Embodying Intelligence in Structures and Integrated Systems

Preface and Committees
Chapter 1: Smart Materials, Sensors, Actuators, MEMS
Report on the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake: Its Impact, and Control/Monitoring Performances
Development of some Smart Sensors for Monitoring Civil Infrastructures
Fatigue of NiTi for Dampers and Actuators
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
Chapter 2: Integration Technologies
Model Order Reduction Issues for Integrated Structural Control Design
A Mathematical Framework for Structural Control Integration
Insight and Applications in Energy Harvesting from Bullets to Birds
A Fractal-Inspired Multi-Frequency Piezoelectric Energy Converter: Design and Experimental Characterization
Chapter 3: Smart Structures and Integrated Systems
Seismic Protection of Structures Using Tuned Mass Dampers with Resettable Variable Stiffness
Mechanics and Model Based Control
Vibration-Based Damage Detection under Changing Environmental and Operational Conditions
Monitoring, Evaluation and Control for Life-Cycle Performance of Intelligent Civil Structures
High Precision Adaptive Space Structures
Deployable Structures
SHM System for Monitoring and Prediction of Cracks Development in Concrete Structures
Smart Composite Device for Structural Health Monitoring
Real-Time Smart Abstract Shape Identifiers
Safety Assessment of Bridge Structures Using Ambient Vibration
Chapter 4: Structural Health Monitoring and Control
Digital Wireless Solutions for Structural Control
Structural Control Issues in New Generation Offshore Wind Energy Plants
Structural Health Monitoring of a Tall Building with Huge Floating Platform
Development of a Visualized Data Management System for Life-Cycle Health Monitoring of Civil Structures
Ultrasonic Guided Wave Monitoring of Railroad Tracks
NDE/SHM of Underwater Structures: A Review
Magnetic Flux Leakage Sensing-Based Steel Cable NDE Technique Incorporated on a Cable Climbing Robot for Bridge Structures
Sensor Location Analysis in Nonlinear Acoustics Used for Damage Detection in Composite Chiral Sandwich Panels
A Comparative Assessment of Two SHM Damage Detection Methods in a Laboratory Tower