My research team focuses primarily on stress wave and structural health monitoring related studies. Recently, our main efforts have been concentrated on research concerning the application of stress wave for detecting internal defects in materials. The stress wave method primarily evaluates structural defects and deterioration states based on the dispersion characteristics of group wave velocities.

At the same time, identifying damages in wind turbine tower and foundation structures is the other main research. Currently, for the health monitoring of wind turbine structures, we are employing non-contact Digital Image Correlation (DIC) methods to extract modal shape information from scaled-down models of wind turbines' upper structures. Furthermore, we assess the condition of wind turbine tower columns and foundations by analyzing changes in the modal shapes of the upper structures. This helps us determine whether damage has occurred to the tower and whether scouring or other damage has affected the foundations of offshore wind turbines.

Other research topics include stress wave analysis for concrete strength evaluation and interdisciplinary integration applications in civil engineering and related fields.

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