Structural Health Monitoring Technologies and Next-Generation Smart Composite Structures (Composite Materials)

Increased use of composite materials in engineering fields such as aerospace, energy, and civil infrastructures has led to concerns over composite material failures, leading to a need for smart/intelligent composite structures that are able to self-diagnose and self-heal.Advances in applied research in structural health management and smart composite structure fields are illustrated along with long-term health of composite structures, principles of health monitoring, damage evaluation, data analysis, and decision-making algorithms, implementation of health monitoring systems, present and future challenges.