New Frontiers in Structural Health Monitoring

现场结构健康监测（SHM）是当前智能结构技术革命的一部分，有望在高价值资产的性能，耐久性和成本效益维护方面实现量子收益。 拟议的网络的目的是通过整合SHM中目前不同的项目，为协作，多学科研究，研究培训和创新提供一个平台，因为下一代智能技术开发的高投资成本使得协作方法成为绝对必要。 其意义包括在促成这场革命的关键技术方面有效地产生世界级的研究成果，即（i）传感器技术;（ii）多功能材料;和（iii）智能系统，并及时向澳大利亚工业传播这些成果。

In-situ Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is part of a current revolution in smart-structures technologies promising quantum gains in performance, endurance and cost-efficient maintenance for high-value assets. The aim of the proposed network is to provide a platform for collaborative, multidisciplinary research, research training and innovation by integrating currently disparate programs in SHM, since the high investment costs for the development of next generation smart technologies make a collaborative approach an absolute necessity. Its significance includes the efficient generation of world-class research outcomes in the key technologies enabling this revolution, viz. (i) sensor technologies; (ii) multifunctional materials; and (iii) intelligent systems, and the timely dissemination of these outcomes to Australian industry.