Embodying Intelligence in Structures and Integrated Systems

Embodying Intelligence in Structures and Integrated Systems......Page 2
Preface and Committees......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 8
Report on the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake: Its Impact, and Control/Monitoring Performances......Page 10
Development of some Smart Sensors for Monitoring Civil Infrastructures......Page 18
Fatigue of NiTi for Dampers and Actuators......Page 27
On Characteristic Properties of a Layered Packet Base-Foundation on the Base of the Analysis of the Solutions of the Corresponding Three-Dimensional Dynamic Problems of Elasticity Theory......Page 37
Model Order Reduction Issues for Integrated Structural Control Design......Page 46
A Mathematical Framework for Structural Control Integration......Page 58
Insight and Applications in Energy Harvesting from Bullets to Birds......Page 68
A Fractal-Inspired Multi-Frequency Piezoelectric Energy Converter: Design and Experimental Characterization......Page 78
Seismic Protection of Structures Using Tuned Mass Dampers with Resettable Variable Stiffness......Page 84
Mechanics and Model Based Control......Page 94
Vibration-Based Damage Detection under Changing Environmental and Operational Conditions......Page 104
Monitoring, Evaluation and Control for Life-Cycle Performance of Intelligent Civil Structures......Page 114
High Precision Adaptive Space Structures......Page 124
Deployable Structures......Page 131
SHM System for Monitoring and Prediction of Cracks Development in Concrete Structures......Page 141
Smart Composite Device for Structural Health Monitoring......Page 147
Real-Time Smart Abstract Shape Identifiers......Page 153
Safety Assessment of Bridge Structures Using Ambient Vibration......Page 160
Digital Wireless Solutions for Structural Control......Page 166
Structural Control Issues in New Generation Offshore Wind Energy Plants......Page 176
Structural Health Monitoring of a Tall Building with Huge Floating Platform......Page 186
Development of a Visualized Data Management System for Life-Cycle Health Monitoring of Civil Structures......Page 197
Ultrasonic Guided Wave Monitoring of Railroad Tracks......Page 207
NDE/SHM of Underwater Structures: A Review......Page 217
Magnetic Flux Leakage Sensing-Based Steel Cable NDE Technique Incorporated on a Cable Climbing Robot for Bridge Structures......Page 226
Sensor Location Analysis in Nonlinear Acoustics Used for Damage Detection in Composite Chiral Sandwich Panels......Page 232
A Comparative Assessment of Two SHM Damage Detection Methods in a Laboratory Tower......Page 241
Keywords Index......Page 250
Authors Index......Page 252