Presents the state of the art in the modelling, analysis and experimental investigation of elastic wave propagation using a technique of rapidly increasing interest and development Addressing an important issue in the field of guided-wave-based damage identification and structural health monitoring, Guided Waves in Structures for SHM presents the modelling, analysis and experimental investigation of elastic wave propagation in engineering structures made of isotropic or composite materials. The authors begin by summarising present-day knowledge on elastic wave propagation in solids, focusing on challenges associated with developing efficient numerical methods and verifying them experimentally. They then progress to describe modelling and analysis using the Spectral Finite Element Method-based approach, presenting the results of numerical tests of elastic wave propagation in structural elements of diverse types ranging from rods through beams, disks, plates and coatings to 3D structures. The section devoted to experimental research describes applications of laser technology for measuring elastic wave propagation in real-life structural elements. Addresses both numerical analysis and experimental research in a single volume. Presents state-of-the-art numerical models based on the Spectral Finite Element Method and experimental research employing laser technologies Coverage includes an introduction to theory of elastic wave propagation in solids, signal processing techniques the spectral element approach, elastic waves in 1D and 2D structures, EWavePro simulation environment, dispersion relations and damage localisation methods Accompanied by a website housing the demo version of the authors' own software dedicated to solve the problems indicated in the book. Original and valuable in its presentation of both numerical analysis and experimental research in a single volume and accompanied by a website housing the demo version of the authors' own software dedicated to solve the problems indicated in the book, Guided Waves in Structures for SHM provides a state of the art resource for researchers, students and practitioners within SHM and NDT.

Wieslaw Ostachowicz, Pawel Kudela, Marek Krawczuk, Zak Arkadiusz, Polish Academy of Sciences, PolandWieslaw Ostachowicz is Professor and Head of the Department of Mechanics of Intelligent Structures in the Institute of Fluid Flow Machinery at the Polish Academy of Sciences. His research areas include structural health monitoring, vibration control and damage control, structural dynamics, smart materials and structures, composite structures and fracture mechanics. He is on the editorial boards of Composites Part B: Engineering, Strain, Mechanical Engineering Science, Smart Materials and Structures and Structural Health Monitoring. All three co-authors are are members of Professor Ostachowicz's research team within Institute of Fluid Flow Machinery at the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Pawel Kudela is a Ph.D. senior researcher at the Institute of Fluid Flow Machinery at the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Marek Krawczuk is Professor at the Institute of Fluid Flow Machinery at the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Arkadiusz Zak is an associate professor at the Institute of Fluid Machinery at the Polish Academy of Sciences.