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Health Monitoring of Aerospace Structures: Smart Sensor Technologies and Signal Processing

 
Health Monitoring of Aerospace Structures: Smart Sensor Technologies and Signal Processing   By Wiley
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Product Description
Providing quality research for the reader, this title encompasses all the recent developments in smart sensor technology for health monitoring in aerospace structures, providing a valuable introduction to damage detection techniques. Focussing on engineering applications, all chapters are written by smart structures and materials experts from aerospace manufacturers and research/academic institutions.

This key reference:

  • Discusses the most important aspects related to smart technologies for damage detection; this includes not only monitoring techniques but also aspects related to specifications, design parameters, assessment and qualification routes.
  • Presents real case studies and applications; this includes in-flight tests; the work presented goes far beyond academic research applications.
  • Displays a balance between theoretical developments and engineering applications



  • Customer Reviews

    Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5 Inspiring and Useful, 2007-08-30
    Even though I bought this book back when it was fresh of the printing press, and payed the price for it, I am still glad I bought it. Now with a much more sensible price tag, this is a great book for people, especially students who are or want to do research in this or related area.

    As an edited collection of research by the editors and others, it has over two hundred references, and gives you nothing but relevant information from them. The first two chapters of the book, the introduction, and "Aircraft Structural Health and Usage Monitoring" give all the relevant background information you would require if you were just starting or studying in the area. Next the book gives a concise overview of "Operational Load Monitoring Using Optical Fibre [strain] Sensors." The chapter give an insight into current optical fiber strain sensing implementations and methods of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM). Following this is a chapter dedicated to SHM with ultrasonic waves. The chapter is predominantly based on detecting acoustic signals with piezoelectric transducers. The next chapter is on of the most useful, especially for those going from NDE to SHM, which is "Signal Processing". Ideally, the section could have been longer, with an important topic such as wavelet analysis being summarised in a couple of pages. To off set this, the section has the largest number of references, so additional material can be easily located. The book concludes with what can be considered case studies which show "Structural Health Monitoring Evaluation Tests."

    Overall this is a well written reference book that with supplements could be used as a text book. I would say 4.5 but having to choose between 4 and 5, I have to give it a 5, as it is certainly above a 4.

    Worth the investment.

    Regards,


    Product Details
    Binding: Hardcover
    Dewey Decimal Number: 629.1346
    EAN: 9780470843406
    ISBN: 0470843403
    Label: Wiley
    Manufacturer: Wiley
    Number Of Items: 1
    Number Of Pages: 288
    Publication Date: 2004-03-01
    Publisher: Wiley
    Studio: Wiley