The scientific career of Vicente Lopes Jr at UNESP—Ilha Solteira—spanned three decades in which he worked on new applications of smart structures in structural health monitoring and active vibration control. Prof. Lopes ...

Written by a team of experts that has been working together for several years in the context of a research network involving international institutions, this book brings several applications related to smart material systems ...

This paper presents an experimental technique for structural health monitoring (SHM) based on Lamb waves approach in an aluminum plate using piezoelectric material as actuators and sensors. Lamb waves are a form of elastic ...

The goal of this paper is to present an approach to detect structural changes by using nonparametric models. The impulse response functions (IRFs) of mechanical systems in healthy conditions are identified through the sum ...

This paper aims to examine the determinants of smart-city commitment across individuals from Bahía Blanca, Argentina. Literature has identified different factors explaining citizens’ commitment to smart cities, such as ...

This paper aims to find the best frequency range for structural health monitoring considering external disturbance effect. The proposed damage-sensitive index can be used to detect and locate minor structural faults in ...