Journal of Infrastructure Systems: Recent submissions
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Measuring the Topological Robustness of Transportation Networks to Disaster-Induced Failures: A Percolation Approach
(ASCE, 2020)This paper presents a framework that integrates network theory methods into infrastructure network assessment in order to investigate transportation network robustness from a topological perspective. The objectives of this ... -
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Extirpating Corrupt Practices in Infrastructure Project Procurement
(ASCE, 2020)This study examined the efficacy of anticorruption measures for extirpating the prevalence of corrupt practices in infrastructure procurement in developing countries. The study employed the fuzzy synthetic evaluation (FSE) ... -
Impact Assessment of Extreme Hydrometeorological Hazard Events on Road Networks
(ASCE, 2020)Determining the risk related to transportation networks due to the occurrence of (natural) hazard events often requires computer support. A simulation-based modeling environment can be useful when modeling a set of related ... -
Performance Analysis of Alternative Contracting Methods for Highway Construction Projects: Case Study for Iran
(ASCE, 2020)The suitability of the project delivery system (PDS) selected for a project greatly influences the efficiency of project implementation. In Iran, traditional design-bid-build (DBB) is commonly used for highway construction ... -
Preliminary Attempt toward Better Understanding the Impact of Distributed Energy Generation: An Agent-Based Computational Economics Approach
(ASCE, 2020)The increasing adoption of small-scale electricity generation technologies represents a transition from a hub-and-spoke system of centralized electricity generation to distributed energy resources (DER). Many utilities ... -
Resilience Modeling of Interdependent Traffic-Electric Power System Subject to Hurricanes
(ASCE, 2020)Highly interconnected critical infrastructure systems (CISs) are the backbone of the well-being of the modern societies. It is crucial to account for the interdependencies among CISs in assessing the community resilience. ... -
Numerical Model to Optimize Selection of Unpaved Roads for Dust Suppressing Chemical Treatments: Case Study
(ASCE, 2020)This study developed a model to select the optimum sections of unpaved roads for chemical treatments as dust suppressants within a limited budget. In the state of Wyoming, more than 19,312 km (12,000 mi) of roads ... -
Time-Dependent Resilience Assessment of Seismic Damage and Restoration of Interdependent Lifeline Systems
(ASCE, 2020)A simulation of the resilience of lifeline systems in a test bed subjected to a series of seismic events is presented in this paper. The simulation framework is comprised of a group of independent simulators that interact ... -
Risk-Based Multilevel Methodology to Stress Test Critical Infrastructure Systems
(ASCE, 2020)Making communities safer requires better tools to identify, quantify, and manage risks. Among the most important tools are stress tests, originally designed to test the risk posed by nuclear power plants. A complementary ... -
CLARC: An Artificial Community for Modeling the Effects of Extreme Hazard Events on Interdependent Civil and Social Infrastructure Systems
(ASCE, 2020)During the development of a suite of computer-aided decision support tools for the restoration of interdependent infrastructures impacted by an extreme natural hazard event, it became apparent that the release of vulnerability ... -
Real Option Valuation of Flexibility in Operation and Maintenance Contracts of Water Pipelines Based on Reliability Analysis
(ASCE, 2020)Pitting corrosion of buried cast iron water pipelines causes damage that cannot be easily detected without advanced monitoring tools. Structural reliability analysis can be used to account for the inherent environmental ... -
Machine-Learning–Based Risk Assessment Method for Leak Detection and Geolocation in a Water Distribution System
(ASCE, 2020)Current leak detection practice in a water distribution system consists of monitoring the distributed volume in a district metering area (DMA) and the consumption measured with automated meter reading (AMR) at the building ... -
Network-Level Risk-Based Framework for Optimal Bridge Adaptation Management Considering Scour and Climate Change
(ASCE, 2020)Transportation networks, as an essential ingredient of civil infrastructure, are subjected to various natural hazards over their service life. Failure of bridges may severely disrupt the serviceability of transportation ... -
Investing in Absorptive Capacity in Interdependent Infrastructure and Industry Sectors
(ASCE, 2020)Freight transportation infrastructure systems facilitate commodity flows across multiple industries. The closure of key infrastructures leads to an interruption of economic productivity that propagates through a system of ... -
Measurement and Analysis of Urban Infrastructure and Its Effects on Urbanization in China
(ASCE, 2020)This paper studies urbanization in China using composite indices of urban infrastructure. It has two objectives. First, it computes a multidimensional composite index of urban infrastructure for ranking 31 provinces and ... -
Data Analytics in Asset Management: Cost-Effective Prediction of the Pavement Condition Index
(ASCE, 2020)Understanding the deterioration of roads is an important part of road asset management. In this study, the long-term pavement performance (LTPP) data and machine learning algorithms were used to predict the deterioration ... -
Bayesian Survival Analysis for US Concrete Highway Bridge Decks
(ASCE, 2020)A leading factor in structural decline of highway bridges is the deterioration of concrete decks. Thus, a method to predict bridge deck performance is vital for transportation agencies to allocate future repair and ... -
Reduce, Reuse, Resilient? Life-Cycle Seismic and Environmental Performance of Buildings with Alternative Concretes
(ASCE, 2020)This paper investigates the impacts of alternative structural concretes on the life-cycle sustainability and resilience of a reinforced concrete building in a high seismic region. To do so, we conduct a life-cycle environmental ... -
Current Status of Public–Private Partnership Research: Academia Fails to Provide Added Value for Industry
(ASCE, 2020)Public–private partnerships (PPP) are considered to be one of the main models for the provision and management of public infrastructure all over the world aiming to meet the social needs of many countries. Several attempts ... -
Sustainability Evaluation of Pavement Technologies through Multicriteria Decision Techniques
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)This paper presents findings of a recent study that was conducted in Canada on the quantification of pavement sustainability. The ultimate goal of this study was to develop a framework and explore the use of multicriteria ...