Woodhead Publishing Sensor Technologies for Civil Infrastructures: Sensing Hardware and Data Collection for Performance Assessment (Woodhead Publishing Series in ... Series in Civil and Structural Engineering)

Product Description Sensors are used for civil infrastructure performance assessment and health monitoring, and have evolved significantly through developments in materials and methodologies. Sensor Technologies for Civil Infrastructure Volume I provides an overview of sensor hardware and its use in data collection. The first chapters provide an introduction to sensing for structural performance assessment and health monitoring, and an overview of commonly used sensors and their data acquisition systems. Further chapters address different types of sensor including piezoelectric transducers, fiber optic sensors, acoustic emission sensors, and electromagnetic sensors, and the use of these sensors for assessing and monitoring civil infrastructures. Developments in technologies applied to civil infrastructure performance assessment are also discussed, including radar technology, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and nanotechnology. Sensor Technologies for Civil Infrastructure provides a standard reference for structural and civil engineers, electronics engineers, and academics with an interest in the field. * Describes sensing hardware and data collection, covering a variety of sensors* Examines fiber optic systems, acoustic emission, piezoelectric sensors, electromagnetic sensors, ultrasonic methods, and radar and millimeter wave technology* Covers strain gauges, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), multifunctional materials and nanotechnology for sensing, and vision-based sensing and lasers Review A complete guide for academics and professionals, covering the latest advances in sensing technology and its applications in civil infrastructure From the Back Cover Sensors are used for civil infrastructure performance assessment and health monitoring, and have evolved significantly through developments in materials and methodologies.Sensor technologies for civil infrastructure Volume I provides an overview of sensor hardware and its use in data collection. The first chapters provide an introduction to sensing for structural performance assessment and health monitoring and an overview of commonly used sensors and their data acquisition systems. Further chapters address different types of sensor including piezoelectric transducers, fiber optic sensors, acoustic emission sensors and electromagnetic sensors and the use of these sensors for assessing and monitoring civil infrastructures. Developments in technologies to do with civil infrastructure performance assessment are also discussed, including radar technology, micro-electro-mechanical systems and nanotechnology. Sensor technologies for civil infrastructure will provide a standard reference for structural and civil engineers, electronics engineers and academics with an interest in the field. M.L. Wang is COE Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northeastern University, Boston;J.P. Lynch is Associate Professor of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan, USA.H. Sohn is Chaired Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. About the Author Distinguished Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, USA. Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, USA Professor Hoon Sohn, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea.