Dr. Giurgiutiu is an expert in the field of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM). He leads the Laboratory for Active Materials and Smart Structures at the University of South Carolina. He is a regular contributor of papers to leading conferences in the area, received the award Structural Health Monitoring Person of the Year 2003 and is Associate Editor of the international journal, Structural Health Monitoring.

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• 1. Introduction2. Electroactive and Magnetoactive Materials3. Vibration Fundamentals4. Vibration of Plates5. Elastic Waves6. Guided Waves7. Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors -- PWAS Transducers8. Coupling of PWAS Transducers to the Monitored Structure9. PWAS Resonators10. Wave Tuning with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors11. High-Frequency Vibration SHM with PWAS Modal Sensors -- the Electromechanical Impedance Method12. Wave Propagation SHM with PWAS Transducers13. In-Situ Phased Arrays with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors14. Signal Processing and Pattern Recognition for Structural Health Monitoring with PWAS Transducers15. Case Studies of Multi-method SHM with PWAS Transducers: Damage ID in Experimental SignalsAppendix A: Mathematical PrerequisitesAppendix B: Elasticity Notations and EquationsReferences

Dr. Giurgiutiu is an expert in the field of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM). He leads the Laboratory for Active Materials and Smart Structures at the University of South Carolina. He is a regular contributor of papers to leading conferences in the area, received the award Structural Health Monitoring Person of the Year 2003 and is Associate Editor of the international journal, Structural Health Monitoring.

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• 1. Introduction2. Electroactive and Magnetoactive Materials3. Vibration Fundamentals4. Vibration of Plates5. Elastic Waves6. Guided Waves7. Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors -- PWAS Transducers8. Coupling of PWAS Transducers to the Monitored Structure9. PWAS Resonators10. Wave Tuning with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors11. High-Frequency Vibration SHM with PWAS Modal Sensors -- the Electromechanical Impedance Method12. Wave Propagation SHM with PWAS Transducers13. In-Situ Phased Arrays with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors14. Signal Processing and Pattern Recognition for Structural Health Monitoring with PWAS Transducers15. Case Studies of Multi-method SHM with PWAS Transducers: Damage ID in Experimental SignalsAppendix A: Mathematical PrerequisitesAppendix B: Elasticity Notations and EquationsReferences

Dr. Giurgiutiu is an expert in the field of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM). He leads the Laboratory for Active Materials and Smart Structures at the University of South Carolina. He is a regular contributor of papers to leading conferences in the area, received the award Structural Health Monitoring Person of the Year 2003 and is Associate Editor of the international journal, Structural Health Monitoring.

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• 1. Introduction2. Electroactive and Magnetoactive Materials3. Vibration Fundamentals4. Vibration of Plates5. Elastic Waves6. Guided Waves7. Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors -- PWAS Transducers8. Coupling of PWAS Transducers to the Monitored Structure9. PWAS Resonators10. Wave Tuning with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors11. High-Frequency Vibration SHM with PWAS Modal Sensors -- the Electromechanical Impedance Method12. Wave Propagation SHM with PWAS Transducers13. In-Situ Phased Arrays with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors14. Signal Processing and Pattern Recognition for Structural Health Monitoring with PWAS Transducers15. Case Studies of Multi-method SHM with PWAS Transducers: Damage ID in Experimental SignalsAppendix A: Mathematical PrerequisitesAppendix B: Elasticity Notations and EquationsReferences