Introduction to SHM: An overview of SHM, SHM and smart materials, SHM versus nondestructive evaluation; commonly used measurement techniques and instrumentation types, approaches to monitoring problem; overview of smart materials; emerging SHM technologies, overview of application potential of SHM; notable industrial applications of SHM: aerospace and civil applications, underground structures and other applications; smart sensors technologies for SHM; optical fibre, laser scanner vibrometer, piezoelectric, sensor breakage etc.; vibration based structural damage detection; steel, aluminum, concrete, composite materials; Damage localization in ANSYS for various structures considering different damage scenarios.

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  2. Smart Materials and Structures by Gandhi and Thompson
  3. Structural Health Monitoring: Current Status and Perspectives by Fu Ko Chang
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