Civil Structural & Environ Eng: Recent submissions
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Probabilistic Response Predictions using Few Nonlinear Finite Element Analyses
(2023)This paper combines second-moment statistics with exact and efficiently calculated finite element response sensitivities. The objective is to gain insights from a single, or a few, nonlinear static or dynamic finite element ... -
A Climate Change Impact Assessment of the Irish Road Drainage System
(2023)As climate change becomes an increasingly pressing issue, Ireland is expected to experience a rise in infrastructure failures caused by flooding. This puts significant stress on the country's drainage system, which is ... -
Maintenance Planning for Bridges using Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning
(2023)The planning of interventions on transportation infrastructures commonly faces multiple challenges, mainly relating to complexity and scale [1]. Those challenges stem from the uncertainties surrounding infrastructures ... -
Identifying Components Important for System Resilience
(2023)The resilience of a system is often assessed using models that consist of numerous interdependent system components. To better understand the system’s resilience, the performance of each component needs to be evaluated. ... -
Graph-based Framework for Road Network Performance and Flood Risk Assessment
(2023)The road network provides a connecting infrastructure that facilitates countless daily pursuits, supporting communication and economic activity. Flooding hazard often threaten the road network with physical damage and ... -
Refining 3D nonlinear finite element settlement predictions around a deep urban excavation with the help of a Bayesian approach
(2023)This contribution presents a probabilistic and Bayesian approach for the finite element modelling of a deep excavation in a lacustrine environment in Geneva, Switzerland. The project is composed of a new 25-storey tower ... -
Risk of New York City’s Electric Power Networks Against Compound Extreme Floodings and Cyberattacks
(2023)The growing frequency of extreme weather events and cyberattacks triggers the rise of compound cyber-physical threats where a cyberattacker targets critically stressed electricity generators and transmission lines during ... -
Efficient Computational Methods for Probabilistic Damage Tolerance Design
(2023)Aircraft engine safety is influenced by material anomalies that can form during manufacturing melt and machining operations. These anomalies may occur at any location within a component and have led to catastrophic engine ... -
Reliability-based study on the duration of load effect in timber structures under wind loads
(2023)This paper presents a reliability-based study on the duration of load (DOL) effect in timber members under wind loads. First, an auto regressive and moving average (ARMA) time-series model was established to simulate 50 ... -
Partial Safety Factor for the Design Strength Prediction of Naturally Corroded Prestressing Strands
(2023)Existing reinforced and prestressed concrete structures are often affected by corrosion triggering high annual maintenance costs and impairing their safety, durability and serviceability. Although scientific studies have ... -
Proof load testing method by AASHTO and suggestions for improvement
(2023)Due to the aging of infrastructure, methods are explored by which the reliability of existing bridges and viaducts can be assessed. In case limited information of the structure is available or its condition is of concern, ... -
Bayesian neural networks for large-scale infrastructure deterioration models
(2023)State-space models (SSM) have been shown to be effective at modelling structural deterioration of transportation infrastructure based on visual inspections. The SSM approach was recently coupled with kernel regression (KR) ... -
An Integrated Framework for Wildfire Evacuation in a Damaged Transportation Network
(2023)The severity and duration of wildfires are anticipated to rise as a result of climate change and suppression efforts. As more people are moving to the wildland-urban interface, wildfire activity poses an even greater threat ... -
Probabilistic Multi-hazard Shaking-Tsunami Risk Assessment for the District of Tofino, British Columbia, Canada, Subjected to Megathrust Cascadia Subduction Events
(2023)Canada has a high likelihood of facing significant earthquake threats in the future. On the Pacific coast, southwestern British Columbia is exposed to significant seismic hazards and secondary hazards (e.g., tsunamis and ... -
The impact of local fatigue damage on bridge performance
(2023)Fatigue is one of the main failure mechanisms for steel bridges and theoretically puts restrictions or limitations on their continued use. However, bridges are structures with redundancy to various extents. The appearance ... -
Framework for probabilistic connectivity estimation of bridge networks under seismic and flood hazards
(2023)As observed in recent disasters due to earthquakes and floods (e.g. 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and 2020 Kyushu floods), since the transportation networks including bridges play a crucial role in the evacuation of ... -
Reliability-based multiobjective optimization of structural dynamical systems: A Markov sampling approach
(2023)Reliability-based multiobjective optimization formulations give valuable insight for the design of structural dynamical systems under stochastic excitation. Nonetheless, since reliability assessment is often carried out ... -
Probabilistic estimation of time required for disaster waste disposal generated by both ground motion and tsunami
(2023)A catastrophic earthquake over Nankai Trough is predicted in the Pacific coastal region of Japan. The ground motion and giant tsunami caused by the anticipated Nankai Trough earthquake could cause significant damage to ... -
Poorly-informative priors in geotechnical risk analysis
(2023)Quantitative risk analysis has become a common part of geotechnical engineering. In domains such as dam safety, seismic hazard assessment, and flood damage reduction it has come to depend to a large extent on personalized ... -
A Serious Game Conceptual Approach to Protect Critical Infrastructure Resilience in Smart Cities
(2023)Smart cities have become the most popular concept to manage assets and resources in the growing urban environment. To achieve sustainable city development in smart cities, it is imperative that smart development combined ...
