The freight industry faces significant challenges due to the absence of a reliable and cost-effective system for measuring stress in metal structures. Traditional screening methods are often invasive, time-consuming and costly. These limitations make it nearly impossible to monitor structural integrity in real time. As a result, undetectable stress concentrations and weaknesses in metal components present potential safety risks and can cause significant economic losses. 

The aim of the AMSA research project is to design, develop, pilot and evaluate an innovative, reliable, low-cost, portable and energy-independent system for measuring the stress and load of metallic structures, which can be installed and operated in hard-to-reach places on ships or corresponding cargo transport systems. The device will draw energy from the ship's motions and wirelessly transmit stress and strain measurements to the control point. 

For this purpose, an innovative method of evaluating the structural integrity of metal sheets through non-contact stress analysis and stress estimation through magnetic excitation (STEHEMON) will be evaluated. At the same time, all the necessary hardware subsystems will be designed and developed to create a prototype system suitable for evaluation in real conditions. 

The system will be permanently installed at the control point and will operate continuously. The measurements will be processed in real-time to instantly estimate the stress as well as the overall fatigue of the plates giving an immediate warning of possible upcoming structural failure. At the same time, the data will be collected in a processing platform, where, using artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques, information about the load carried by the lamina, the overall strain of the element will be extracted and reports and alerts will be sent about operational deviations and the preventive maintenance of the elements.