Publisher's Synopsis
This report provides an outline of the essential features of a Structural Health Monitoring Concept Demonstrator (CD) that will be constructed during the next eight months. It is emphasized that the design cannot be considered to be complete, and that design work will continue in parallel with construction and testing. A major advantage of the modular design is that small modules of the system can be developed, tested and modified before a commitment is made to full system development. The CD is expected to develop and evolve for a number of years after its initial construction. This first stage will, of necessity, be relatively simple and have limited capabilities. Later developments will improve all aspects of the functionality of the system, including sensing, processing, communications, intelligence and response. The report indicates the directions this later development will take. Abbott, David and Ables, Jon and Batten, Adam and Carpenter, David and Collings, Tony and Doyle, Briony and Dunlop, John and Edwards, Graeme and Farmer, Tony and Gaffney, Bruce and Hedley, Mark and Isaacs, Peter and Johnson, Mark and Joshi, Bhautik and Lewis, Chris and Poilton, Geoff and Price, Don and Prokopenko, Mikhail and Reda, Torsten and Rees, David and Scott, Andrew and Seneviratne, Sarath and Valencia, Philip and Wang, Peter and Whitnall, Denis Langley Research Center NASA/CR-2008-215307, Rept. TIPP 1628
