ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering: Recent submissions
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Multi-USV Collaborative Obstacle Avoidance Based on Improved Velocity Obstacle Method
(ASCE, 2024/03/01)Cooperative obstacle avoidance of multiple unmanned surface vessels (multi-USV) is an important issue in unmanned vessel safety. This study aims to solve dynamic safety collision avoidance problems, especially decision ... -
Reliability Evaluation of Slopes Considering Spatial Variability of Soil Parameters Based on Efficient Surrogate Model
(ASCE, 2024/03/01)The conventional surrogate model for slope reliability assessment often is faced with the issues of high dimensionality and sample selection disorder, which are caused by the spatial variability of soil parameters and which ... -
A Probabilistic Method for Integrating Physics-Based and Data-Driven Storm Outage Prediction Models for Power Systems
(ASCE, 2024/06/01)To predict power outages for upcoming storm events and assess the resilience of power systems, accurate models of power outage probabilities are necessary. Although physics-based fragility models have been developed to ... -
Metric Systems for Performance Evaluation of Active Learning Kriging Configurations for Reliability Analysis
(ASCE, 2024/06/01)In active learning Kriging (AK) reliability-based analysis, a surrogate model is trained in a stepwise manner and used to evaluate the reliability of the desired system by reducing the computational cost of analysis. While ... -
Estimation of Response Expectation Bounds under Parametric P-Boxes by Combining Bayesian Global Optimization with Unscented Transform
(ASCE, 2024/06/01)In engineering analysis, propagating parametric probability boxes (p-boxes) remains a challenge because a computationally expensive nested solution scheme is involved. To tackle this challenge, this paper proposes a novel ... -
Deep-Sea Accident Risk Posture Assessment Based on a Variable-Weighted Five-Element Connection Number
(ASCE, 2024/06/01)The operation risks for deep-sea oil spill recovery are characterized by their multiplicity, fuzziness, and dynamic nature. To more properly and comprehensively assess the operational risks for deep-sea oil spill recovery, ... -
Analytical Nonstationary Response of Linear Stochastic MDOF Systems Endowed with Half-Order Fractional Derivative Elements
(ASCE, 2024/03/01)This paper presents a novel method for obtaining analytical solutions for the nonstationary response of multidegree-of-freedom (MDOF) systems endowed with half fractional derivative elements and subjected to external ... -
Impact of Ergodic and Nonergodic Ground Motion Estimation on the Earthquake Resilience of Shared Distributed Energy Resource Systems
(ASCE, 2024/03/01)Distributed energy resource systems (DERs), such as rooftop solar panels, are gaining traction in the energy sector to improve infrastructure resilience to earthquakes by facilitating electricity sharing in seismic regions ... -
Research of Methods of Collision Warning and Avoidance Assistant Decision Making for the Ship in Typical Inland TSS Waters
(ASCE, 2024/06/01)Inland ship collisions in traffic separation scheme (TSS) water usually cause serious consequences. Research on ship collision risk early warning and collision avoidance assistant decision making can reduce the possibility ... -
Robust Optimal Control Method to Improve Bus Schedule Adherence Considering Stochastic Bus Operations under Mixed Traffic
(ASCE, 2024/03/01)Mixed traffic often results in large deviations in bus schedules due to the influence of stochastic factors on bus operations. In order to improve bus schedule adherence, signal priority is often employed at signalized ... -
A Novel Integrated Method for the Risk Assessment of Ship-to-Ship LNG Bunkering Operations
(ASCE, 2024/03/01)In recent years, liquefied natural gas (LNG) gradually has become an alternative fuel for ships. For targeted safety management of ship-to-ship LNG bunkering, this study developed a new method to identify, quantify, and ... -
Bimodal Distribution–Based Collision Probability of Ship with Buoy in Two-Way Navigable Channel
(ASCE, 2024/06/01)In this paper, a bimodal normal distribution model of ship traffic flow is developed to more accurately model the probability of ships colliding with buoys in a two-way navigable channel and reduce the estimation error ... -
Evaluation of Model Factors for Barrette Piles Based on CYCU/Barrette/64
(ASCE, 2024/03/01)Model factors for barrette piles at the ultimate limit state under compression loading were evaluated in this study. A total of 64 rectangular pile load test results from different locations around the world were compiled ... -
Ship Behavior Pattern Analysis Based on Multiship Encounter Detection
(ASCE, 2024/03/01)Maritime accidents have become a major threat to societal safety and environmental protection, especially in complex navigable waters with high traffic density and diverse ship behaviors. To achieve effective safety control ... -
Simulation Study of the Damage Effect of Tandem Warhead on Concrete Target
(ASCE, 2024/03/01)The process of a concrete target subjected to a tandem warhead was studied by means of field testing and numerical simulation. First, field testing of a shaped charge impacting the concrete target was carried out, in which ... -
Structural Resilience of Pole-Mounted Substations Subjected to Flooding: Generalized Framework and a Malaysian Case Study
(ASCE, 2024/06/01)Substations are vital components of electricity supply, representing a weak point in a power network due to their vulnerability to flood events. Pole-mounted substations can effectively mitigate inundation failures by ... -
A MMEM-BN–Based Analyzing Framework for Causal Analysis of Ship Collisions
(ASCE, 2024/06/01)Exploring the causes and evolution of ship collisions plays an important role in accident prevention and risk control. This paper proposes a hybrid analyzing framework based on man–machine–environment–management (MMEM) and ... -
Sustainable and Resilient Engineering for Facade Design under Uncertainty in the Tropics
(ASCE, 2024/06/01)Traditional facade design practices are mostly based on the designers’ intuition or a single performance criterion such as U- and g-values, which only describe a single facade property. However, facade optimal design in ... -
The Steady-State Response Spectrum of Bridge Structures under Statistical Steady Traffic Flow Loads
(ASCE, 2024/03/01)The study of the statistical law of the response spectrum of bridge structures under the action of random traffic flow loads can not only evaluate the service performance of bridge structures, but also verify the rationality ... -
Estimation of Economic Impacts of Climate-Driven Hazards Using Stochastic Process Model
(ASCE, 2024/03/01)Projections using global climate models indicate that climate change will influence the patterns of natural hazards, such as thunderstorms, atmospheric river landfalls, extreme droughts, and ocean waves. The frequency and ...