Multifunctional Wood-Adhesives for Structural Health Monitoring Purposes

Abstract

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is a concept, which uses integrated sensors to detect the condition of engineered structures. The sensors can be considered as the nervous system of the structure, which is designed to measure the various loads and damages to the structure during its lifetime. By analyzing the information about loads (wind, snow etc.) and damages (delamination, micro cracks etc.), the general health of the system can be monitored and a prediction of the lifetime becomes possible. While the development of SHM roots in applications of high safety demand (air space and power plant engineering), the decreasing costs of sensors and microelectronic devices supports its utilization in civil engineering. © RILEM 2014.