Sensor technologies for civil infrastructures. Volume 2, Applications in structural health monitoring /

Performance assessment and health monitoring of civil infrastructures has the potential to increase public safety while decreasing maintenance costs. Typically, sensors are strategically placed in a structure to measure and record data and to draw conclusions about the state of a structure. Volume 2...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Wang, M. L. (Editor), Lynch, Jerome P. (Jerome Peter) (Editor), Sohn, H. (Hoon) (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK : Woodhead Publishing, [2014]
Series:Woodhead Publishing series in electronic and optical materials.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Performance assessment and health monitoring of civil infrastructures has the potential to increase public safety while decreasing maintenance costs. Typically, sensors are strategically placed in a structure to measure and record data and to draw conclusions about the state of a structure. Volume 2 takes the reader through sensor data management and analytical techniques for fault detection and localization. It will look at prognosis and life-cycle assessment. The majority of the chapters are case studies in assessing structures such as bridges, buildings, super-tall towers, dams, tunnels, wi.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (739 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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