Smart structure technologies for civil infrastructures in Korea: recent research and applications

Abstract

In this paper, recent research and application activities on smart structure technologies for civil infrastructures in Korea are briefly introduced. The development of structural health monitoring systems and effective retrofit/maintenance methodologies for infrastructures has become active in Korea since the mid-1990s, as the number of the deteriorated infrastructures, mostly built on the rapidly industrialised period of the 1970s, has increased very rapidly. Discussions are made on smart sensors and non-destructive technologies, monitoring and damage assessment methods for civil infrastructures, smart monitoring of geo-systems, structural control and centre-based research on smart structure technologies.