an efficient manner. Because of the electro-mechanic...