Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities: Recent submissions
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Multistate Probabilistic Assessment of Third-Party Damage Risk for Oil and Gas Pipelines Based on DEMATEL-ISM-Røed-BN
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)As the lifeblood of national energy, oil and gas pipelines are vulnerable to corrosion, third-party damage, and natural disasters. Among these, third-party damage accidents have a high probability and serious consequences. ... -
Bridge Failure during the October 2018 Flooding in Iran
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The significant rainfall in October 2018 in northern Iran caused devastating flooding that caused considerable economic losses and claimed at least nine lives. Following the flooding, several bridges have suffered different ... -
Structural Behavior of Segmental Tunnel Linings Based on In Situ Measurements
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Segmental tunnel linings have a complex structural behavior that is difficult to predict. Full-scale in situ structural monitoring allows us to gain access to these structures, observe the acting mechanisms, and better ... -
Cyclic Behavior and Damage Assessment of Superelastic SMA Dowel Connections for Braced Timber Frame Applications
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Braced timber frames (BTFs) are an efficient lateral force resisting system that can effectively resist wind and earthquake loads. It is well-known that the performance of BTFs is strongly dependent on connection behavior, ... -
Structural Damage Classification of Large-Scale Bridges Using Convolutional Neural Networks and Time Domain Responses
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)This study presents the structural damage classification of a large-scale bridge, considering several damage scenarios using One dimensional convolutional neural network (1D-CNN). Measurements obtained from the Z24 bridge ... -
Multidamage Identification in High-Resolution Concrete Bridge Component Imagery Based on Deep Learning
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The identification of damage to concrete bridge surfaces is of great significance to maintaining the durability and reliability of bridges. However, it is difficult to identify small areas of damage, especially in ... -
Investigating Oxide Film Degradation at Arkansas Weathering Steel Bridges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Uncoated weathering steel (UWS) is used for bridges to minimize maintenance costs incurred due to possible steel corrosion. State highway departments often use weathering steel for bridges with the expectation that the ... -
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 ...