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Smart sensors are technologies designed to facilitate the monitoring operations. For instance, power consumption can be minimized through on-board processing and smart interrogation algorithms, and state detection enhanced through collaboration between sensor nodes. Applied to structural health monitoring, smart sensors are key enablers of sparse and dense sensor networks capable of monitoring full-scale structures and components. They are also critical in empowering operators with decision making capabilities. The objective of this Special Issue is to generate discussions on the latest advances in research on smart sensing technologies for structural health monitoring applications, with a focus on decision-enabling systems. This Special Issue covers a wide range of related topics such as innovative sensors and sensing technologies for crack, displacement, and sudden event monitoring, sensor optimization, and novel sensor data processing algorithms for damage and defect detection, operational modal analysis, and system identification of a wide variety of structures (bridges, transmission line towers, high-speed trains, masonry light houses, etc.).

NSGA-II --- wind force --- wavelet packet decomposition --- structural health monitoring --- amplitude spectrum --- environmental noise --- patch antenna --- damage identification --- event-triggered sensing --- Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm --- high-speed train --- low-velocity impacts --- concrete structures --- sensors distribution optimization --- acceleration --- digital sampling moiré --- crack --- displacement sensor --- length effect --- FBG sensor array --- SHM --- space window --- Bayesian blind source separation --- feature selection --- stress detection --- wheel minor defect --- strain --- uniaxial stress measurement --- turbine --- impact identification --- helical antenna --- energy analysis of wavelet band --- strain wave --- time window --- structural steel members --- steel frame --- acoustoelastic effect --- demand-based nodes --- online wayside detection --- sensor --- bridge --- sensitivity --- acoustic emission --- bending stiffness --- wireless smart sensors --- distributed dense sensor network --- mapping construction --- data fusion --- fuzzy classification --- shear-wave birefringence --- normal mode --- piezoelectric wafer active sensors --- resonant frequency --- electromagnetic oscillation --- settlement --- sensor optimization --- modal frequencies --- perturbation theory --- feature extraction --- Virtual Distortion Method (VDM) --- reflective optical sensor --- fibre bundle --- smartphones --- crack identification --- active sensing --- test vehicle --- calibration --- stretching method --- model updating --- rotary ultrasonic array --- 2D crack growth --- data processing --- damage detection --- impactor stiffness --- tip clearance --- transmission tower --- phase spectrum --- concrete crack --- structural impact monitoring --- shaking table tests --- optical crack growth sensor --- steel strand --- passive sensing --- sudden event monitoring --- aero engine --- principal component analysis

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The thirty-plus years of progress in the field of structural health monitoring (SHM) have left a paramount impact on our everyday lives. Be it for the monitoring of fixed- and rotary-wing aircrafts, for the preservation of the cultural and architectural heritage, or for the predictive maintenance of long-span bridges or wind farms, SHM has shaped the framework of many engineering fields. Given the current state of quantitative and principled methodologies, it is nowadays possible to rapidly and consistently evaluate the structural safety of industrial machines, modern concrete buildings, historical masonry complexes, etc., to test their capability and to serve their intended purpose. However, old unsolved problematics as well as new challenges exist. Furthermore, unprecedented conditions, such as stricter safety requirements and ageing civil infrastructure, pose new challenges for confrontation. Therefore, this Special Issue gathers the main contributions of academics and practitioners in civil, aerospace, and mechanical engineering to provide a common ground for structural health monitoring in dealing with old and new aspects of this ever-growing research field.

dynamic characteristic --- GB-RAR --- super high-rise building --- displacement --- wheel flat --- real-time monitoring --- strain distribution characteristics --- multisensor array --- precise positioning --- noncontact remote sensing (NRS) --- optical flow algorithm --- structural health monitoring (SHM) --- uniaxial automatic cruise acquisition device --- noise robustness --- sensitivity analysis --- cross-modal strain energy --- damage detection --- subspace system identification --- data-driven stochastic subspace identification (SSI-DATA) --- covariance-driven stochastic subspace identification (SSI-COV) --- combined subspace system identification --- PRISMA --- vibration-based damage detection --- crack damage detection --- piezoelectric impedance --- piezoelectric admittance --- peak frequency --- Bayesian inference --- uncertainty quantification --- masonry structures --- seismic structural health monitoring --- Bouc–Wen model --- model calibration --- hysteretic system identification --- BOTDR --- CFRP sheet --- un-bonded position --- cover delamination --- interfacial de-bonding --- monitoring system --- pipeline --- health and structural integrity --- Particle Impact Damper --- adaptive-passive damping --- damping of vibrations --- experiments --- submerged floating tunnel --- deep neural network --- machine learning --- sensor optimization --- failure monitoring accuracy --- mooring line --- sigmoid function --- Adamax --- categorical cross-entropy --- bending test --- bridge --- “compression–softening” theory --- frequency --- inverse problem --- nondestructive testing (NDT) method --- prestressed concrete (PC) girder --- prestress force determination --- prestress loss --- vertical deflection measurement --- rail --- guided wave ultrasound --- broken rail detection --- rail diagnostics --- structural health monitoring --- non destructive testing --- shape sensing --- inverse Finite Element Method --- fiber optics --- full-field reconstruction --- Structural Health Monitoring --- extreme function theory --- non-destructive testing --- extreme value theory --- generalised extreme distribution --- n/a --- Bouc-Wen model --- "compression-softening" theory