Journal of Infrastructure Systems: Recent submissions
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Quantification of the Seismic Resilience of Bridge Classes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)This paper quantified the seismic resilience (SR) of different bridge classes by performing three-dimensional advanced numerical simulations in Opensees. SR was calculated by performing the seismic resilience for recovery ... -
Development of Deep Learning Pavement Extraction and Crack Segmentation Algorithms to Analyze UAV Images of Roadways
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Over the decades, significant efforts have been made in evaluating pavement condition by mounting cameras on a vehicle and automatically analyzing images by incorporating digital image processing techniques. Despite recent ... -
Predicting Damages to Remainder Parcels in Right-of-Way Acquisitions for Expanding Transportation Infrastructure: Using a Truncated Finite-Mixture Model
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Right-of-way acquisition is a critical component of transportation infrastructure development. Transportation infrastructure projects cannot proceed without proper right-of-way acquisition or may face significant delays. ... -
Strengthening Project Development in Developing Countries: Investigating the Infrastructure Enabling Environment through a Systems Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Globally, the current stock of infrastructure is not sufficient to meet the rising demand for infrastructure services. Billions of people around the world lack access to essential infrastructure services, especially in ... -
Resilience-Based Optimal Seismic Retrofit and Recovery Strategies of Bridge Networks under Mainshock–Aftershock Sequences
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)This paper proposes a mathematical framework for optimal retrofit and recovery strategies of bridge networks. The pre-earthquake and postearthquake management of the highway systems is addressed considering performance ... -
Risk Assessment Method for Forecasting Time-Dependent Aging Effects on Corrosion Rate: Preemptive Bridge Assets Management
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Current bridge assets management (BAM) is based on a site inspection–based condition rating methodology. Mitigation measures are adapted to assets’ condition assessment results. The reaction approach of bridge infrastructure ... -
Estimating Runway Overrun Risks of Landing Aircraft
(ASCE, 2024/06/01)This paper presents a procedure to estimate runway overrun risks of landing aircraft under different combinations of operating factors, including aircraft landing weight, landing speed, landing location, pavement skid ... -
Development of a Vision-Based Embedded System for Monitoring of Bridge Settlement
(ASCE, 2024/06/01)The assessment of bridge settlements is a challenging and significant problem. Moreover, aging of highway bridges is a growing concern in the US, especially when continuous monitoring is lacking. To facilitate expedient ... -
Impacts of Increased Prediction Accuracy in Management Decisions: A Study of Full-Depth Reclamation Pavements
(ASCE, 2024/03/01)Given the abundance of condition data regularly collected for major roadways, machine learning has the potential to enhance pavement deterioration modeling. This is particularly important for recycling-based rehabilitation ... -
Modeling and Understanding Dispute Causation in the US Public–Private Partnership Projects
(ASCE, 2024/03/01)The partnership between the public and private sectors has led to a new and innovative way of delivering infrastructure projects that is referred to as public–private partnership (PPP). There are various benefits associated ... -
Identifying the Opportunities and Challenges of Project Bundling: Modeling and Discovering Key Patterns Using Unsupervised Machine Learning
(ASCE, 2024/03/01)Project bundling is a strategy that combines several infrastructure projects into a single contract to improve the overall performance of projects. While previous research efforts have been conducted on certain aspects of ... -
Empirical Risk Analysis Methodology for Adversarial Threats against Critical Infrastructure
(ASCE, 2024/03/01)The increase in foreign and domestic threats mandates a serious reevaluation of existing security methodologies, standards, and vulnerability assessments. A comprehensive defense strategy with quantitative and qualitative ... -
A Framework for Transitions in the Built Environment: Insights from Compound Hazards in the COVID-19 Era
(ASCE, 2024/03/01)The COVID-19 era has witnessed numerous successful and unsuccessful attempts to adapt or reconfigure physical, virtual, and hybrid aspects of the built environment in order to mitigate the risks of co-occuring (i.e.,&nbs ... -
Performance Evaluation of Water Environment Treatment PPP Projects Based on Multisource Spatiotemporal Data Fusion
(ASCE, 2024/03/01)The performance data of water environment treatment public–private partnership (PPP) projects have the characteristics of multiple data sources, diverse types, and difficulties in integration. Based on existing literature ... -
Fuzzy Approach for Evaluating Critical Factors in the Design and Construction of Conventional Wastewater Treatment Plants
(ASCE, 2024/03/01)Conventional wastewater treatment plant (CWTP) construction and operation are challenging, and identifying critical factors is a foremost task in its initial stage. This study aims to evaluate the critical factors considering ... -
Dynamic Assessment of the Transfer Risks in China’s Public–Private Partnership Water Projects: A System Dynamics Approach
(ASCE, 2023/12/01)Public–private partnerships (PPPs) are the primary means of delivering water projects in developing countries. In China, most water PPP projects remain in the construction and operation stages, with few having passed to ... -
Optimal Bridge Retrofitting Selection for Seismic Risk Management Using Genetic Algorithms and Neural Network–Based Surrogate Models
(ASCE, 2023/12/01)This study used genetic algorithms as part of an optimization framework to directly minimize the expected impacts of road network disruption triggered by seismic events. This minimization is achieved by selecting an optimal ... -
Quantitative Approach to Assess Social Equity in Road Networks
(ASCE, 2023/12/01)Highway agencies are increasingly directed to broadly incorporate social equity goals into infrastructure planning. To better accommodate these goals in their decision making, it is essential for practitioners to assess ... -
Integrated Engineering–Economic Analysis for Multihazard Damage and Loss Assessment
(ASCE, 2023/12/01)This paper presents a methodology to evaluate the direct and general equilibrium losses for a testbed community subjected to a megathrust earthquake and tsunami hazard originating in the Cascadia Subduction Zone. The testbed ... -
Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning and Survival Analysis Combinations for Water Main Failure Prediction
(ASCE, 2023/12/01)Water main failure prediction models are a common tool in support of the asset management plans of utilities. This paper focuses on the development and evaluation of models that incorporate survival analysis in combination ...