“…They can be classified into two big groups: based on the use of local sensors or “smart bolts” and the modal analysis of the whole structure or machine. Local contact surface sensors, e.g., by electrical conductivity [ 21 ], tension stress measurement by ultrasonic waves [ 22 , 23 ] high-frequency acoustic emission of low-speed rotating machinery [ 24 ], using high-order harmonics and spectral sidebands [ 25 ], wave energy dissipation (WED) and vibroacoustic modulation (VM) [ 26 , 27 , 28 ]. Sensing instrumentation also includes piezoelectric active sensing [ 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 ] using wearable sensors [ 34 ] and smart washers [ 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 ] based on lead zirconate titanate (PZT) transducers, which generate testing stress waves as the actuators.…”