Journal of Infrastructure Systems: Recent submissions
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Railway Track Quality Assessment Using Topological Data Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractThe US railway system requires continuous monitoring to ensure safety and efficiency. Traditional track quality indices (TQI) often fail to detect variations in track geometry, missing critical irregularities that ... -
Multiscale Dynamic Attention and Transformer-Driven Interactive Multifeature Fusion Approach for Advanced Crack Detection and Segmentation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractSalient Object Detection is a key preprocessing technique for identifying prominent regions in images, but its use in pavement surface crack detection is limited due to scale and feature differences. To address ... -
Scalable and Accurate Crack Segmentation for Infrastructure Health Monitoring Using EfficientNetB0 and a Context-Aware Attention Mechanism
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractIn response to the growing need for accurate and automated infrastructure assessment, this study introduces a novel crack segmentation framework that combines an EfficientNetB0 encoder with an enhanced U-Net decoder ... -
Multiobjective MINLP–Based Optimal Design for Storage-Supported EV Charging Hub in Urban Areas
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractIntegration of public electric vehicle (EV) charging stations into the existing power system presents a challenge in regard to stability, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness, particularly in urban areas with limited ... -
Exploring Metrics to Evaluate Integrated Infrastructure Management of Water, Wastewater, and Transportation Infrastructure Using Agent-Based Modeling
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractInfrastructure systems are tightly coupled with each other; however, infrastructure agencies typically manage infrastructure projects in isolation from other systems. Such a siloed management approach can lead to ... -
SD-YOLO: An Efficient Deep Learning Framework for Real-Time and Multiscale Pavement Crack Detection
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractPavement crack detection is crucial for maintaining urban infrastructure and ensuring traffic safety. However, existing methods often struggle with issues such as poor accuracy in complex environments, inadequate ... -
Intelligent Acoustic-Based IoT-Enabled Sensing and Monitoring System for Automated Real-Time Leak Detection, Localization, and Pinpointing in Water Distribution Infrastructures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractWater distribution infrastructures (WDIs) are a vital part of the economy, as they provide and transport water to consumers, which is essential for daily activities. These infrastructure systems are comprised of a ... -
Network-Level Maintenance and Rehabilitation Budget Planning Based on the Reliability of Large-Scale Pavement Networks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractPerforming cost-effective maintenance and rehabilitation (M&R) budget planning is crucial for any large-scale pavement network. This paper presents a novel model to maximize the reliability of large-scale ... -
Multiyear Maintenance Planning for Large-Scale Infrastructure Systems: A Novel Network Deep Q-Learning Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractInfrastructure asset management is essential for sustaining the performance of public infrastructure such as road networks, bridges, and utility networks. Traditional maintenance and rehabilitation planning methods ... -
Integrating Real-Time Monitoring Information into Asset Failure Modeling: Application to ETC Facilities
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractInfrastructure assets, such as expressway facilities, are sometimes monitored in real time to detect anomalies or failures. Although such monitoring systems are primarily intended to enable immediate responses by ... -
Fearing Scarcity or Inequality: Urban Infrastructure Investment and Individual Subjective Wellbeing in China
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractBy matching city-level infrastructure investment data with microlevel family panel survey data in China, this study integrates the perspectives of need satisfaction and social comparison to empirically investigate ... -
Anticipatory Risk Assessment and Mitigation for Water Distribution Infrastructures in Coastal Communities Subject to Sea-Level Rise
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractAs climate change leads to increasing sea levels, coastal communities are experiencing increased flooding. In the coming years, these effects are expected to lead to movements in coastal populations, with implications ... -
Mapping the Swiss Road and Rail Infrastructure Planning Process and Identifying Potential Areas for Improvement
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractThe Swiss transportation infrastructure planning process, like all infrastructure planning processes, requires that the organizations involved determine how societal needs will change over time, how the current ... -
Efficient and Interpretable Image Processing Approach for Crack Segmentation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractStructural health monitoring (SHM) plays a pivotal role in ensuring infrastructure longevity and safety, with crack detection serving as a fundamental task in assessing structural integrity. This study presents a ... -
Probabilistic Risk Analysis of Infrastructure Systems in Terms of Societal Impact
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractThe ultimate goal of critical infrastructure systems—in fact, what makes them critical—is their role in societal functioning. Yet efforts to assess and manage risks associated with disruptive events have typically ... -
Unearthing the Barriers to Blockchain-Enabled Smart Contract Adoption in Public–Private Partnerships Projects: A PLS-SEM and Hybrid Model Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractThe traditional public–private partnerships (PPP) contract is paper based, which makes contract documentation in PPP intensive, insecure, and prone to errors and unauthorized manipulations. These problems are in ... -
Utilizing Transformer-Based Semantic Segmentation for Damage and Component Detection in Civil Infrastructure Inspection
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractSemantic segmentation plays an essential part in the condition assessment of bridges by enabling pixel-level classification of structural components and defects. Compared with U-shaped models, transformers excel ... -
Real-Time Rust Segmentation on Steel Surface Using a Lightweight Transformer Deep Learning Model
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractIdentifying rust on steel surfaces is crucial for preserving the integrity of civil infrastructure. Rust-induced damage poses a significant challenge to structural health monitoring systems. Timely and accurate ... -
Understanding the Affecting Factors and Effectiveness Indicators of Bundled Performance-Based Maintenance Contracting
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractPerformance-based maintenance contracting (PBMC) is considered superior to traditional contracting methods in managing cost, schedule, and quality. Previous studies mainly focused on performance indicators development, ... -
Large-Scale Pavement Management Considering Reliability and Traffic Dynamics
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractThis research addresses the imperative need for effective maintenance, rehabilitation, and reconstruction (MR&R) strategies within road pavement management to enhance the safety and efficiency of transportation ...