ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering: Recent submissions
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The Optimization of Fleet Deployment for Container Liner Shipping under the Carbon Tax and Energy Efficiency Operation Indicator
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)To address the ship allocation issues within container liner routes in the context of enhancing energy efficiency and reducing carbon emissions in ship operations, we formulated a dual-objective mixed-integer nonlinear ... -
Stochastic Evaluation of Railway Track Buckling Using Monte-Carlo Simulations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The necessity of railway track buckling assessment stems from the critical need to mitigate the risks associated with track buckling, which can lead to considerable track system damage and pose significant risks to operational ... -
Bayesian Finite-Element Model Updating of Bridges Considering Boundary Condition Uncertainties
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)A Bayesian finite-element model updating method for updating the additional rotational and horizontal constraints of bridge boundary conditions using modal parameters is proposed. First, the spring constant is considered ... -
Navigation Decision-Making Method of Complex Multitype Ships’ Routing Waters
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The navigation decision-making method has attracted increasing attention in recent years. However, most of the research is concentrated on open waters. This study proposes a navigation decision-making method suitable for ... -
Risk Identification, Prioritization, and Mapping for Early Construction Cost Contingency in Transportation Infrastructure Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) require reliable early construction cost estimates for project budgeting. Typically, project budgets are established early in the development process before finalizing a project’s ... -
Stress Resultant–Based Approach to Mass Assumption–Free Bayesian Model Updating of Frame Structures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Bayesian model updating facilitates the calibration of analytical models based on observations and the quantification of uncertainties in model parameters such as stiffness and mass. This process significantly enhances ... -
Study of Site Investigation Sample Quality and Worst-Case Scale of Fluctuation for Monopiles Based on Conditional Random Fields
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The spatial variability of soil is usually modeled as a nonstationary unconditional random field (URF), which utilizes only the statistics of the soil field, and conditional random field (CRF), which utilizes both the ... -
Enhanced Prediction and Uncertainty Analysis for In-Plane and Out-of-Plane Resistance of Unreinforced Masonry Walls: A Multifidelity Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Unreinforced masonry (URM) walls are commonly found in historic and legacy buildings around the world. The structural resistance of URM walls under in-plane (IP) and out-of-plane (OOP) loads is of primary concern to ... -
Structural Reliability Analysis Using Generalized Distribution Reconstruction Method with Novel Improvements
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The probability density function (PDF) of structural responses is one of the significant fundamentals for structural reliability analysis. Nonetheless, it is still challenging to compute the PDF, especially when the ... -
Optimum Seismic Retrofit of Deteriorating RC Bridge Columns Based on Risk, Cost–Benefit, and Real Option Analyses
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Continuous exposure to aggressive environmental stressors, deterioration mechanisms, and natural hazards subjects existing bridges to a multitude of detrimental impacts on structural performance throughout their service ... -
An Approach to Quantifying the Distribution of Resonance and Cancellation Train Speeds of Railway Bridges with Random Uncertainties
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Resonance and cancellation phenomena are fundamental scientific topics in the field of train–bridge interactions. Prior studies have explained their underlying mechanisms and consequential effects. This paper re-examined ... -
Data-Driven Telecommunication Outage Prediction during Hurricane Events
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Telecommunication infrastructure (TI) has become an indispensable part in modern society, and its functionality is especially vital to emergency response during hurricanes. This study bridges the gap of lack of quantitative ... -
An Integrated Framework for Analyzing Risk Influence Factors of Inland Waterway Transport Based on Interpretive Structural Models and Bayesian Networks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Historical accident data provides valuable insights into the causes of maritime accidents. To investigate the effect of factors on maritime safety through accident analysis, this study collected 238 accidents that occurred ... -
A Simulation Model for Container Ships Scheduling in Qinzhou Port under Seamless Connection Mode
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Qinzhou Port in China is witnessing a continuous increase in visiting ships, especially container ships. This results in the increase of ship waiting time, and enhancing the handling efficiency for container ships becomes ... -
Tracing the Factors Influencing Learning from Incidents Behavior in the Construction Industry: Based on a Complex Systems Perspective
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Learning from incidents (LFI) is an effective behavior to prevent risk and uncertainty in the construction industry, while being subject to multiple systems working together. Existing research on LFI behavior is still at ... -
Integrating Bluetooth-Enabled Sensors with Cloud Computing for Fire Hazard Communication Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Due to the complex modern construction processes and the diversity of building materials, a diversified construction environment has emerged, making it difficult to accurately predict and monitor the risk of fire hazards. ... -
Nondeterministic Kriging for Probabilistic Systems with Mixed Continuous and Discrete Input Variables
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)This paper presents a nondeterministic kriging (NDK) method to approximate the response of probabilistic systems with mixed continuous and discrete input variables. The proposed method approximates both epistemic (extrinsic) ... -
Quantification of Polymorphic Uncertainties: A Quasi-Monte Carlo Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)A novel methodology for the quantification of mixed and nested polymorphic uncertainties has been developed. It is designed to be applied to moderately computationally expensive deterministic models, and it preserves the ... -
Design Optimization with Variable Screening by Interval-Based Sensitivity Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Design optimization problems are very common in engineering practice. Determining their solution may be challenging when many design variables are involved. A means to cope with such large number of design variables consists ... -
Track Geometry Estimation and Hanging Sleeper Detection Using Vehicle Dynamic Responses with Unknown System Parameters
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)This study presents an efficient, but effective, approach to infer railroad track geometries and locate hanging sleepers from the car body responses. A half-car model is employed to represent the bounce and pitch motions ...