Intelligent Structural Health Management of Aerospace, Mechanical and Civil Structures

It's been quite a trip to Harbin. This is my last week in Harbin. I've been here for almost a month. Initially, we had planned to perform some wind turbine blade failure testing using FBG sensors and demodulate the signals using a Michelson Interferometer. However, the process of getting the unit into China has proven to be a very cumbersome process. We have to wait for the unit for two weeks to clear the Chinese Custom; we have to deposit $7000 in order to retrieve the unit;and we have to pay an agent to perform the paperwork for us.