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Survey and introduction to the focused section on mechatronics for sustainable and resilient civil infrastructure

  • Yunhua Li
  • , Yang Wang
  • , J. Geoffrey Chase
  • , Jouni Mattila
  • , Hyun Myung
  • , Oliver Sawodny
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
  • University of Canterbury
  • Tampere University
  • Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
  • University of Stuttgart

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Abstract

The application of mechatronics in civil engineering has increased the sustainability and resilience of large-scale civil infrastructure, whose safe operation is among the utmost important issues concerning human society and our daily lives. Meanwhile, challenges faced in large-scale infrastructure applications bring about interesting and new topics for research in mechatronics. This paper firstly reports a brief survey of the recent research progresses on the construction automation in civil engineering, intelligent sensing, structural monitoring and health management, and feedback control of structural vibration. Next, a brief highlight to eight papers in this "Focused Section on Mechatronics for Sustainable and Resilient Civil Infrastructure" is provided. Finally, some latest topics, challenges, and the future trends of mechatronics application in civil infrastructure are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number6631499
Pages (from-to)1637-1646
Number of pages10
JournalIEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
Volume18
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2013

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Actuator
  • Civil infrastructure
  • Construction equipment
  • Control
  • Field robot
  • Sensing
  • Vibration

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