Product Description Applications of structural health monitoring to bridges, buildings, piping systems, air craft, helicopters, rockets, machinery, pressure tanks—as well as materials types such as sandwich structures, panels, polymers, metal alloys and more · Important new information on sensors, online monitoring, diagnostics, networking, and planning for safety and maintenance · Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and the Army Research Office How to design and implement new technologies for detecting defects and failure in civil structures and aircraft is the focus of this new and important book, Structural Health 2005: Advancements and Challenges for Implementation. Based on a conference held in September, 2005, this volume contains contributions from hundreds of experts who explain the latest technical information on ways engineers, designers, and materials specialists can protect infrastructure and vehicles from deterioration and catastrophic failure. New data is presented on air, rotorcraft, and spacecraft structural monitoring. The book covers all aspects of SHM: signals, sensors, diagnostics, distributed sensing, Sensor Network Paradigms, Hot Structures, and more. This book will benefit engineers engaged in designing new structures and materials, especially as designs are impacted by the incorporation of SHM technologies and the type of structural data such technologies provide. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Keynote Presentations · Integrated Systems Health Management for Space Exploration · The Future Role of Structural Health Monitoring for Air Vehicle Applications · Fundamental Axioms of Structural Health Monitoring · Recent Developments in Vibration-Based Structural Health Monitoring · Damage Assessment and Monitoring of Long-Span Bridges · SHIELD (Structural Health Integrated Electronic Life Determination) · Heal