The peculiarities of measuring the deformations load-bearing structures buildings during their field and laboratory tests using strain gauge-based sensors are considered. An overview various problematic issues that arise in process conducting experimental affect measurement results is given. most common, which accuracy measurements, effects temperature, humidity, vibration; difficulty calibrati...

The term Structural Health Monitoring has gained wide acceptance in the recent past as a means to monitor a structure and provide an early warning of an unsafe condition using real-time data. Utilization of structurally integrated, distributed sensors to monitor the health of a structure through accurate interpretation of sensor signals and real-time data processing can greatly reduce the inspe...

Understanding of the diversity of skeletal loading regimes in vertebrate long bones during locomotion has been significantly enhanced by the application of planar strain theory (PST) to in vivo bone strain data. PST is used to model the distribution of longitudinal strains normal to the bone's transverse cross-section and the location of the neutral axis of bending. To our knowledge, the applic...

Crack-sensing capabilities of a carbon nanotube (CNT) doped adhesive film have been analysed from coupon level to composite repaired panel. Mechanical performance is not negatively affected by the addition CNTs, due their good distribution inside adhesive. Moreover, electrical resistance increases with displacement in both Single Lap Shear (SLS) and Mode-I joints, combined effect deformation cr...