ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering
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EISSN:2332-9025|ISSN:2332-9017|Disc:The ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering disseminates research findings, best practices and concerns, and discussion and debate on risk and uncertainty related issues. The journal reports on the full range of risk and uncertainty analysis state-of-art and state-of-practice relating to mechanical engineering, including but not limited to risk quantification based on hazard identification, scenario development and rate quantification, consequence assessment, valuations, perception, communication, risk-informed decision making, uncertainty analysis and modeling, and other related areas|Priority:4|Publisher:American Society of Civil Engineers|
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Performance Assessment of Lead Rubber–Isolated Liquid Storage Tanks with Clutching Inertial Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Liquid storage tanks (LSTs)—lifeline structures—must remain functional after earthquake events. Concerns regarding high sloshing and isolator displacement have led to the use of base isolation technology to mitigate seismic ... -
Analysis of the Influence of Rolling Motion on the ROPAX Vessel with Firewater Accumulation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)After firewater accumulates on the vehicle deck of a roll-on/roll-off cargo and passenger (ROPAX) vessel, the rolling of the vessel in a seaway can lead to the unexpected and rapid worsening of the situation. This paper ... -
Near-Fault Earthquake-Induced Vibration Control of a Supertall Benchmark Building Using an Inerter-Assisted Compliant Liquid Damper
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)To exploit the potential of liquid dampers for vibration control of supertall buildings, it is essential to install sizable liquid tanks at the top of the building to provide a substantial value of damper mass ratio to ... -
Multiway Analytics Applied to Railway Track Geometry and Ballast Conditions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Railroad systems generate large amounts of data, which, when effectively analyzed, can significantly enhance maintenance decisions to improve safety and system performance. Tensor decomposition, as an advanced multidimensional ... -
Multilevel Damage Indicator–Enabled Seismic Damage Evolution Analysis and Fragility Assessment of Structures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The current performance-based seismic evaluation methodologies can be broadly classified into three categories based on the adopted indicators: displacement-based seismic evaluation, energy-based seismic evaluation, and ... -
Analysis of Deformation Characteristics of Layered Rock Tunnel Excavation Based on Statistical Mechanics of Rock Masses
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Layered rock mass is prevalent in tunnel engineering, where deformation and failure of surrounding rock are primarily governed by discontinuity structural planes, leading to significant anisotropy in deformation and strength ... -
Limit-State Function Sensitivity under Epistemic Uncertainty: A Convex Model Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)This work proposes a limit-state sensitivity index to identify the input variables of a structure or system which possess a significant impact on its state for the case where the input variables are subject to epistemic ... -
Latent Space-Based Likelihood Estimation Using a Single Observation for Bayesian Updating of a Nonlinear Hysteretic Model
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)This study presents a novel approach to quantify uncertainties in Bayesian model updating, which is effective for sparse or single observations. Conventional uncertainty quantification methods are limited in situations ... -
Interval Fields for Geotechnical Engineering Uncertainty Analysis under Limited Data
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Spatial uncertainty is a critical challenge in many engineering fields. To date, probabilistic methods have been applied to describe the uncertainty of engineering parameters with considerable achievements. However, they ... -
Interpolation of Sparse Measurements and Quantification of Measurement Error Using Enhanced Kriging with Sparse Representation of Covariance Function
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Spatially varying properties of geomaterials (e.g., soils and rocks) are often measured sparsely, and the measurements inevitably contain noises or error. Therefore, interpolation of sparse geotechnical measurements ... -
Improved Probabilistic Seismic Demand–Intensity Relationship: Heteroscedastic Approaches
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)As an integral part of assessing the seismic performance of structures, the probabilistic seismic demand–intensity relationship has been widely studied. In this study, the phenomenon of heteroscedasticity in probabilistic ... -
Advances in the Reliability Analysis of Coherent Systems under Limited Data with Confidence Boxes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This paper proposes an uncertainty quantification framework that enables the analyst to compute statistically calibrated confidence bounds of the reliability of coherent systems, even in the case in which the data are ... -
Identification of Causes and Individuals at Risk of Falls during Vertical Formwork Operation in Construction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The construction sector contributes to the occurrence of fatal falls and injuries. Experts believe that identifying the causes and individuals at risk of falls has the potential to prevent/minimize falls on-site. While ... -
Health Evaluation of Frame Structures Based on the Gray Cloud Network Model: Proposal and Experimental Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The quantification of structural health has become a fundamental issue in structural hazard identification. To quantify the structural health state affected by multiple uncertainties, this paper proposes a structural health ... -
Gaussian Process Regression–Based Model Error Diagnosis and Quantification Using Experimental Data of Prestressed Concrete Beams in Shear
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)To facilitate considering model uncertainty for rigorous reliability/probabilistic analysis, this paper proposed a Gaussian process regression–based (GPR-based) model error quantification framework and applied to shear ... -
Advance Rate Predictions of Tunnel Boring Machines Using Bayesian-Optimized CNN-LSTM
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)During the tunnelling process of a tunnel boring machine (TBM), accurately predicting the advance rate (AR) is highly desirable for enhancing construction efficiency and safety. Inaccurate AR estimates may lead to extended ... -
From Impact to Control: Inertially Amplified Friction Bearings
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The conventional friction bearings have limitations in controlling the structures’ vibration. To overcome their limitations and upgrade their seismic performances, the inertial amplifiers and inerters are applied to the ... -
Adaptive Monte Carlo Methods for Estimating Rare Events in Power Grids
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This paper presents a comprehensive study on rare event estimation in power grids, focusing on state-of-the-art adaptive Monte Carlo algorithms. Building upon IEEE benchmarks, we analyze the pros and cons of each adaptive ... -
Active Learning of Small Failure Probabilities of Highly Nonstationary Geotechnical Systems by Adaptive Bayesian Compressive Sensing and Subset Simulation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Estimating small failure probabilities in complex geotechnical systems with highly nonstationary responses and time-consuming models is a significant challenge. The nonparametric adaptive Bayesian compressive sensing Monte ... -
Extreme Wind Speed Map for Mainland China Considering the Directional Effect
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This study proposes a framework for mapping the extreme wind speed for mainland China considering the directional effect. To this end, long-term observations of the daily maximum surface wind speed and associated wind ...