This book is organized around the various sensing techniques used
to achieve structural health monitoring. Its main focus is on
sensors, signal and data reduction methods and inverse techniques,
which enable the identification of the physical parameters,
affected by the presence of the damage, on which a diagnostic is
established.

Structural Health Monitoring is not oriented by the type
of applications or linked to special classes of problems, but
rather presents broader families of techniques: vibration and modal
analysis; optical fibre sensing; acousto-ultrasonics, using
piezoelectric transducers; and electric and electromagnetic
techniques.

Each chapter has been written by specialists in the subject area
who possess a broad range of practical experience. The book will be
accessible to students and those new to the field, but the
exhaustive overview of present research and development, as well as
the numerous references provided, also make it required reading for
experienced researchers and engineers.