The growing use of composite materials for aerospace applications has resulted in the need
for quantitative methods to analyze composite components. Ultrasonic guided waves …

The in-situ strength of concrete is often evaluated by destructive compressive strength tests
conducted on cylinders or cube specimens cast alongside the main structure. Various non …

An accurate and efficient simulation of wave propagation phenomena plays an important
role in different engineering disciplines. In structural health monitoring, for example …

This article presents the WaveFormRevealer—an analytical framework and predictive tool
for the simulation of guided Lamb wave propagation and interaction with damage. The …

The application of smart materials in various fields of engineering has recently become
increasingly popular. For instance, the high frequency based electromechanical impedance …

The extensive usage of composite materials in modern industrial applications implies a
great range of possible structural failure modes for which the structure has to be frequently …

Structural adhesives are commonly used as bonding agents in fibre-reinforced polymer
based strengthening systems for concrete structures. The effectiveness and integrity of the …

To date, sensors have been the inevitable component of structural health monitoring (SHM)
systems. Typically, sensory signals are digitized, processed by computers, and then the …

This paper investigates the effects of the adhesive layer on the admittance of bonded
piezoelectric wafer active sensors (PWASs) through mode identification, parametric studies …

The use of quasi-zero-stiffness isolators in vibration pickups is investigated in this study. For
this purpose, a quasi-zero-stiffness mechanism is first investigated to extract optimal values …