Understanding and analysing the complex phenomena related to elastic wave propagation has been the subject of intense research for many years and has enabled ap

Ultrasonic guided waves in solid media have become a critically important subject in nondestructive testing and structural health monitoring, as new faster, mor

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This open access book presents established methods of structural health monitoring (SHM) and discusses their technological merit in the current aerospace enviro