ABSTRACT
This chapter introduces the configurations of a structural health monitoring system, a structural vibration control system and an integrated system for both structural health monitoring and vibration control. It presents the major components involved in the three systems. The common components for the three systems include sensory systems (SS), data acquisition and transmission systems (DATS), data management systems (DMS) and structural evaluation systems (SES). The chapter discusses wireless sensors and systems, such as integrated sensing, transmission and processing systems. The SS is composed of various types of sensors which are distributed over the structure to capture different signals of interest, such as various types of loadings and structural responses. The data acquisition units in the DATS should be compatible with the sensors. DMS and SES are one set only in the integrated system. Sensors generate analogue signals that represent the physical parameters of a civil structure and its loadings and surrounding environment.
