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Non-contact Sensing in Infrastructure Health Monitoring

Submission Deadline: 31 August 2025 (closed) View: 1060 Submit to Journal

Guest Editors

Prof. Zhanxiong Ma

Email: mazx@lzu.edu.cn

Affiliation: Colledge of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Lanzhou University, China

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Research Interests: Structural Health MonitoringHeterogeneous Sensor FusionComputer Vision and Machine LearningMillimetre Wave Radar Remote SensingNon-Contact Intelligent Sensing

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Prof. Hoon Sohn

Email: hoonsohn@kaist.ac.kr

Affiliation: Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, KAIST

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Research Interests: Structural Health Monitoring; Nondestructive TestingSensing TechnologiesStatistical Pattern Recognition

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Summary

Non-contact sensing has emerged as a transformative approach in civil infrastructure health monitoring, offering efficient, accurate, and non-invasive solutions for assessing structural integrity across diverse environments. By harnessing advanced technologies such as LiDAR scanning, radar interferometry, computer vision, and UAVs, non-contact sensing enables comprehensive monitoring and proactive maintenance of critical infrastructure systems.


This special issue aims to highlight state-of-the-art advancements, innovative methodologies, and real-world applications of non-contact sensing in the health monitoring of civil infrastructures. Contributions are invited on topics including, but not limited to:

1. Advanced non-contact sensing techniques using radar, optical systems, LiDAR, etc.

2. Smart integrated sensing systems combining multiple remote sensing modalities.

3. Intelligent data-driven techniques for enhanced analysis and decision-making.

4. Practical applications in monitoring bridges, high-rise buildings, tunnels, and other structures.


By bridging research innovations with practical implementations, this special issue seeks to advance the application of remote sensing technologies for improving the safety, resilience, and sustainability of infrastructure systems. Researchers, practitioners, and industry professionals are encouraged to submit original research, comprehensive reviews, and engineering applications that showcase breakthroughs and outline future directions in this this research field.


Keywords

Structural health monitoring, Non-contact sensing, Computer vision, Radar interferometry, LiDAR scanning, Data-driven damage monitoring

Published Papers


  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Monitoring the Oil Tank Deformations for Different Operating Conditions

    Roman Shults, Natalia Kulichenko, Andriy Annenkov, Oleksandr Adamenko
    Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.19, No.6, pp. 1433-1456, 2025, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2025.068099
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Non-contact Sensing in Infrastructure Health Monitoring)
    Abstract Oil tanks are essential components of the oil industry, facilitating the safe storage and transportation of crude oil. Safely managing oil tanks is a crucial aspect of environmental protection. Oil tanks are often used under extreme operational conditions, including dynamic loads, temperature variations, etc., which may result in unpredictable deformations that can cause severe damage or tank collapses. Therefore, it is essential to establish a monitoring system to prevent and predict potential deformations. Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) has played a significant role in oil tank monitoring over the past decades. However, the full extent of… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Design of a Wireless Measurement Instrument for Tunnel Anchor Rod Length

    Mengqiang Yu, Xingcheng Wang, Chen Quan, Mingxin Sun, Yujun Yang, Xiaodong He, Wu Sun, Pengfei Cao
    Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.19, No.5, pp. 1127-1143, 2025, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2025.067069
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Non-contact Sensing in Infrastructure Health Monitoring)
    Abstract Accurate measurement of anchor rod length is crucial for ensuring structural safety in tunnel engineering, yet conventional destructive techniques face limitations in efficiency and adaptability to complex underground environments. This study presents a novel wireless instrument based on the standing wave principle to enable remote, non-destructive length assessment. The system employs a master-slave architecture, where a handheld transmitter unit initiates measurements through robust 433 MHz wireless communication, optimized for signal penetration in obstructed spaces. The embedded measurement unit, integrated with anchor rods during installation, utilizes frequency-scanning technology to excite structural resonances. By analyzing standing wave… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Investigation of Attention Mechanism-Enhanced Method for the Detection of Pavement Cracks

    Tao Jin, Siqi Gu, Zhekun Shou, Hong Shi, Min Zhang
    Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.19, No.4, pp. 903-918, 2025, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2025.063887
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Non-contact Sensing in Infrastructure Health Monitoring)
    Abstract The traditional You Only Look Once (YOLO) series network models often fail to extract satisfactory features for road detection, due to the limited number of defect images in the dataset. Additionally, most open-source road crack datasets contain idealized cracks that are not suitable for detecting early-stage pavement cracks with fine widths and subtle features. To address these issues, this study collected a large number of original road surface images using road detection vehicles. A large-capacity crack dataset was then constructed, with various shapes of cracks categorized as either cracks or fractures. To improve the training… More >

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