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RE-YOLO: Vehicle Detector Based on Knowledge Distillation YOLOv8 for Autonomous Driving Scenarios
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractVehicle detection tasks in autonomous driving scenarios face challenges such as illumination changes, motion blur, and target occlusion. This paper proposes a vehicle detector RepViT efficient-you only look once ... -
Operation Path Planning for Rail-Type Rebar Binding Robots Based on Improved Ant Colony Algorithm
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractIn recent years, the engineering construction industry has faced challenges such as aging and labor shortages. Various intelligent construction robots have been researched and applied to bridge and building ... -
Explainable Machine-Learning Leak Identification Framework for Water Distribution Networks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractLeak identification in urban water distribution networks (WDNs) is a critical task with potential consequences. Acoustic-based convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have been widely employed for leak identification, ... -
Evaluating Road Crack Segmentation Performance in Participatory Sensing: An Exploration of Alternative Metrics
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractIn participatory sensing, road cracks can be monitored utilizing the dashboard cameras (dashcams) of regular vehicles. While the predicted segmentation masks in dashcam images may seem satisfactory for assessing ... -
Semiautomatic IFC-Based BIM Reconstruction for As-Designed Bridges from 2D Plans Leveraging Semantic Segmentation and Enrichment
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractBuilding information modeling (BIM) is an innovative approach that enables efficient life-cycle management of construction projects. The increasing application of BIM in the bridge sector can be attributed to its ... -
BIM-Based Automated Design Framework for Pavement Structures Considering Economy and Sustainability
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractAdvanced computer information technologies are transforming the design methodologies and patterns of road infrastructure. Current pavement structure design processes heavily rely on manual decision-making and ... -
Conceptual Design of a Novel UHPC-NC Hybrid Continuous Box-Girder System with Controllable Long-Term Deflection
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)Abstract Long-span prestressed concrete continuous bridges are prone to excessive deflection at the main span during long-term operation, which often interacts with cracking issues. To address this challenge, this paper ... -
Fast Automatic Segmentation of Microseismic and Blasting Events without Labeled Data Using Sparse Graph Spectral Clustering
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractDifferentiating between microseismic and blasting events is a classical task in underground excavation monitoring. Most of the machine learning methods utilized for this task are supervised and require labeled data. ... -
Seismic Resilience of Railway Bridges with Vertical–Lateral Resistance-Decoupled Girder Support and Semihinged Column–Footing Connections
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)Abstract Seismic isolation has become a mature and widely adopted strategy for mitigating earthquake-induced damage in high-intensity seismic regions. The incorporation of energy dissipation (ED) devices has further advanced ... -
Seismic Performance Assessment of Self-Centering Tall Piers: Cyclic Loading Test and Numerical Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)Abstract This paper introduces the cyclic loading test and numerical model of a novel self-centering (SC) tall pier. This tall pier system is connected to the girder and foundation, respectively, through pre-embedded ... -
Multisource Feature Aggregation Approach for Predicting Extreme Pitting Depth Distributions of In Situ Bridge Cable Wires
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)Abstract Extreme pitting depths in bridge cable steel wires serve as fatigue crack initiation sites, making accurate assessment crucial for failure risk prediction. Existing methods require rust removal and cable disassembly, ... -
Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of the Sandwich Panel Repair Method for Corrosion-Damaged Bridge Girders
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)Abstract Steel girder ends in bridges can be susceptible to corrosion damage from deicing salts, water, and other contaminants that leak from failed deck expansion joints. When corrosion becomes significant, it can decrease ... -
Minimum Socket Depth for Socket Joints in Accelerated Bridge Construction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)Abstract Socket connection is a commonly used connection method in accelerated bridge construction (ABC). The socket depth directly affects the connection reliability, force transmission mechanism, and foundation expenditure, ... -
Precast RC Blocks with Detachable Connections for Emergency Temporary Bridges: Wave-Shaped Concrete Shear Keys Fabricated from 3D-Printed Molds and Steel Couplers
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)Abstract Although structural design and technology remain challenges in preventing bridges, especially their superstructure, from being washed out by hydrodynamic forces due to tsunamis, floods, and storm surges, bridges ... -
CNN-BiLSTM Hybrid Neural Network with Attention Mechanism for Structural Nonlinear Model Updating
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)Abstract This paper proposes a hybrid neural network employing an attention mechanism (AM) strategy in nonlinear parameter identification for updating structural models based on dynamic response data, which integrates the ... -
Experimental Evaluation of Load Transfer Mechanisms in Steel Truss Bridges under Varied Damage Scenarios
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)Abstract This paper investigates the structural robustness of a steel Pratt-type truss bridge through a series of experimental analyses focusing on various damage scenarios. Twelve distinct damage scenarios were examined ... -
Subway Tile Stagger Framing Arrangements for Straight Steel I-Girder Bridges with Parallel Skew
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)Abstract Straight skewed I-girder bridges exhibit three-dimensional (3D) behavior due to deformation compatibility considerations. Most pertinent is the development of a stiff transverse load path between the obtuse corners ... -
Flutter Stability and Mechanisms of Long-Span Truss Girder Bridges in Mountainous Areas under Various Angles of Attack
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)Abstract The sensitivity of flutter performance to the angle of attack (AoA) poses a significant challenge for the aeroelastic safety of long-span truss bridges in complex mountainous wind environments. This paper investigates ... -
Collaborative Optimization of Cost, Reliability, and Carbon Emissions for a Bridge Network Maintenance Strategy Based on the Improved NSGA-III
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractThe multiobjective optimization of the maintenance strategy for bridge networks becomes more complex with the increasing environmental problems. A maintenance strategy model of bridge networks considering the ... -
Effect of Secondary Loading on Shear Performance of Damaged Thin-Walled Web RC Beams Strengthened with a UHPC Layer and Postinstalled Adhesive Bolts
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)Abstract Damaged RC structures are typically strengthened in the load-carrying state in practice, which limits the improvement of their mechanical performance due to stress lag in the strengthening components. In this ...