Abstract: Highway flyover bridges in New Jersey experienced extensive early-age cracking on the high performance concrete deck recently. There were transverse cracks observed predominantly in the positive moment regions and spider ...

Abstract: A load-cladding-structure (LCS) model was used to study the mitigating effect provided by metallic foam cladding against blast loading on reinforced concrete (RC) structural members. The model considered the interactions ...

Abstract: Cracking in concrete deck has been the major concern to bridge designers as well as owners. Excessive cracking not only would affect the performance and serviceability of the bridge but also reduce the service life of the ...

Abstract: It is well-known that damage in a structure is a local phenomenon. Based on measured vibration data from sensors, the detection of a local structural damage requires the finite-element formulation for the equations of ...

Abstract: Because complex cable systems are widely used in engineering practice, the issues related to parameter identification of complex cable systems are becoming increasingly important. In this study, a universal characteristic ...

Abstract: Structural health monitoring (SHM) techniques have been widely used in long-span bridges. However, due to limitations of computational ability and data analysis methods, the knowledge in massive SHM data is not well ...