Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to present information on the damage resulting from pounding between adjacent buildings during the 215 Gorkha earthquake. The cases of pounding observed in the affected region of central Nepal ...

Abstract: The experimental study investigates how the application of point suction at different bed locations affects local scour around a cylindrical bridge pier under clear-water conditions. The results show that suction has a ...

Abstract: The scour hole induced by a propeller wash is experimentally investigated with noncohesive sediments. The associated scour profile at the asymptotic condition, which can be expressed by a combination of three polynomials, ...

Abstract: For project managers, accurate, timely, and intuitive information is the key to successful decision-making during progress control at a construction site. This paper presents a method that combines computer vision with ...

Abstract: Condition assessment of existing bridge structures is a valuable tool for bridge owners to make reasonable and optimal maintenance and management decisions. Structural condition assessment based on monitoring data is ...

Abstract: This paper proposes a structural damage identification approach based on model updating with electromechanical impedance sensitivity and the sparse regularization technique to identify the location and severity of minor ...

Abstract: Compared to the seismic motions recorded on the onshore sites, the quantity of offshore earthquake recordings is very limited. This paper presents a novel method to simulate spatially varying ground motions at multiple ...

Abstract: Compared with traditional monolithic columns, precast segmental columns can significantly reduce the residual displacement after a severe earthquake. Previous studies of precast segmental columns mainly focus on the column ...

Abstract: The function of asphalt pavement on orthotropic steel decks (OSDs) is to transmit and disperse the concentrated wheel loading to the bridge structure and to strengthen the local stiffness of the OSD. Fatigue damage in ...