Fatigue cracks developed under repetitive loads are one of the major threats to structural
integrity of steel bridges. Human inspection is the most commonly applied approach for …

This paper presents a field implementation of the structural health monitoring (SHM) of
fatigue cracks for steel bridge structures. Steel bridges experience fatigue cracks under …

Structural health monitoring of large systems is a complex engineering task due to important
practical issues. When dealing with large structures, damage diagnosis, localization, and …

This paper presents a novel large-area strain sensing technology for monitoring fatigue
cracks in steel bridges. The technology is based on a soft elastomeric capacitor (SEC) …

Dielectric elastomers (DEs) represent a class of electroactive polymers (EAPs) that exhibit a
significant electromechanical effect, which has made them very attractive over the last …

Damage to bridges can result in partial or complete structural failures, with fatal
consequences. Cracks develop in concrete infrastructure from fatigue loading, vibrations …

This article newly proposes the application of the stretching method, that is used in
geophysics for detecting variations in the velocity with which waves propagate in the earth's …

Modular bridge expansion joints (MBEJs) are commonly used in bridges and are often
subjected to fatigue damages, which necessitate fatigue monitoring of MBEJs to ensure the …

This article describes research that investigated the ability of a carbon nanotube (CNT)
sensor to detect and monitor fatigue crack initiation and propagation in metal structures. The …

The alarmingly degrading state of transportation infrastructures combined with their key
societal and economic importance calls for automatic condition assessment methods to …