Structural Health Monitoring in mainland China: Review and Future Trends

Structural health monitoring (SHM) technology has been successfully applied to understand the loads, environment actions, and behaviors of a structure subjected to various actions through solving a reverse problem. The sensing technology is a critical part of SHM. In this article, the development of advanced sensing technology and sensors in mainland China in the past decade, such as optic fiber sensing technology, wave propagation-based piezoelectric ceramic (PZT) sensing technology, smart cement-based sensing technology, and corrosion detection technology, have been critically reviewed. In addition, the article also summarizes the application of SHM technologies in earthquake engineering, wind engineering and life-cycle performance evaluation and corresponding progress achieved in mainland China. The challenges and future trends in the development of sensing technology and SHM are put forward in this paper.