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11.7 Conclusion
In this chapter, a particular application of wireless sensor networks was investi-
gated: structural health monitoring (SHM). Based on the existing WSN-based
SHM systems, the main challenges associated with WSN-based SHM were iden-
tified and the corresponding techniques summarized. More depth investigation on
these challenges should be carried out in the future.
Acknowledgments
This research is supported financially by Hong Kong ITC under the project ITS/
392/09, by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University under the project 1-BB6C, and
by Hong Kong RGC under the GRF project 5102/08E.
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