Guest Editors
Dr. Zhonghe Huang
Email: zhonghe.huang@ucalgary.ca
Affiliation: Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, T2N 4N2, Canada
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Research Interests: damper research, health monitoring, rotor dynamics, bearing fault diagnosis, multi-objective optimization, wind turbine, dynamic modeling

Dr. Jianxiong Dong
Email: jxdong@csust.edu.cn
Affiliation: Collge of Mechanical and Transportation Engineering, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha 410083, China
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Research Interests: health monitoring, gear design, mechanical dynamics, load sharing analysis, gear vibration

Dr. Chuliang Liu
Email: liuchuliang@hnust.edu.cn
Affiliation: College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, 410023, China
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Research Interests: health monitoring, fault diagnosis and condition monitoring

Summary
This Special Issue highlights recent advances in structural dampers, vibration control, and structural health monitoring, with a particular emphasis on their implications for structural durability, seismic resilience, and integrity assessment.
Key topics include, but are not limited to:
• Condition monitoring, health assessment, and real-time fault detection
• Vibration control strategies for enhancing structural longevity
• Structural damper concepts and applications (viscous, friction, viscoelastic, tuned mass, and smart dampers)
• Fault diagnosis and health monitoring in rotating machinery, particularly for bearings and gears
• Integration of advanced modeling, simulation, and experimental validation for structural health monitoring
The Special Issue welcomes both fundamental research and applied engineering studies, particularly those that bridge advanced simulation with real-world implementation in structural systems.
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Keywords
rotor dynamics, nonlinear dynamics, gear dynamics, bearing dynamics