New Frontiers in Structural Health Monitoring

原位结构健康监测（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、耐用性和成本效益维护方面取得巨大进步。拟议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，因为开发下一代智能技术的高投资成本使得协作方法成为绝对必要的。它的意义包括在实现这场革命的关键技术上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；（iii）智能系统，并将这些成果及时传播给澳大利亚工业界。

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.