{"product_id":"9780062473158","title":"Let Me List the Ways","description":"\u003cp\u003eSensors are used for civil infrastructure performance assessment and health monitoring, and have evolved significantly through developments in materials and methodologies. \u003ci\u003eSensor technologies for civil infrastructure Volume I\u003c\/i\u003e provides an overview of sensor hardware and its use in data collection. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first chapters provide an introduction to sensing for structural performance assessment and health monitoring and an overview of commonly used sensors and their data acquisition systems. Further chapters address different types of sensor including piezoelectric transducers, fiber optic sensors, acoustic emission sensors and electromagnetic sensors and the use of these sensors for assessing and monitoring civil infrastructures. Developments in technologies to do with civil infrastructure performance assessment are also discussed, including radar technology, micro-electro-mechanical systems and nanotechnology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSensor technologies for civil infrastructure will provide a standard reference for structural and civil engineers, electronics engineers and academics with an interest in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eM.L. Wang is COE Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northeastern University, Boston; \u003cb\u003eJ.P. Lynch\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan, USA. \u003cb\u003eH. Sohn \u003c\/b\u003eis Chaired Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47011332686064,"sku":"9780062473158","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062473158_p0.jpg?v=1763632006","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062473158","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}