Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities: Recent submissions
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Ambient Vibration Test and Retest of a Multistory Factory Building
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Multistory industrial buildings have become prevalent in sectors such as electronics, machinery, pharmaceuticals, and textiles due to limited space in urban environment. There is usually a strict requirement of machine ... -
Coupling Vibration Response of Lightweight Aluminum Alloy Footbridges due to Synchronous Excitation of Low-Density Crowd
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The vibration serviceability problems induced by the coupling vibration of lightweight footbridges is a research focus. Much research has been conducted in recent years, yet the attenuation of the coupling vibration subjected ... -
A Framework for Assessing the Impacts of COVID-19 on the Construction Industries in Developing Countries
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The COVID-19 pandemic has struck the construction industry gravely. Accordingly, numerous studies reported the impact of COVID-19 on various aspects of the construction industry and projects. However, there exists no ... -
Anomaly Analysis of PVC Roofing Membranes in Portugal
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Given that PVC membranes are a current solution for waterproofing flat roofs, and their use has been increasing in Portugal, it is important to analyze the main reasons for the occurrence of unusual anomalies in membranes ... -
Automated Geometric Quantification of Building Exterior Wall Cracks Based on Computer Vision
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Crack detection methods of high-rise building walls based on traditional computer vision (CV) heavily rely on manual selection and extraction of design features. Convolutional neural network (CNN)-based CV can actively ... -
Long-Term Field Response of Skewed Steel I-Girder Bridge Superstructures under Thermal Variation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)To investigate the performance of in-service skewed bridges, two continuous two-span steel I-girder bridges, one skewed 45° with integral abutments and the other skewed 41° with stub abutments, were instrumented during ... -
Displacement-Based Seismic Design and Assessment of Friction-Dissipating Light-Timber Frames Coupled with a Self-Centering CLT Wall
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)A dual structural system for low-to-medium-rise buildings is examined, comprising light-timber frames (LTF) coupled with a cross-laminated timber (CLT) wall. To enhance the energy-dissipating capacity of LTF featuring ... -
Evaluating the Continuous Deck Placement Sequence Approach at Steel Bridges Using a Time-Dependent Numerical Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Concrete bridge deck cracking can cause serious serviceability issues during a bridge’s design life and compromise a bridge’s structural strength. Early age concrete bridge deck cracking occurs within a month of the concrete ... -
Continuous Health Assessment of Bridges under Sudden Environmental Variability by Local Unsupervised Learning
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Continuous health monitoring of civil engineering structures is an important process for ensuring their safety. However, sudden environmental variability makes this process erroneous and unreliable. To address this challenge, ... -
Predicting Concrete Bridge Deck Deterioration: A Hyperparameter Optimization Approach
(ASCE, 2024/06/01)Concrete bridge decks are critical transportation infrastructure components where deterioration can compromise structural integrity and public safety. This study develops machine learning (ML) models using the National ... -
Multiyear Facility Maintenance Optimization
(ASCE, 2024/04/01)Facility maintenance decisions are essential to ensuring infrastructure can continue to meet mission objectives. To keep facilities and equipment operational during budget shortfalls, sometimes myopic maintenance strategies ... -
Application of Multidisciplinary Community Resilience Modeling to Reduce Disaster Risk: Building Back Better
(ASCE, 2024/06/01)From December 10 to December 11, 2021, a deadly tornado outbreak struck across several states in the US, including Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee. This tornado outbreak resulted in at least $3.9 billion ... -
Risk-Based Self-Improving Asset Management Framework for Coastal Protection Structures Using 1+ Inspection Points
(ASCE, 2024/06/01)Limited research has been directed toward coastal protection infrastructure compared to other types of infrastructure, despite the increasing global population in low-elevated coastal regions and the threats posed by climate ... -
Assessment of Transverse Deck Cracking in Bridges during Staged Construction
(ASCE, 2024/04/01)Staged construction is often used for bridges, in which a portion of a bridge remains open to traffic while another portion is closed for construction. Although staged construction reduces delays and the need for detours, ... -
Automatic Detection of Pavement Marking Defects in Road Inspection Images Using Deep Learning
(ASCE, 2024/04/01)Pavement markings serve to convey information to drivers, regulate driving behavior, and effectively mitigate traffic congestion and reduce accidents. Nonetheless, due to traffic exposure and temperature stress, pavement ... -
Crack-Detection Method for Asphalt Pavement Based on the Improved YOLOv5
(ASCE, 2024/04/01)In view of the low identification accuracy of the crack-detection technology of asphalt pavement under the current conditions of complex pavement (subject to strong light, water on the road, debris, and so on), an asphalt ... -
Evaluation of Total Stress in W-Flange Members Using Ultrasonic Shear Waves
(ASCE, 2024/02/01)This paper discusses the development of ultrasonic stress measurement (USM) technology as a potential tool for structural heath monitoring and evaluation of buildings and bridges. The proposed approach utilizes acoustic ... -
Reinforced Concrete Bridge Column Multihazard Performance: A Computational Tool to Assess Response to Vehicle Impact, Air Blast, and Fire
(ASCE, 2024/02/01)Pier columns, as primary bridge supports, are vulnerable to extreme loading demands resulting from fire, vehicle collisions, and blasts. The combined effects of these demands may cause significant strength reduction, ... -
Explainable Machine-Learning Model for Rapid Damage Assessment of CFST Columns after Close-In Explosion
(ASCE, 2024/06/01)In the present study, the dynamic response and damage of concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) columns under close-in explosion were numerically studied. An extensive parametric study was carried out to investigate the ... -
Automatic Rebar Picking for Corrosion Assessment of RC Bridge Decks with Ground-Penetrating Radar Data
(ASCE, 2024/04/01)The detection and evaluation of internal corrosion of concrete bridge decks is of critical importance for bridge structure safety. Ground penetrating radar (GPR) is a nondestructive testing technique that has been used ...