Abstract: Self-centering braces are an attractive new type of brace able to reduce structural residual deformations after earthquakes, with no requirement of major modifications to structural joints. One primary challenge in widespread ...

Abstract: Flood events consist of flood peaks and flood volumes for various durations that are mutually correlated and need to be described by multiple variables. Conventional flood frequency analysis methods are generally based on ...

Abstract: This paper provides a new goaloriented (GO) method for reliability analysis of repairable systems with multiple fault modes. First, formulas of operators describing components with multiple fault modes are derived based ...

Abstract: Output-only modal identification plays an important role in the structural health monitoring of large-scale structures. In recent years, blind source separation (BSS) has achieved great success in structural modal ...

Abstract: This paper proposes a new goal-oriented (GO) method for reliability analysis of repairable systems with multiple-input and multi-function component (MIMFC). First, a new GO operator combination, which is composed of a new ...

Abstract: This paper proposes a new reliability optimization allocation for multifunction systems with multistate units based on goal-oriented (GO) methodology. First, this optimization allocation method is expounded in terms of ...

Abstract: The Australian Bureau of Meteorology recently upgraded its convection-allowing numerical weather prediction system, known as the Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator (ACCESS-C). ACCESS-C includes seven ...

Abstract: The operation performance of expansion joints is crucial to the driving safety of high-speed trains and the structural integrity of long-span bridges. However, the fact that displacement in expansion joints is influenced ...