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Acoustic emission (AE) techniques have successfully been used for assuring the structural integrity of large rocket motorcases since 1963, and their uses have expanded to ever larger structures, especially as structural health monitoring (SHM) of large structures has become the most urgent task for engineering communities around the world. The needs for advanced AE monitoring methods are felt keenly by those dealing with aging infrastructures. Many publications have appeared covering various aspects of AE techniques, but documentation of actual applications of AE techniques has been mostly limited to reports of successful results without technical details that allow objective evaluation of the results. There are some exceptions in the literature. In this Special Issue of the Acoustics section of Applied Sciences, we seek contributions covering these exceptions cited here. Here, we seek contributions describing case histories of AE applications to large structures that have achieved the goals of SHM by providing adequate technical information supporting the success stories. Types of structures can include aerospace and geological structures, bridges, buildings, factories, maritime facilities, off-shore structures, etc. Experiences with AE monitoring methods designed and proven for large stru

History of engineering & technology --- acoustic emission --- thermal cracking --- asphalt pavements --- embrittlement temperatures --- recycled asphalt pavements --- recycled asphalt shingles --- cooling cycles --- closed-form solution --- outlier --- time difference of arrival --- weight estimation --- structural diagnosis --- attenuation --- source location --- sensing --- signal processing --- structural health monitoring --- time series analysis --- b-value --- natural time --- critical phenomena --- reliability --- structural integrity --- crack growth --- fatigue life prediction --- uncertainty analysis --- nondestructive testing --- non-destructive testing --- hydrotreater --- bridge --- high temperature --- gas adsorber --- rotary kiln --- dragline --- acoustic emission (AE) --- non-destructive methods (NDT) --- diagnostic methods --- bridges --- structural health monitoring (SHM) --- acoustic emission swarm --- 2011 Tohoku earthquake --- repeating earthquake --- multiplet --- crustal movement --- optimized EEMD --- 2D-MUSIC --- composite structure --- impact localization --- part qualification --- structural design --- composites --- nondestructive evaluation (NDE) --- in situ acoustic emission (AE) monitoring --- mines --- host rock --- remote monitoring --- corrosion --- nuclear facilities --- alkali-silica reaction --- pattern recognition --- confinement --- damage evaluation --- beam --- vibration --- high-rate dynamics --- n/a

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In the past, when elements in sructures were composed of perishable materials, such as wood, the maintenance of houses, bridges, etc., was considered of vital importance for their safe use and to preserve their efficiency. With the advent of materials such as reinforced concrete and steel, given their relatively long useful life, periodic and constant maintenance has often been considered a secondary concern. When it was realized that even for structures fabricated with these materials that the useful life has an end and that it was being approached, planning maintenance became an important and non-negligible aspect. Thus, the concept of structural health monitoring (SHM) was introduced, designed, and implemented as a multidisciplinary method. Computational mechanics, static and dynamic analysis of structures, electronics, sensors, and, recently, the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) are required, but it is also important to consider new materials, especially those with intrinsic self-diagnosis characteristics, and to use measurement and survey methods typical of modern geomatics, such as satellite surveys and highly sophisticated laser tools.

Medicine --- structural health monitoring --- jointless bridge --- high-speed railway --- bearing --- expansion device --- displacement analysis --- structural reliability estimation --- modal identification --- finite element model updating --- cyber-physical systems --- crowdsourcing --- temperature effects --- time-lag effect --- Fourier series expansion --- box-girder bridges --- structural engineering --- overall deformation monitoring --- perspective transformation --- edge detection --- close-range photogrammetry --- railway embankment --- condition assessment --- ground penetrating radar --- multi-attribute utility theory --- laser scanner --- line scanner --- structure monitoring --- deformation --- dynamic measurements --- scan-to-BIM --- point cloud --- HBIM --- FEM --- Rhinoceros --- terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) --- ground-based real aperture radar (GB-RAR) --- vibration frequency --- spectral analysis --- displacement --- structural health monitoring (SHM) --- vibration-based damage detection --- system identification --- subspace system identification (SSI) --- tie rod --- natural frequencies --- mode shapes --- root-mean-square error (RMSE) --- environmental monitoring --- long-range mapping --- MMS --- sub-millimetric EDM geodetic techniques --- damage detection --- damage localization --- hybrid approach --- neural network --- timber bridges --- stress-laminated timber decks --- monitoring --- humidity-temperature sensors --- wood moisture content --- multi-phase models --- finite element method --- moving load identification --- strain influence line --- load transverse distribution --- strain integral coefficient --- identification error --- n/a

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Optics and photonics are among the key technologies of the 21st century, and offer potential for novel applications in areas such as sensing and spectroscopy, analytics, monitoring, biomedical imaging/diagnostics, and optical communication technology. The high degree of control over light fields, together with the capabilities of modern processing and integration technology, enables new optical measurement systems with enhanced functionality and sensitivity. They are attractive for a range of applications that were previously inaccessible. This Special Issue aims to provide an overview of some of the most advanced application areas in optics and photonics and indicate the broad potential for the future.

Technology: general issues --- optical --- electric-field --- sensor --- measurement --- transient voltage --- AC power grid --- Pockels effect --- dermatoscopy --- skin screening --- biomedical imaging --- fiber optic sensor --- Sagnac loop --- intensity-modulated --- DWDM --- strain sensor --- structural health monitoring (SHM) --- functionalized carbon structure (FCS) --- carbon reinforced concrete (CRC) --- fiber optic sensor (FOS) --- optical glass fiber --- wavefront sensor --- spatial light modulator --- contour-sum method --- topological charge --- orbital angular momentum --- optical coherence tomography --- Monte Carlo simulation --- structural imaging --- functional sensing --- optical scatterometry --- inverse problem --- profile reconstruction --- dependence analysis --- data refinement --- electro-optic dual-comb interferometry --- laser Doppler velocimetry --- Traceability --- sub-nanosecond laser --- high peak power --- Nd:YVO4 --- stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) --- thermal fracture --- wireless NoC (WiNoC) --- graphene based WiNoCs (GWiNoCs) --- wireless nanosensor networks (WNSNs) --- surface plasmon polariton (SPP) --- GFET --- multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) --- graphennas --- THz transceiver --- Mode Division Multiplexing (MDM) --- Few-Mode Fiber (FMF) --- principle mode groups (PMG) --- Bragg grating (BG) --- multi-mode fiber bragg grating --- multi-parameter sensing --- DAS --- fiber optic sensing --- train tracking --- pattern recognition --- hybrid lens --- optical wireless communications --- Li-Fi --- freeform lens --- optic design --- rotary interfaces --- rotary joint --- wireless rotary electrical interface --- rotating electrical connectors --- full-duplex data transfer --- Gigabit-Ethernet --- industrial communications --- real-time --- pathogen detection --- microfluidics --- image processing --- computational algorithms --- integrated optics and photonics --- integrated polymer optics --- organic laser --- integration --- polymeric waveguide --- Lab-on-a-Chip --- fiber optical sensing --- biosensing --- optofluidics --- integrated optics and photoncis --- optical analytics --- medical imaging and diagnostics --- optical communication technology --- distributed sensing

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The thirty-plus years of progress in the field of structural health monitoring (SHM) have left a paramount impact on our everyday lives. Be it for the monitoring of fixed- and rotary-wing aircrafts, for the preservation of the cultural and architectural heritage, or for the predictive maintenance of long-span bridges or wind farms, SHM has shaped the framework of many engineering fields. Given the current state of quantitative and principled methodologies, it is nowadays possible to rapidly and consistently evaluate the structural safety of industrial machines, modern concrete buildings, historical masonry complexes, etc., to test their capability and to serve their intended purpose. However, old unsolved problematics as well as new challenges exist. Furthermore, unprecedented conditions, such as stricter safety requirements and ageing civil infrastructure, pose new challenges for confrontation. Therefore, this Special Issue gathers the main contributions of academics and practitioners in civil, aerospace, and mechanical engineering to provide a common ground for structural health monitoring in dealing with old and new aspects of this ever-growing research field.

Technology: general issues --- dynamic characteristic --- GB-RAR --- super high-rise building --- displacement --- wheel flat --- real-time monitoring --- strain distribution characteristics --- multisensor array --- precise positioning --- noncontact remote sensing (NRS) --- optical flow algorithm --- structural health monitoring (SHM) --- uniaxial automatic cruise acquisition device --- noise robustness --- sensitivity analysis --- cross-modal strain energy --- damage detection --- subspace system identification --- data-driven stochastic subspace identification (SSI-DATA) --- covariance-driven stochastic subspace identification (SSI-COV) --- combined subspace system identification --- PRISMA --- vibration-based damage detection --- crack damage detection --- piezoelectric impedance --- piezoelectric admittance --- peak frequency --- Bayesian inference --- uncertainty quantification --- masonry structures --- seismic structural health monitoring --- Bouc–Wen model --- model calibration --- hysteretic system identification --- BOTDR --- CFRP sheet --- un-bonded position --- cover delamination --- interfacial de-bonding --- monitoring system --- pipeline --- health and structural integrity --- Particle Impact Damper --- adaptive-passive damping --- damping of vibrations --- experiments --- submerged floating tunnel --- deep neural network --- machine learning --- sensor optimization --- failure monitoring accuracy --- mooring line --- sigmoid function --- Adamax --- categorical cross-entropy --- bending test --- bridge --- “compression–softening” theory --- frequency --- inverse problem --- nondestructive testing (NDT) method --- prestressed concrete (PC) girder --- prestress force determination --- prestress loss --- vertical deflection measurement --- rail --- guided wave ultrasound --- broken rail detection --- rail diagnostics --- structural health monitoring --- non destructive testing --- shape sensing --- inverse Finite Element Method --- fiber optics --- full-field reconstruction --- Structural Health Monitoring --- extreme function theory --- non-destructive testing --- extreme value theory --- generalised extreme distribution --- n/a --- Bouc-Wen model --- "compression-softening" theory

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Optics and photonics are among the key technologies of the 21st century, and offer potential for novel applications in areas such as sensing and spectroscopy, analytics, monitoring, biomedical imaging/diagnostics, and optical communication technology. The high degree of control over light fields, together with the capabilities of modern processing and integration technology, enables new optical measurement systems with enhanced functionality and sensitivity. They are attractive for a range of applications that were previously inaccessible. This Special Issue aims to provide an overview of some of the most advanced application areas in optics and photonics and indicate the broad potential for the future.

Technology: general issues --- optical --- electric-field --- sensor --- measurement --- transient voltage --- AC power grid --- Pockels effect --- dermatoscopy --- skin screening --- biomedical imaging --- fiber optic sensor --- Sagnac loop --- intensity-modulated --- DWDM --- strain sensor --- structural health monitoring (SHM) --- functionalized carbon structure (FCS) --- carbon reinforced concrete (CRC) --- fiber optic sensor (FOS) --- optical glass fiber --- wavefront sensor --- spatial light modulator --- contour-sum method --- topological charge --- orbital angular momentum --- optical coherence tomography --- Monte Carlo simulation --- structural imaging --- functional sensing --- optical scatterometry --- inverse problem --- profile reconstruction --- dependence analysis --- data refinement --- electro-optic dual-comb interferometry --- laser Doppler velocimetry --- Traceability --- sub-nanosecond laser --- high peak power --- Nd:YVO4 --- stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) --- thermal fracture --- wireless NoC (WiNoC) --- graphene based WiNoCs (GWiNoCs) --- wireless nanosensor networks (WNSNs) --- surface plasmon polariton (SPP) --- GFET --- multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) --- graphennas --- THz transceiver --- Mode Division Multiplexing (MDM) --- Few-Mode Fiber (FMF) --- principle mode groups (PMG) --- Bragg grating (BG) --- multi-mode fiber bragg grating --- multi-parameter sensing --- DAS --- fiber optic sensing --- train tracking --- pattern recognition --- hybrid lens --- optical wireless communications --- Li-Fi --- freeform lens --- optic design --- rotary interfaces --- rotary joint --- wireless rotary electrical interface --- rotating electrical connectors --- full-duplex data transfer --- Gigabit-Ethernet --- industrial communications --- real-time --- pathogen detection --- microfluidics --- image processing --- computational algorithms --- integrated optics and photonics --- integrated polymer optics --- organic laser --- integration --- polymeric waveguide --- Lab-on-a-Chip --- fiber optical sensing --- biosensing --- optofluidics --- integrated optics and photoncis --- optical analytics --- medical imaging and diagnostics --- optical communication technology --- distributed sensing