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Data-Driven Structural Health Monitoring and Damage Detection through Deep Learning: State-of-the-Art Review

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Azimi, Mohsen, Eslamlou, Armin, Pekcan, Gokhan·2020·Sensors

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Data-driven methods in structural health monitoring (SHM) is gaining popularity due to recent technological advancements in sensors, as well as high-speed internet and cloud-based computation. Since the introduction of deep learning (DL) in civil engineering, particularly in SHM, this emerging and promising tool has attracted significant attention among researchers. The main goal of this paper is to review the latest publications in SHM using emerging DL-based methods and provide readers with an overall understanding of various SHM applications. After a brief introduction, an overview of various DL methods (e.g., deep neural networks, transfer learning, etc.) is presented. The procedure and application of vibration-based, vision-based monitoring, along with some of the recent technologies used for SHM, such as sensors, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), etc. are discussed. The review concludes with prospects and potential limitations of DL-based methods in SHM applications.

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Authors
Azimi, M., Eslamlou, A., & Pekcan, G.
Affiliations
  • University of Nevada, Reno (US)
  • Iran University of Science and Technology (IR)
  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
Corresponding author
Azimi, Mohsen
Venue
Sensors
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2020-05-13
Volume
20
Issue
10
Pages
2778
ISSN
1424-8220 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3024912007
Cited by
769
References
232
Citations by year
2026: 151 · 2025: 181 · 2024: 133 · 2023: 138 · 2022: 96 · 2021: 56 · 2020: 14
FWCI
44.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Sensors (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
National Science Foundation (1646420)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Civil and Structural Engineering › Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Civil and Structural Engineering › Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Civil and Structural Engineering › Structural Engineering and Materials Analysis
Keywords
structural health monitoring, damage detection, deep learning, vibration-based condition monitoring, vision-based monitoring, transfer learning, deep neural network, unmanned aerial vehicles, structural sensors, civil infrastructure

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