ABSTRACT
In the growing world of infrastructure, Structure Health Monitoring has become an essential subject in Civil Engineering, and is receiving a meticulous review in industry. Structure Health Monitoring is a technique to identify the damage caused to the structure over the due course of time. The damage is referred as the change/modification of material properties, change in boundary conditions or system integrity which predominately defines the system performance. By monitoring and correlating these factors we can predict the expected life and reliability of the structure. Over the past decade significant amount of research has been conducted in this subject due to its associated potential for human life safety and regular monitoring of structures. The chief objective of this paper is to explore and discuss the techniques and measures which are used in order to ascertain and fortify the health of structures and what are their advantages and limitations. A brief overview of wireless technologies being implemented in this field and its advantages over the conventional methods has also been incorporated in the review paper. The paper is thus an amalgamation of different courses of action and exploratory procedures available in the domain of technology on this subject.
