Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities: Recent submissions
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Health Assessment of Operational Wind Turbine Infrastructure Based on Wavelet Packet Energy Spectra
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)In response to the issue of foundation ring and concrete cracking in operational wind turbine foundations, this study proposes a novel method for health monitoring and damage assessment of foundation structures utilizing ... -
Full-Scale Testing of Miter Gate Components with Multiple Adjacent Fillet and Butt Welds to Estimate Fatigue Performance
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Miter gates are common structures at navigation locks and allow vessels to traverse the lock. Each time the lock passes vessels, miter gates experience loading cycles and thus accumulate fatigue damage. In the United States, ... -
Adaptive Learning Filters–Embedded Vision Transformer for Pixel-Level Segmentation of Low-Light Concrete Cracks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Crack detection is crucial for assessing structural safety. However, its performance faces challenges when dealing with thin or irregular cracks, especially in complex backgrounds under poor lighting conditions. This paper ... -
Evaluation of Visual Comfort on Long-Span Suspension Bridges Experiencing Vortex-Induced Vibrations: Basic Framework and a Case Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Vortex-induced vibration is a prevalent form of wind-induced vibration during the operation period of long-span suspension bridges. It significantly influences the comfort of drivers and passengers and reduces the bridge’s ... -
Investigating the Reliability of Sidewalk Survey Parameters on the Seismic Risk Assessment of RC Buildings Considering the 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Identification of the buildings that are most vulnerable to significant damages following a major earthquake is a critical issue in risk mitigation processes. Rapid visual screening (RVS) methods are commonly used to obtain ... -
Fully Automatic Surface Defect Detection of CFRP Using Computer Vision and an Augmented YOLOv8 Model
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs) are indispensable in civil engineering owing to their high tensile strength, lightweight characteristics, and exceptional durability. Notably, carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) concrete ... -
Dynamic Response Characteristics of Assembled Frame Tunnel Structures under a Surface Explosion: A Numerical Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The vulnerability of assembled tunnels to the explosion load has received little attention although assembled tunnels are less monolithic and are subject to more severe damage under an explosion load. In this study, a ... -
Evaluating Performance and Cost-Effectiveness of Expansion Joint Systems at Approach Slab to Transition Approach Slab on Illinois Tollway Bridges: A Comparative Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Bridge expansion joints are essential components in the construction of bridges, serving an important role in ensuring structural integrity and safety while accommodating dynamic forces and environmental factors. The primary ... -
Impact of Soil Layer Distribution on the Morphology Characteristics of Underground Cavities
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Urban road collapse disasters pose a serious threat to public safety and national economic development. The underground cavities formed by drainage pipe exfiltration are the primary cause of road collapse disasters in ... -
Seismic Performance of Buildings during the November 2023 Earthquake in Jajarkot, Nepal
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)On November 3, 2023, a local magnitude ML 6.4 (moment magnitude, MW 5.7) earthquake struck the Ramidanda epicenter (28°50’24’’ N, 82°11’24’’ E) in Jajarkot, Nepal, at 11:47 p.m. local time (18:02 GMT), with a maximum ... -
Enhancing Healthcare Infrastructure: A Comprehensive Approach for Building Performance Evaluation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)In Brazil, healthcare buildings are acknowledged for their architectural complexity, because they are designed to cater to a heterogeneous and vulnerable public. Building performance assessments (BPEs) offer an alternative ... -
Accelerated Deterioration Risk Assessment Model for Proposing Maintenance Measures for Existing Neighborhoods under Uncertainty and Dynamics
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Upgrading existing neighborhoods is crucial for promoting sustainable development of the cities. To propose effective maintenance measures to mitigate the deterioration rate of existing neighborhoods, it is necessary to ... -
Reporting on Age-Based Building Inspections Programs in South Florida
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Prior to 2023, building structural inspections were required for all nonexempt buildings when they reached 40 years of age in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, Florida. In 2022, Florida introduced statewide requirements ... -
A Novel Beam–Column Component Macromodel for the Degradation Mechanism Analysis of RC Structures Subjected to Blast Loading
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The traditional fiber beam model has been extensively used to simulate the dynamic behavior of components and analyze the progressive collapse resistance performance of building structures. However, this model overlooks ... -
Analyzing the Role of Causes Using Complex Networks and Association Rules: Evidence from Road Collapse Accidents
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Road collapse accidents are increasing in recent years together with the rapid utilization of underground spaces in cities. Due to the complexity of road collapse accidents, it is of practical significance to explore the ... -
An Investigation of a Turbo Generator Foundation Failure at a Higher Power Generation State
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)All analysis, studies, techniques, criteria, and methodologies presented and described in this paper are based on an actual engineering project as an example. For the generation of electricity, the boiler, turbine, and ... -
Analysis of Hurricane Maria’s Impact on the Arecibo Telescope
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico collapsed on December 1, 2020. After the incident, Thornton Tomasetti Inc. (TT) was engaged by the Florida Space Institute to conduct a forensic investigation of the root cause of the ... -
Enhancing Safety and Performance in Temporary Brackets: Insights into Forensic Analysis and Construction Errors
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)On August 17, 2021, a steel bracket of an under-construction bridge in Anhui, China, experienced a catastrophic failure. This incident raised significant concerns about the design and construction of temporary structures. ... -
Simple Model for Longitudinal Temperature Distribution of Utility Tunnel Fire with Double Fires and End Wall Fire
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The enhanced burning intensity of double fires in utility tunnels resulting in accumulated smoke and heat can lead to heavier casualties. For a single fire source with an end wall, the end wall causes reflections of smoke ... -
Performance of a Seismically Isolated Building in the Earthquakes of February 6, 2023, in Türkiye
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)On February 6, 2023, a devastating earthquake of M7.8 struck Türkiye with an epicenter to the east of the city of Gaziantep. Within hours, it was followed by a M7.5 earthquake some 107 km to the north. The focus of ...