Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is used to assess the condition of structures and detect changes in structural behaviour over time. It is widely applied in engineering fields where safety, reliability, and long-term performance are critical.
SHM is particularly valuable for structures that are difficult to inspect manually or operate under varying loads and environmental conditions.
Structural Health Monitoring is used across a wide range of industries.
Typical applications include:
SHM provides continuous or periodic insight into structural condition.
It is used to:
In many applications, SHM is based on vibration measurements.
Changes in modal parameters, such as natural frequencies, damping ratios, and mode shapes, can indicate changes in structural condition.
This approach is widely used for large structures where global monitoring is required.
SHM applications rely on software tools that can process measurement data and detect changes in structural behaviour. In vibration-based SHM, this includes tools such as ARTeMIS SHM, which enables continuous monitoring and automated detection of structural changes.
