Abstract: Flood events bring havoc to transportation assets including bridges, culverts, and roadways on an annual basis. This has been an increasing trend in the recent years, especially in Midwestern states. Millions of dollars ...

Abstract: Performance assessment of a transportation network is naturally a complicated problem. This is mainly due to the fact that such a spatially distributed network is subjected to a variety of natural hazards and environmental ...

Abstract: The current study approaches the issue of deteriorating civil infrastructure components in a systematic manner through microscale, mesoscale, and macroscale investigations. At the microscale, the integrity of individual ...

Abstract: Deterioration of reinforced concrete structures has been a subject of interest for the researchers, practicing engineers, and decision makers who work on the reliability assessment and safety evaluation of civil infrastructure ...

Abstract: This paper presents a quasi-steady technique that combines aerodynamic force coefficients from straight-line wind tunnel tests with empirically developed tornado wind speed profiles to estimate the time history of aerodynamic ...

Abstract: Performance-based design (PBD) is becoming a benchmark approach for design and performance assessment of civil structures because it facilitates communication between stakeholders and design professionals with decision ...

Abstract: Over recent years, the application of performance-based design (PBD) has continually grown in the design of tall buildings and other structures excited by large wind loads. PBD has also become a mainstream approach to ...

Abstract: High-performance control systems (HPCSs), including active, hybrid, and semiactive control strategies, can perform over a wide excitation bandwidth and are therefore good candidates for multihazard mitigation. However, the ...

Abstract: This paper identifies the essential requirements for simulation-based approaches such that these approaches serve as effective decision support tools for evaluating the effectiveness of climate-adaptation measures that ...

Abstract: The vulnerability of our nation’s transportation infrastructure to climate change and extreme weather is now well documented and the transportation community has identified numerous strategies to potentially mitigate these ...