Integrated health monitoring of structures, made possible by advances in sensor technology, isimproving structural reliability, longevity, system performance, and safety against natural hazards andintentional attack. Current technology is moving beyond the embryonic stage and is becoming able tomeet the challenges associated with structural health interpretation. The US has been a driving forcebehind the research and development of new sensor technologies while China has been leading theinternational community in the deployment of sensor technologies and data interpretation methods formonitoring real civil structures. The US-China Joint Working Group was assembled to formulate
Integrated health monitoring of structures, made possible by advances in sensor technology, isimproving structural reliability, longevity, system performance, and safety against natural hazards andintentional attack. Current technology is moving beyond the embryonic stage and is becoming able tomeet the challenges associated with structural health interpretation. The US has been a driving forcebehind the research and development of new sensor technologies while China has been leading theinternational community in the deployment of sensor technologies and data interpretation methods formonitoring real civil structures. The US-China Joint Working Group was assembled to formulate