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An Analysis of Drone-based Structural Health Monitoring and new Technologies

Vidya B. Dhawle

Abstract


The growing urgency for sustainable and intelligent infrastructure has fuelled the evolution of real-time Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) systems. Unmanned    Aerial    Vehicles               (UAVs)                offer      a transformative "fly-by" SHM approach, capturing high resolution data from difficult to access structures. This study presents a concise review that integrates scientometric and systematic literature analyses to examine trends, technologies, and research gaps in UAV-enabled SHM. It identifies four core research themes: (1) vision based UAV monitoring; (2) sensor and AI integration; (3) comprehensive SHM frame-works; and (4) autonomous UAV inspection systems. Key challenges and directions for future research are also discussed. 


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