International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring; Stanford, California; September 1-3, 2015

结构健康监测（SHM）是一项新兴技术，它可以随时随地提供结构“健康”状态的实时信息，以最大限度地提高结构的性能，延长结构的使用寿命。这项技术大大提高了操作人员对在实际操作条件下可能遇到各种恶劣环境的结构完整性的实时“意识”，因此，可能导致开发先进的缓解技术，以避免结构灾难。状态意识是国家航天、民用、机械和电力基础设施平台安全、可靠和保障的关键要素。结构健康监测不仅可以让用户远程、即时地了解资产状况，特别是在地震等意外事件发生后，还可以让用户更有效、更经济地维护资产。开发SHM能力的基本组成部分是数据收集和解释。结构健康监测技术使用内置传感器来收集数据，并创建诊断方法来解释数据与结构变化之间的关系。网络传感器技术和“大数据”科学的最新进展为进一步推进用于检测和监测结构健康的诊断和预测的科学和技术提供了重要机会。2015年第十届结构健康监测国际研讨会将确定研究需求，并在行业、政府和学术界的专家之间寻求共识，以制定跨越各种行业平台的SHM路线图。SHM技术的一般影响在维持卫生功能和维持国家运输系统、国防、民用基础设施和其他工业部门的结构完整性方面是必不可少的。该讲习班将评估卫生管理领域的最新情况；确定并讨论关键问题和新出现的问题；促进各学科之间的研究人员、学生、工程师和从业人员的交流和相互借鉴；并建立一个由来自政府、学术界和工业界的思想领袖组成的小组，以制定一份文件，指导SHM近期和长期的研发方向。

Structural health monitoring (SHM) is an emerging technology that may provide real-time information about the "health" state of the structures anywhere and anytime in order to maximize their performance and prolong the lifespan during the operation. This technology increases significantly the "awareness" of the operators in real time on the integrity of the structures that may encounter various harsh environments in actual operation conditions, and hence, could lead to the development of advanced mitigation techniques to avoid structural catastrophes. The state awareness is the key element for safety, reliability and security of national aerospace, civil, mechanical and power infrastructure platforms. Structural health monitoring would not only allow users to access the condition of their assets remotely and instantly, particularly after unexpected events such as earthquakes, but also make the users to maintain their assets more efficiently and economically. The fundamental building blocks in the development of SHM capability are data collection and interpretation. Structural health monitoring techniques use built-in sensors to collect data and create diagnostic methods to interpret the relationship between the data and the change in the structure. Recent advances in networked sensor technology and "big data" science provides significant opportunities to further advance the science and technology in diagnostics and prognostics for detection and monitoring of the health of structures. The 10th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring 2015 will identify research needs and seek a consensus among experts from industry, government, and academia to develop an SHM roadmap spanning across various industry platforms. The general impact of SHM technologies is essential in sustaining the health functions and in maintaining the structural integrity of national transportation systems, defense, civil infrastructures, and other industrial sectors. The workshop will assess the state-of-the-art in the field of SHM; identify and discuss key and emerging issues that are critical; promote exchanges and cross-fertilization from researchers, students, engineers and practitioners among many disciplines; and establish a panel consisting of thought leaders from government, academe, and industry to develop a document for guiding the directions of R&D in SHM for both the near and long term.