The Economic System - Eleanor Doyle
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Health Monitoring of Structural Materials and Components:
Methods with Applications

Douglas E. Adams

978-0-470-03313-5 512pp Hardcover
April 2007 

A complete introduction to health monitoring, encapsulating both technical information and practical case studies spanning the breadth of the subject.

Written by a highly-respected figure in structural health monitoring, this book provides readers with the technical skills and practical understanding required to solve new problems encountered in the emerging field of health monitoring. The book presents a suite of methods and applications in loads identification, in situ damage identification, and damage and performance prediction. Concepts in modeling, measurements and data analysis are applied through real-world case studies to identify loading, assess damage and predict the performance of structural components, as well as examine engine components, automotive accessories, aircraft parts, spacecraft components, civil structures and defense system components.

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Health Monitoring of Structural Materials and Components is an excellent text for newcomers to the subject and a useful study tool for students and lecturers. Practitioners and researchers will also find this book an essential reference that addresses current and future challenges in this field. The wide variety of case studies will appeal to a broad spectrum of engineers in the aerospace, civil, mechanical, machinery and defense communities.