Structural Health Monitoring and Intelligent Infrastructure, Two Volume Set Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure, Nov. 16-18, 2005, Shenzhen, China

Reflecting the state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice of structural health monitoring of intelligent infrastructure, this book demonstrates the cross-disciplinary and innovative nature of the field of structural health monitoring. Topics include: smart and sensors, wireless and networks, data acquisition, damage identification and localization, model updating, safety evaluation and reliability forecast, damage control, life-cycle performance-based design, smart materials, GPS for wind and earthquake, hazard mitigation of civil infrastructure, integrated systems and implementations of SHM, design guidelines and codes of SHM, standardization of SHM systems, critical issues for SHM.

SHMII-2’2005provided international scientists, engineers, enterprisers and young researchers with a forum for exchange about recent advances, potentialinternational cooperation and multi-disciplinary activities. Ideas were pooled about the state-of-the-art, state-of-the-practice, and future trends of smart sensors, advanced sensor networks and integrated systems for structural health monitoring of intelligent infrastructures, and "real-time monitored data" based damage identification and localization, model updating, safety evaluation and reliability forecast and also damage control, maintenance and retrofit decision-making, and life-cycle performance-based design of infrastructures. Topics covered in these proceedings include: Smart andAdvanced Sensors, Wireless and Advanced Sensor Networks, Data Acquisition, Processing and Management, Damage Identification and Localization, Model Updating, Safety Evaluation and Reliability Forecasting, Damage Control, Repair and Strengthening,Smart Materials and Structures, Global Positioning Systems (GPS) andSystems Analysing Wind and Earthquake, Hazard Mitigation of Civil Infrastructure, Remote Monitoring Systems, Integrated Systems and Implementations of SHM.

Volume IKeynote lecturesReforming civil engineering education given the challenges related to infrastructure engineering and management SHM technologies for civil engineering intelligent infrastructure Distributed computing strategy for damage monitoring employing smart sensors Structural monitoring for the diagnosis and the retrofitting of the monumental heritage Monitoring of bridges and transportation infrastructures The state-of-the-art and practice of structural health monitoring for civil infrastructures in the mainland of China Technology issues in developing structural health monitoring systems for long-span bridges Structural damage detection based on smart and distributed sensing technologies Health monitoring and assessment of long-span bridges Ambient vibration monitoring Wireless systems for structural health monitoring Pipeline condition monitoring on the basis of fiber optics Applications and researches in bridge health monitoring systems and intelligent infrastructures in Korea Application of distributed Fiber Optic Sensory for SHM Invited papersA comparison of local damage detection algorithms based on statistical signal processing of vibration measurements An extreme-value-distribution-based method for dynamic reliability evaluation of infrastructures Structural health monitoring of Syncrude’s Aurora II crusher in the Canadian oil sand industry Qualitative and quantitative damage detection algorithm for structures using pattern classification and sensitivity analysis System identification and structural damage detection: EMD _ HT approach ARMarkov observers for structural damage detection Hybrid structural identification strategy suitable for distributed computing Nonlinear strain response of the concrete column to detect the de-bonding and cracks using distributed Brillouin sensor Advances of structural health monitoring by fiber Bragg grating sensor in DUT Conceptual design and key issues of structural health monitoring system for Donghai bridges Experience with RTK-GPS system for monitoring wind and seismic effects on a tall building Note on impact of SHM on structural reliability of bridges SHM in the classroom: A unique educational opportunity Embedded quasi-distributed fibre optic sensors for long-term monitoring of 4,500 kN rock anchors in the Eder Gravity dam in Germany Applications of distributed fiber optic sensing technologies in geotechnical engineering monitoring Design approach of health monitoring system for cable-stayed bridges The monitoring of an extra-dosed bridge, the rationale and design Sensing of low-frequency vibration using photogrammetric technique Modeling of temperature-frequency correlation using long-term monitoring data: Methods and comparison An overheight collision detection and evaluation system for bridge girder using piezoelectric transducer An Angle-between-String-and-Horizon flexibility for structural damage detection Experimental study of concrete damage evaluation based on acoustic emission technique Influence of effect of creeping of the long span prestressed concrete cable-stayed bridge on internal forces in structural health monitoring Smart and advanced sensorsThe maturing of optical sensing technology for commercial applications Health monitoring of a full-scale tunnel model using BOCDA-based fiber-optic distributed sensor Prediction of pipeline buckling using distributed fiber Brillouin strain sensor Analysis and experimental study on force balance accelerometer A study on damage detection system using smart AE sensor Comparison of recoated fiber Bragg grating sensors under tension on a steel coupon Monitoring system for a cable-stayed bridge using static and dynamic fiber optic sensors Development and implementation of FBG sensors for bridge health monitoring Assessment of the safety of continuous steel beams based on average strains from long gage optic sensors Research on the FBG stress automatic monitoring system of prestressed reinforcement based on the virtual instrument technology Advanced fiber grating corrosion sensors for structural health monitoring Crack detection using distributed fiber Brillouin strain sensor with coherent probe-pump technique A network sensing system for the structural health of infrastructure and facilities utilized of optical fiber sensor Internal strain monitoring of filament wound pressure tanks using embedded fiber Bragg grating sensors Cure monitor of concrete cylinder by using fibre optic sensors Applications of a fiber optic crack sensor in concrete structures Pulse pre-pump-BOTDA technology for new generation of distributed strain measuring system Performance of Bragg-grating FOS in bridge application Fiber optic tiltmeter based on total internal reflection phenomenon Various types of optical FBG sensors and their applications in SHM State-of-the-art of self-sensing cement composite materials and its sensors Health monitoring of buried pipelines using Brillouin scattering FOS Early-age performance monitoring of cement-based materials by using optical FBG sensors Crack geometry measurement of steel fiber reinforced concrete based on image analysis Strain sensing property of carbon black filled cement-based composites Active sensing for multi-scale sensor and structural diagnosis Impact echo scanning for imaging of grout defects to mitigate corrosion in post-tensioned bridge ducts Interface transferring mechanism and error modification of FRP-OFBG strain sensors based on Findley’s power law creep model Evaluation of seismic response of bridge piers by surface mounted optical fiber sensors Corrosion monitoring of PC beams with a novel type of HCFRP A feasibility research on foundation pit monitoring using BOTDR An experimental study on thermal state monitoring for permafrost roadbed of Qinghai-Tibet Railway using DTS Calibration test researches on distributed optical fiber strain sensors Compensation technique for the structural health monitoring system Fiber optic method for pipeline integrity control Wireless sensors and sensor networksValidation case studies of wireless monitoring systems in civil structures Design of wireless monitoring system for health diagnosis of structural Design and laboratory performance verification of a wireless transmitting system for structural health monitoring Development of monitoring techniques for concrete structures using self-diagnosis materials and wireless measurement systems Multi-scale wireless sensor networks for structural health monitoring Multi-channel wireless network based vibrational sensing technology In-service inspection based on wireless sensors Field measurements of a cable-stayed bridge by using wireless sensors The design and implementation of wireless sensor network node Integration and tests of wireless strain sensor applied to structure local monitoring Global position system (GPS) and related systems for wind and earthquake hazard mitigation of civil infrastructureAnalysis and design of double friction pendulum systems for seismic isolation Implementation of real-time and vision-based structural health monitoring on long-span bridges Seismic early warning systems: Some insights for the process industry Bridge monitoring: External and internal sensing issues Pounding analysis methods and control of highway bridges under seismic excitations Accuracy analysis of deformation monitoring results of quay platform Measurement of wind-induced response of tall building based on RTK GPS technology Design of magnetorheological dampers for stay cables of Zhaobao Mountain Bridge Data acquisition, processing, management and miningData acquisition system and fast-efficient processing method for great capacity data in structural health monitoring Application of Hilbert-Huang transform analysis to health monitoring of Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge Structural health monitoring using artificial neural network and statistical process control in a changing environment Wavelet-aided frequency domain decompositio

Professor Zhongdong Duan, School of Civil Engineering,Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. of China