Civil Structural & Environ Eng: Recent submissions
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Complete decoupled adaptive robust design optimization
(2023)Robust design optimization (RDO) can provide an optimum design solution that is relatively insensitive to input uncertainties, thus possesses significant value in the design of engineering structures. Generally, the RDO ... -
Recent advances in the fatigue design of steel bridges submitted to aleatory traffic loads
(2023)This work presents recent developments in the fatigue design of bridges submitted to aleatory traffic loads. The purpose is to perform fatigue design according to Eurocode fatigue model 5 but replacing real-life measurements ... -
Information Avoidance in multi-agent systems
(2023)This paper introduces a framework of assessing the Value of Information (VoI) for systems managed by multiple agents. The system is composed of some binary components, each managed by one agent. Each agent can decide to ... -
Value of more accurate urban weather prediction in the day-ahead energy market
(2023)Urban heat significantly influences human comfort and leads to additional energy use for space-cooling in built environments. The building sector has a high potential for cost savings and emission reduction by improving ... -
Sequential decision making in infrastructure planning under uncertain climate change predictions
(2023)Engineering decisions, as those related to infrastructure planning, face challenges due to the uncertain climate change predictions. Instead of a rigid planning scheme, an alternative is to utilize an adaptive framework, ... -
CERCOM - Development of an analytic software tool for the evaluation of innovative infrastructure maintenance methods in the move towards circularity
(2023)Implementation of the circular economy (CE) has the potential to play a significant role in limiting global climate change whilst providing regenerative design for generations to come. To achieve climate neutrality, synergies ... -
Network Analysis of Systems of Systems Models for Complex Infrastructure Systems
(2023)Complex infrastructure systems, such as transportation and communication networks, consist of many interconnected and interdependent elements that exhibit behavior that is difficult to predict. Researchers have developed ... -
Uncertainty in Bridge Mode Shapes Based on Accelerometer Location
(2023)In Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), modal analysis of a bridge structure is commonly used to aid in understanding the vibration characteristics of the structure under various loading conditions. These modal analyses are ... -
Coastal protection strategies to minimize transportation network disruption from sea level rise
(2023)As sea levels rise, there has been an increase in research focused on the protection of shoreline infrastructure and transportation systems that may increasingly suffer from permanent capacity and accessibility reduction. ... -
Sustainable Upgrading of Existing Bridges by Reliability-Based Assessment
(2023)This paper presents recent applications of the Danish guideline for reliability-based assessment for existing bridges, resulting in a traffic load upgrade of up to 60%. The guideline reflects a commitment to consider ... -
Cross-Entropy-based Stationary Proposal Importance Sampling for life-cycle structural reliability and seismic risk assessment
(2023)Life-cycle reliability assessment of deteriorating systems may involve the modeling of complex stochastic processes, further propagating uncertainties and exacerbating computational efforts. This paper discusses a novel ... -
A preliminary methodology for multi-hazard risk assessment of large bridge portfolios using quantitative indicators
(2023)In the last years, several catastrophic collapses of existing bridges have raised growing awareness to the need for structural assessment, health monitoring, and retrofitting by public institutions and infrastructure ... -
Guideline for Reliability-Based Classification of Existing Bridges
(2023)This paper presents the newly updated Danish guideline for reliability-based classification of existing bridges published by the Danish Road Directorate in 2023. The update of the guideline reflects the commitment to ... -
Life-Cycle Residual Performance Assessment of Concrete Bridges Considering Spatial Variability of Corrosion
(2023)A recent SEI/ASCE survey highlights that advanced life-cycle models for deteriorating structures are well established for some of the most detrimental damage processes (e.g. corrosion). However, reliability assessment ... -
A Bayesian Approach for Inferring the Topology of a System of Interdependent Infrastructure Networks: A Case Study of the U.K. Interdependent Power-Gas System
(2023)Understanding the behavior of complex systems is essential to plan for future disasters that impact complex systems including infrastructure, social, and environmental systems. The complexity of the behavior of these systems ... -
Improving safety through statistical analysis of construction fatalities
(2023)The construction industry has the highest rates of fatalities, disabilities, and injuries & illnesses among all industries. While this situation has improved in some countries, for example the UK, to achieve sustained ... -
Corrosion rate values in real structures and their statistical distribution
(2023)For the assessment of the condition of a large structure as a football stadium suffering reinforcement corrosion, the first step is the identification of the corroding zones and their level of damage. In present communication ... -
Improving seismic resilience of schools and educational communities
(2023)The sustainability of school infrastructure and the resilience of the educational communities to natural hazards is of paramount importance to provide the safety and protection from the various natural and man-made threats ... -
Exposure Modelling through Machine Learning for Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment
(2023)In the last decades, most efforts to catalogue and characterise the built environment for multi-hazard risk assessment have focused on the exploration of housing census data, cadastral datasets, and local surveys. The first ... -
Multi-Path Progression Optimization at an Urban Interchange: A Case Study
(2023)Progression optimization is a common approach for coordinating traffic signals along arterial streets as well as arterial networks. A number of techniques with varying degrees of refinement have been developed for this ...
