This critical collection examines a range of structural health monitoring, from damage detection to energy harvesting, as presented in early findings and case studies from the Proceedings of the 32nd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2014. The collection includes papers in the following general technical research areas:

· Structural Health Monitoring

· Damage Detection

· Energy Harvesting

Zusammenfassung
This fifth volume of eight from the IMAC - XXXII Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Structural Dynamics, including papers on:

• Linear Systems
• Substructure Modelling
• Adaptive Structures
• Experimental Techniques
• Analytical Methods
• Damage Detection
• Damping of Materials & Members
• Modal Parameter Identification
• Modal Testing Methods
• System Identification
• Active Control
• Modal Parameter Estimation
• Processing Modal Data

Inhalt

Assessment and Localization of Active Discontinuities Using Energy Distribution Between Intrinsic Modes.- Wave Analyses in Structural Waveguides Using a Boundary Element Approach.- Spectral Element Based Optimization Scheme for Damage Identification.- Nonlinear Dynamic Behaviour of Cantilever Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters: Numerical and Experimental Investigations.- Nonlinear Dynamics of a Hybrid Piezo-electromagnetic Vibrating Energy Harvester.- Numerical Modeling of Steel-framed Floors for Energy Harvesting Applications.- Identification of Tie-rods Tensile Axial Force in Civil Structures.- A New Measure of Shape Difference.- Non-destructive Examination of Multiphase Material Distribution in Uranium Hexafluoride Cylinders Using Steady-state Laser Doppler Vibrometery.- Damage Detection Using Large-Scale Covariance Matrix.- Load Identification of Offshore Platform for Fatigue Life Estimation.- Monitoring Proximity Tunneling Effects Using Blind Source Separation Technique.- Endowing Structures With a Nociceptive Sense Enabled by a Graphene-oxide Sensing Skin.- Modal Strain Energy Based Damage Detection Using Multi-objective Optimization.- Development of Vibration Damper for Energy Harvesting.- Structural Damage Detection Using Soft Computing Methods.- Multiple Crack Detection in Structures Using Residual Operational Deflection Shape.- Numerical Enhancement of NMT for Predicting Fatigue Failure.- Subspace-based Damage Detection on Steel Frame Structure Under Changing Excitation.- Real-time Structural Damage Identification of Time-Varying Systems.- Wavelet Transformation for Damage Identification in Wind Turbine Blades.- Vision Device Applied to Damage Identification in Civil Engineer Structures.- Damage Detection and Quantification Using Thim Film of ITO Nanocomposites.- The use of Orbitals and Full Spectra to Identify Misalignment.- Damage Detection Based On Wavelet Packet Transform and Entropy.- Identification of Localized Damage in Structures Using HighlyIncomplete Modal Information.- Damage Detection Using Derringer's Function Based Weighted Model Updating Method.- Energy Harvesting in a Coupled System Using Nonlinear Impact.- Spatiotemporal Sensing for Pipeline Leak Detection Using Thermal Video.- Vibration-based Continuous Monitoring of Tensile Loads in Cables and Rods: System Development and Application.- Non-model-based Crack Identification Using Measured Mode Shapes.