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    J77. Yu, L.; Momeni, S.; Godinez, V.; Giurgiutiu, V.; Ziehl, P.; Yu, J. (2012) “Dual Mode Sensing with Low-Profile Piezoelectric Thin Wafer Sensors for Steel Bridge Crack Detection and Diagnosis”, Advances in Civil Engineering, Vol. 2012, Article ID 402179, 2012, doi:10.1155/2012/402179,
    http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ace/2012/402179/

    J76. Lin, B.; Giurgiutiu, V. (2012) “Power and Energy Transduction Analysis of Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring”, Structural Health Monitoring – An International Journal, Vol. 11, No. 1, Jan 2012, pp. 109-121

    J75. Yu, L.; Giurgiutiu, V.; Wang, J.; Shin, Y-J (2012) “Corrosion Detection with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors using Pitch-Catch Waves and Cross Time-Frequency Analysis”, Structural Health Monitoring – An International Journal, Vol. 11, No. 1, Jan 2012, pp. 83-89

    J74. Giurgiutiu, V. (2011) “Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures Using Tuned Guided Waves”, J. Eng. Mater. Technol., Oct. 2011, Vol. 133, No. 4, pp. 041012.1-.6

    J73. Giurgiutiu, V.; Lin, B.; Santoni-Bottai, G.; Cuc, A. (2011) “Space Application of Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring", Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 22, No. 8, August 2011, pp. 1359-1370

    72. Giurgiutiu, V.; Santoni-Bottai, G. (2011) “Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors”, AIAA Journal, Vol. 49, No. 3, March 2011, pp. 565-581

    71. Giurgiutiu, V. (2010) “Structural Health Monitoring with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors – Predictive Modeling and Simulation”, INCAS Bulletin, Vol. 2, No. 3, 2010, pp. 31-44

    70. Yu, L.; Santoni-Bottai, G.; Giurgiutiu, V. (2010) “Shear Lag Solution for Tuning Ultrasonic Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors with Applications to Lamb Wave Array Imaging”, International Journal of Engineering Science, Vol.48, Issue 10, October 2010, pp. 848-861

    69. Giurgiutiu, V.; Xu, B., Liu, W., (2010) "Development and Testing of High-Temperature Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors for Extreme Environments", Structural Health Monitoring – An International Journal, March, 2010, , Vol. 9, No. 6, pp. 513-525

    68. Giurgiutiu, V. (2010) “Damage Assessment of Structures - an US Air Force Office of Scientific Research Structural Mechanics Perspective”, Smart Structures and Systems, Vol. 6, No. 2, March 2010, pp. 135-146

    67. Lin, B.; Giurgiutiu, V.; Pollock, P.; Xu, B.; Doane, J.; (2010) “Durability and Survivability of Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors on Metallic Structure”, AIAA Journal, Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 635-643  

    66. Giurgiutiu, V.;(2009) "Flight Structures Fundamental Research Trends and Directions", The Aeronautical Journal,   Vol. 11, No. 1144, pp.331-337

    65. Giurgiutiu, V.; Santoni, G. (2009) “Extension of the Shear-Lag Solution for Structurally Attached Ultrasonic Active Sensors”, AIAA Journal, Vol. 47, No. 8, pp. 1980-1983, August 2009 

    64. Yu, L.; Giurgiutiu, V. (2009) “Multi-Mode Damage Detection Methods with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors”, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol.20, No. 11, July 2009, pp.1329-1341 

    63. Yu, L.; Giurgiutiu, V. (2008) “In situ 2-D piezoelectric wafer active sensors arrays for guides wave damage detection”, Ultrasonics, Elsevier Press, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 117-134, April 2008 

    62. Yu, L.; Santoni-Bottai, G.; Xu, B.; Liu, W.; Giurgiutiu, V., (2008) “Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors for In Situ Ultrasonic-Guided Wave SHM”, Journal of Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, Vol.31, No. 8, pp.611-628, Aug. 2008 

    61. Jiang, J.C.; Meletis, E.I.; Yuan, Z.; Liu, J.; Chen, C. L.; Lin, B. Giurgiutiu, V.; Guo, R. Y.; Bhalla, A. S.; Liu, D.; White, K. W. (2008) "Orientation Preferred Structures in BaTiO3 Thin Films on Ni Substrates" Journal of Nano Research, Vol. 1 (2008) pp. 59-63 

    60. Yuan, Z.; Liu, J.; Weaver, J.; Chen, C. L.; Jiang, J. C.; Lin, B.; Giurgiutiu, V.; Bhalla, A., Guo, R. Y. (2007) "Ferroelectric BaTiO3 thin films on Ni metal tapes using NiO as buffer layer", Applied Physics Letters, vol. 90, p. 202901 (2007) 

    59. Friedman, H. I.; Giurgiutiu, V.; Bender, J. W.; Crachiolo, G.; Yost, M. J. (2007) “A Biomechanical and Morphologic Analysis of Capsule Formation around Implanted PWAS sensors in Rats Treated with COX-2 Inhibitor”, Annals of Plastic Surgery, Vol. 60, No. 2, pp. 198-203

    58. Cuc, A.; Giurgiutiu, V.; Joshi, S.; Tidwell, Z. (2007) “Structural health monitoring with piezoelectric wafer active sensors for space applications”, AIAA Journal, Vol. 45, No. 12, pp. 2838-2850, Dec. 2007 

    57. Santoni, G. B.; Yu, L.; Xu, B.; Giurgiutiu, V. (2007) “Lamb Wave Mode Tuning of Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring”, ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, Vol. 129, No. 6, pp. 752-762, Dec. 2007 

    56. Xu, B.; Giurgiutiu, V. (2007) “Single Mode Tuning Effects on Lamb Wave Time Reversal with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring”, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, Springer, Vol. 26, No. 2-4, pp. 123-134, Dec. 2007 

    55. Giurgiutiu, V.; Yu, L.; Kendall, J.; Jenkins, C. (2007) “In situ imaging of crack growth with piezoelectric wafer active sensors", AIAA Journal, Vol. 45, No. 11, pp. 2758-2769, Nov. 2007 

    54. Yu, L.; Giurgiutiu, V. (2007) “In-situ Optimized PWAS Phased Arrays for Lamb Wave Structural Health Monitoring”, Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, Vol.2, No.3, pp. 459-488

    53. Lin, B.; Giurgiutiu, V. (2006) “Modeling and Testing of PZT and PVDF Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors”, Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 15, No. 4, August 2006, pp. 1085-1093 

    52. Matthews, L.; Giurgiutiu, V.; Sundaresan, V. B.; Leo, D. (2006) “Bioenergetic and Mechanical Actuation Analysis with Membrane Transport Experiments for Use in Biomimetic Nastic Structures”, Journal of Materials Research, Vol. 21, No. 8, Aug. 2006 

    51. Giurgiutiu, V.; Xu, B.; Chao, Y.; Liu, S.; Gaddam, R. (2006) “Smart Sensors for Monitoring Crack Growth under Fatigue Loading Conditions”, Smart Structures and Systems – An International Journal of Mechatronics, Sensors, Monitoring, Control, Diagnosis, and Maintenance, Techno-Press, R. o. Korea, Vol. 2, No. 2, April 2006, pp. 101-113 

    50. Giurgiutiu, V. (2006) “Concept of Adaptronic Structures”, at-Automatisierungstechnik 2006, Volume 54, Issue 6, pp. 251-258 (http://www.at-automatisierungstechnik.de)  

    49. Bender, J. W.; Friedman, H. I.; Giurgiutiu, V.; Watson, C.; Fitzmaurice, M. (2005) “The Use of Biomedical Sensors to Monitor Capsule Formation around Soft Tissue Implants”, Annals of Plastic Surgery, Vol. 56, No. 1, Jan. 2006, pp. 72-77

    48. Giurgiutiu, V.; Zagrai, A. (2005) “Damage Detection in Thin Plates and Aerospace Structures with the Electro-Mechanical Impedance Method”, Structural Health Monitoring – An International Journal ¸ Sage Pub., Vol. 4, No. 2, June 2005, pp. 99-118

    47. Giurgiutiu, V.; Lyons, J.; Rocheleau, D.; Liu, W. (2005) “Mechatronics/Microcontroller Education for Mechanical Engineering Students at the University of South Carolina”, Mechatronics, Pergamon Press, Vol. 15, No. 9, 2005, pp 1025-1036

    46. Yu, L.; Giurgiutiu, V. (2005) “Advanced Signal Processing for Enhanced Damage Detection with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors”, Smart Structures & Systems – An International Journal of Mechatronics, Sensors, Monitoring, Control, Diagnosis, and Maintenance, Techno-Press, S. Korea, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2005, pp 185-215 

    45. Giurgiutiu, V. (2005) “Tuned Lamb-Wave Excitation and Detection with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring”, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 291-306, 2005 (cited by: 83)

    44. Gelman, L.; Giurgiutiu, V.; Bayoumi, A. (2005) “Statistical Analysis of the Dynamic Mean Excitation for a Spur Gear”, ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, Vol. 127, June 2005

    43. Giurgiutiu, V.; Cuc, A. (2005) “Embedded NDE for Structural Health Monitoring, Damage Detection, and Failure Prevention”, Shock and Vibration Reviews, Sage Pub., Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 83-105, March 2005

    42. Giurgiutiu, V.; Zagrai, A.; Bao, J. (2004) “Damage Identification in Aging Aircraft Structures with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors”, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Sage Pub., Vol. 15, No. 9, Sept/Oct. 2004, pp. 673-687 (cited by: 35)

    41. Giurgiutiu, V.; Friedman, H.; Bender, J.; Borg, T.; Yost, M. J.; Newcomb, W.; Black, A.; Bost, J.; Stewart, C. D. (2004) “Electromechanical Impedance Sensor for In-Vivo Monitoring the Body Reaction to Implants”, Journal of Investigative Surgery, Vol. 17, No. 5, Sept-Oct. 2004, pp. 257-270

    40. Giurgiutiu, V.; Bao, J. (2004) “Embedded-Ultrasonics Structural Radar for In-Situ Structural Health Monitoring of Thin-Wall Structures", Structural Health Monitoring – An International Journal , Vol. 3, Number 2, June 2004, pp. 121-140(cited by: 29)

    39. Gelman, L.; Giurgiutiu, V.; Petrunin, I. (2004) “Advantage of Using the Fourier Components Pair instead of Power Spectral Density for Fatigue Crack Detection”, International Journal of Condition Monitoring and Diagnostics Engineering Management, UK, Vol. 7, No. 2, April 2004, pp. 23-32

    38. Pomirleanu, R.; Giurgiutiu, V. (2004) “High-Field Characterization of Piezoelectric and Magnetostrictive Actuators”, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Sage Pub, Vol. 15, No. 3, March 2004, pp. 161-180


    37. Giurgiutiu, V.; Harries, K.; Petrou, M.; Bost, J.; Quattlebaum, J. B. (2003) “Disbond Detection with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors in RC Structures Strengthened with FRP Composite Overlays”, Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, Vol. 2, No. 2, Dec. 2003, pp. 213-224

    36. Giurgiutiu, V. (2003) “Embedded Ultrasonics NDE with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors”, Journal Instrumentation, Mesure, Metrologie, Lavoisier Pub., Paris, France, RS series 12M, Vol. 3, No. 3-4, 2003, pp. 149-180

    35. Giurgiutiu, V.; Bao, J.; Zhao, W. (2003) “Piezoelectric-Wafer Active-Sensor Embedded Ultrasonics in Beams and Plates”, Experimental Mechanics, Sage Pub., Vol. 43, No. 4, December 2003, pp. 428-449

    34. Giurgiutiu, V.; Zagrai, A. N.; Bao J.; Redmond, J.; Roach, D.; Rackow, K. (2003) “Active Sensors for Health Monitoring of Aging Aerospace Structures”, International Journal of the Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering Management, UK, Vol. 6, No. 1, January 2003, pp. 3-21

    33. Giurgiutiu, V. (2003) “Embedded NDE with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors in Aerospace Applications”, Journal of Materials (JOM) – Special Issue on NDE, January 2003

    32. Giurgiutiu, V.; Zagrai, A. N.; Bao, J. (2002) “Embedded Active Sensors For In-Situ Structural Health Monitoring of Thin-Wall Structures”, ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Vol. 124, No. 3, August 2002, pp. 293-302

    31. Giurgiutiu, V.; Zagrai, A. N.; Bao, J. (2002) “Piezoelectric Wafer Embedded Active Sensors for Aging Aircraft Structural Health Monitoring”, Structural Health Monitoring – An International Journal , Sage Pub., Vol. 1, No. 1, July 2002, pp. 41-61 (cited by: 108)

    30. Lyons, J.; Laub, D.; Giurgiutiu, V; Petrou, M.; Salem, H. (2002) "Effect of Hygrothermal Aging on the Fracture of Composite Overlays on Concrete", Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Sage Pub., Vol. 21, No. 4, 2002, pp. 293-309

    29. Pomirleanu, R.; Giurgiutiu, V. (2002) “Full Stroke Static and Dynamic Analysis of High-Power Piezoelectric Actuators”, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 13, No. 5, May 2002

    28. Giurgiutiu, V.; Bayoumi, A. E.; Nall, G. (2002) “Mechatronics and Smart Structures: Emerging Engineering Disciplines of the New Millennium”, Journal of Mechatronics, Pergamon Press, UK, Vol. 12, No. 2, March 2002, pp. 169-181

    27. Giurgiutiu, V.; Zagrai, A. N. (2002) “Embedded Self-Sensing Piezoelectric Active Sensors for Online Structural Identification”, ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, Vol. 124, No. 1, January 2002, pp. 116-125 (cited by: 39)

    26. Giurgiutiu, V., Lyons, J., Petrou, M., Laub, Dorothy and Whitley, Shannon (2001) “Fracture Mechanics Testing of the Bond between Composite Overlays and Concrete Substrate”, Journal of Adhesive Science and Technology, VSP International Science Pub., The Netherlands, Vol. 15, No. 11, 2001, pp. 1351-1371

    25. Giurgiutiu, V.; Jichi, F.; Berman, J.; Kamphaus, J. (2001) “Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Magnetostrictive Composite Beams”, Smart Materials and Structures, IOP Publishers, UK, Vol. 10, No. 5, October 2001, pp. 934-945

    24. Zagrai, A.; Giurgiutiu, V. (2001) "Electro-Mechanical Impedance Method for Crack Detection in Thin Plates", Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 12, No. 10, October 2001, pp. 709-718

    23. Giurgiutiu, V.; Grant, Lem; Grabill, Paul; Wroblewski, Dariusz (2001) "Helicopter Health Monitoring and Failure Prevention through Vibration Monitoring Enhancement Program" International Journal of Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering Management, UK, 2001 Vol. 4, No. 4, 2001, pp. 33-40

    22. Giurgiutiu, V and Zagrai, A.N. (2000)  “Characterization of Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors”, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Technomic Pub., USA, Vol. 11, No. 12, December 2000, pp. 959-976 (cited by: 63)

    21. Giurgiutiu, V. (2000) "Active-Materials Induced-Strain Actuation for Aeroelastic Vibration Control", Shock and Vibration Digest, Sage Pub., UK, Vol. 32, No. 5, September 2000, pp. 355-368

    20. Giurgiutiu, V. (2000) "Review of Smart Materials Actuation Solutions for Aeroelastic and Vibration Control", Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Technomic Pub., USA, Vol. 11, No. 7, July 2000, pp. 525-544

    19. Giurgiutiu, V.; Reynolds, A.; Rogers, C. A. (1999) "Experimental Investigation of E/M Impedance Health Monitoring of Spot-Welded Structural Joints", Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Technomic Pub., USA, Vol. 10, No. 10, Oct. 1999, pp. 802-812

    18. Giurgiutiu, V.; Ionita, A.; Dillard, D. A. (1998) "Details of the Integral Equation Method Applied to the Analysis of an Adhesive Layer Crack", International Journal of Solids and Structures, Pergamon Press, UK, Vol. 35, No. 11, Nov. 1998, pp. 1099-1130

    17. Giurgiutiu, V.; Rogers, C.A.; Chaudhry, Z. (1997) "Design of Displacement Amplified Induced Strain Actuators for Maximum Energy Output", ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 119, No. 4, Dec. 1997, pp. 421-524

    16. Giurgiutiu, V.; Rogers, C. A. (1997) "Power and Energy Characteristics of Solid-State Induced-Strain Actuators for Static and Dynamic Applications", Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 8, No. 9, Sep. 1997, pp. 738-750

    15. Giurgiutiu, V.; Rogers, C.A.; and McNeil, S. (1997), "Static and Dynamic Testing of Large-Amplitude Rotary Induced-Strain (LARIS Mk 2) Actuator", Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Technomic Pub. Co. Vol. 8, No. 6., April 1997, pp. 502-512

    14. Giurgiutiu, V. and Rogers, C.A. (1997) "Large-Amplitude Rotary Induced-Strain (LARIS) Actuator", Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Technomic Pub. Co., Vol. 8, No. 1, Jan. 1997, pp.41-50

    13. Giurgiutiu, V. and Rogers, C.A. (1996) "Dynamic Power and Energy Capabilities of Commercially-Available Induced-Strain Actuators", Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Technomic Pub. Co., Vol. 7, No. 6, Nov. 1996, pp. 656-667

    12. Giurgiutiu, V., Zao Chen, Lalande, F., and Rogers, C.A., Quattrone, R., and Berman, J. (1996) "Passive and Active Tagging of Reinforced Composite Samples for In-Process and In-Field Non-Destructive Evaluation", Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Technomic Pub. Co., Vol. 7, No. 6, Nov. 1996, pp. 623-634

    11. Giurgiutiu, V., Rogers, C.A., and Rusovici, R. (1996) "Solid-State Actuation of Rotor-Blade Servo-Flap for Active Vibration Control", Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 7, No. 2, March 1996, Technomic Pub. Co., pp. 192-202

    10. Giurgiutiu, V., Chaudhry, Z. and Rogers, C.A. (1996) "Energy-Based Comparison of Solid-State Induced-Strain Actuators ", Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 7, No. 1, January 1996, Technomic Pub. Co., pp. 4-14

    9. Giurgiutiu, V., Chaudhry, Z. and Rogers, C.A. (1995) "Engineering Feasibility of Induced-Strain Actuators for Rotor Blade Active Vibration Control", Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 6, No. 5, September 1995, Technomic Pub. Co., pp. 583-597

    8. Popescu, B., Giurgiutiu, V. (1994) "Several Considerations Regarding the Variable Length Blade Rotor", Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 31, No. 4, July-August 1994, pp. 975-977

    7. Giurgiutiu, V., and Reifsnider, K. L. (1994) "Development of Strength Theories for Random Fiber Composites", Journal of Composites Technology and Research, Vol. 16, No. 2, April 1994, pp. 103-114

    6. Giurgiutiu, V., Oncescu, F., Gaita, L. (1990) "New Developments in the Dynamic Aeroelastic Stability Study of Rotor Blades", Revue Roumain Science Technique ‑ Mechanique Appliqué, Vol. 35, No. 2, Romanian Academy Press, Bucharest, Romania, 1990, p.p. 137‑146.

    5. Giurgiutiu, V., Kalmutchi, P. (1989) "Mode-Shape Calculation for Helicopter Blades with Various Hub Conditions" (in Romanian), Applied Mechanics Research, Vol. 48, No. 1, Romanian Academy Press, Bucharest, Romania, 1989, pp. 21‑33

    4. Giurgiutiu, V., Stafford, R. O. (1977) "Semi‑Analytic Methods for Frequencies and Mode-Shapes of Rotor Blades", Vertica, Vol. 1, Pergamon Press, England, 1977, pp. 291‑306

    3. Giurgiutiu, V. (1976) "The Use of Finite Element Methods in the Analysis of Geometrically Nonlinear Structures, Part II: Dynamic Regime" (in Romanian), Applied Mechanics Research, Vol. 35, No. 1, Romanian Academy Press, Bucharest, Romania, 1976, pp. 147‑156

    2. Stafford, R. O., Giurgiutiu, V. (1975) "Semi‑Analytic Method for Rotating Timoshenko Beams", Int. J. Mech. Sci., Vol. 17, Pergamon Press, England, 1975, pp. 719‑727 (cited by: 36)

    1. Giurgiutiu, V. (1975) "The Use of Finite Element Method in the Analysis of Geometrically Nonlinear Structures, Part I: Static Regime" (in Romanian), Applied Mechanics Research, Vol. 34, No. 2, Romanian Academy Press, Bucharest, Romania, 1975, pp. 185‑200
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