The study of damage evolution, location and characterisation is an important aspect of the growing area of SHM, and is a major theme of the conference. The link between SHM and machine condition-monitoring is emphasised by the substantial contribution, to the proceedings, which concerns the application of damage assessment techniques to rotating machines. In order to analyse efficiently the data - rich information, provided by monitoring and NDE techniques, it is necessary to use advanced signal processing procedures. A significant proportion of the conference is therefore dedicated to signal processing and computational methods. The book covers all activities which are relevant to the damage assessment of engineering structures and systems: including signal processing of sensor measurements and analytical techniques, as well as experimental case studies. Among the topics covered are: Damage assessment; Advanced methods of NDT; Recent advances in signal processing and algorithms; Structural integrity; Damage mechanisms; Fatigue damage; Damage location and quantification; Sensors and measurement strategies; Intelligent materials; Knowledge - based systems; Condition monitoring; Biomedical damage detection and analysis; and Case studies.

Table of Contents:
Vibration-Based Structural Health Monitoring – Concepts and Applications Applications of Spectral Kurtosis in Machine Diagnostics and Prognostics Crack Detection Using Acoustic Emission Methods – Fundamentals and Applications Ultrasonic/Guided Waves for Structural Health Monitoring Identification of Crack Damage with Wavelet Finite Element A Biological Immunity-Inspired Novelty Detection Algorithm for Rotor System Monitoring Gearbox Fault Detection Using Hilbert and TT-Transform Frequency-Demodulated Analysis Based on Cyclostationarity for Local Fault Detection in Gears Gearbox Fault Diagnosis Using Adaptive Redundant Second Generation Wavelet Comparison of Two Software Tools for Damage Identification: Gradient-Based vs. Case-Based Approach Identification of Impact Force for Base on Higher Order Wigner Distribution Damage Identification of a Mechanical Structure with a Non-Minimum Phase Based on Singular Value Decomposition Wavelet Transform Domain Filter and Its Application in Incipient Fault Prognosis Classification Using Radial Basis Function Networks with Uncertain Weights Comparison of Different Methods of Ritz Vectors Extraction Considerations for Practical Neural Network Application to a Damage Detection Problem Impact Load Identification Based on Local Measurements Extracting Gear Fault Features Using Maximal Bispectrum Data Mining for Fault Diagnosis and Machine Learning for Rotating Machinery Vibration Based Modal Parameters Identification and Wear Fault Diagnosis Using Laplace Wavelet Detection of Fatigue Crack Growth in Aircraft Landing Gear, 4 Point Bend Test Specimens Detection of Cracks Using Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors Theoretical Models and Experimental Techniques in Nondestructive Evaluation of Concrete Modal Analysis of Acoustic Emission Signals from Artificial and Fatigue Crack Sources in Aerospace Grade Steel Fatigue Damage Evaluation of Organic Coatings Subjected to Mechanical Stress A Description of Damage Based on Nanoscale Modelling of Fracture On Fracture of Restored Teeth Strip Yield Model for a Crack in a Plate of Arbitrary Thickness Simplified Methods for Prediction of Elastic-Plastic Behaviour of Complex Structures with Repeated Structural Units Computation Tool for Rotor's Life Consumption in Steam Turbines According to Industrial Specifications Damage Analysis of Internal Surface Flaws Using Thermoelastic Stress Analysis Novel Vibration-Based Methods for Detecting Delamination Damage in Composite Plate and Shell Laminates Finite Element Model Updating for Damage Localisation and Quantification Using Experimental Modal Data Benchmark of Damage Localisation Algorithms Using Mode Shape Data Damage Location in Beam and Plate Structures by Wavelet Analysis of Experimentally Determined Mode Shapes An Investigation on Vibration-Based Damage Detection in an Aircraft Wing Scaled Model Example of Application of Experimental Modal Model for Damage Detection for a Rotating Shaft Dynamics of Large Power Rotating Machine with Cracked Shaft Application of Degree of Cyclostationarity in Rolling Element Bearing Diagnosis Hybrid Model Based Identification of Local Rubbing Fault in Rotor Systems Internet/Intranet Based Remote Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis Scheme and System for Steam Turboset Intelligent Fault Diagnosis in Power Plant Using Empirical Mode Decomposition, Fuzzy Feature Extraction and Support Vector Machines Magnetic Bearings for Non-Destructive Health Monitoring of Rotating Machinery Supported in Conventional Bearings Assessment of Materials and Operational Imperfections in Rotating Machinery Modeling and Analyzing of Vibration in Working Crankshaft with Cracks Stability Analysis of a Flexible Bladed-Rotor Genetic Algorithms Based Rubbing Location Identification in a Rotor System Bush Skewness Defect in Journal Bearing as an Example of Knowledge Base Development Acceptable Dislocation of Bearings of the Turbine Set Considering Permissible Vibration and Load of the Bearings Effect of Shaft Unbalance on the Operation of Worm Gear Rolling Bearings Vibration Behaviour of a Disc Assembly with a Cracked Lacing Wire Model Based SHM - Rotating Machinery Application Time-Frequency Feature Extraction without Cross-Terms Based on Acoustic Signal in Rotor Malfunctions Diagnosis of Local Fault and Identification of Transient Fault Force in Rotating Machinery Multi-Fault Classifier Based on Support Vector Machine and Its Application Detecting Damage in a Beam by Static Tests Strain-Based Damage Tolerance of Cylindrical Shells Subjected to Transient Loading and Its Application An Experimental Rig for Damage Detection of Rolling Bearings Identification of Discontinuities in Composite Rods and Beams Based on Lamb Wave Propagation Application of Statistical Energy Analysis for Damage Detection in Spacecraft Structures Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Wave Propagation in Composite Beam with an Additional Mass A Combined Finite and Spectral Element Approach to Wave Scattering in a Cracked Beam: Modelling and Validation Tracking of Cracks in Airplane Components Using Nonlinear Surface Wave Propagation Techniques Wave Propagation Based Multi-Crack Identification in Beam Structures through Anti-Resonances Information Damage Detection in Circular Cylindrical Shells by Frequency Sensitivities and Mode Shapes Health Monitoring: New Techniques Based on Vibrations Measurements and Identification Algorithms on an Aeronautical Composite Panel Identification of Damage in Composite Structures Using Thermoelastic Stress Analysis Predicting Failure in Multi-Bolt Composite Joints Using Finite Element Analysis and Bearing-Bypass Diagrams Simulation of Damage Scenarios in an FRP Composite Suspension Footbridge Non-Linear Vibration of a Delaminated Composite Beam A Uniplanar Capacitive Approach for Subsurface Damage Detection of Nonmetallic Materials Wireless Structural Health Monitoring Using MEMS Multidisciplinary Software Developments in a Power Transformers Scenario Simplified Modeling for Impedance-Based Health Monitoring The Kinematics and Dynamics of a Dextrous Parallel Manipulator for Structural Inspection Applications Prediction of Machines Health with Application of an Intelligent Approach – a Mining Machinery Case Study Health Monitoring of Electric Circuits Damage Detection on Typical Aeronautical Structures An Analysis about Response of Small Structure Suffered Underwater Explosion Ultrasonic Damage Measurement in Reinforced Concrete Beams Instantaneous Identification of Polynomial Nonlinearity Based on Volterra Series Representation Impact Force Spectrum for Damage Assessment of Earthquake-Induced Structural Pounding Local and Global Damages of Quasi-Brittle Material in Uniaxial Compression Based on Gradient-Dependent Plasticity Vibration-Based Seismic Damage Identification in Buildings Modal Analysis of a Reinforced Concrete Frame in Various States of Damage Vibration-Based Condition Monitoring of Smart Prefabricated Concrete Elements Detecting Damage of Rolling Bearings Using EMD Prediction of the Influence of Vibration on Structural Integrity of Elevator Suspension Ropes An Investigation into Scalpel Blade Sharpness Using Cutting Experiments and Finite Element Analysis A Correlative Method of Machine Condition Monitoring Based on the Choi-Williams Distribution Detection of Stray Current Field Interference on Metal Constructions Using STFT