Journal of Infrastructure Systems: Recent submissions
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Cost Optimization of Hydraulic and Structural Rehabilitation of Urban Drainage Network
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Urban drainage systems are prone to symptomatic decay that eventually causes surcharged flows and flooding, with important consequences for the aquatic ecosystems of receiving water bodies in addition to the safety of ... -
Energy-Saving Wireless Sensor Node for Relative Positioning of Densely Deployed GPS Network
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Localization of sensor nodes is one of the most essential tasks for sensor network applications for infrastructure monitoring. Normally, the accuracy of global positioning system (GPS) positioning installed in wireless ... -
Explaining Heterogeneity in Pavement Deterioration: Clusterwise Linear Regression Model
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)A clusterwise linear regression model of pavement deterioration is presented. The model provides a framework to simultaneously segment a population and to describe performance with a set of regression models, one for each ... -
Multiobjective Stochastic Inoperability Decision Tree for Infrastructure Preparedness
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Decision making for managing risks to critical infrastructure systems requires accounting for (1) the uncertain behavior of disruptive events; and (2) the interdependent nature of such systems that lead to large-scale ... -
Resilience and Sustainability of Civil Infrastructure: Toward a Unified Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)In recent years, the concepts of resilience and sustainability have become very topical and popular. The concept of sustainability rose to prominence in the late 1980s and became a central issue in world politics, when the ... -
Fuzzy Multicriteria Decision-Making Approach for Pavement Project Evaluation Using Life-Cycle Cost/Performance Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Project life-cycle cost analysis (LCCA) is a reasonable approach to compare pavement design alternatives, but not taking into consideration of pavement performance in the most LCCA approaches may lead not to obtain the ... -
Enhancement of Thermal Energy Storage Using Phase-Change Material under Jordanian Climate
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)In this paper, the effect of using a phase-change material (PCM) on the storage capacity of a conventional solar storage system was carried out. This was obtained by using encapsulated spheres that contain paraffin wax as ... -
Preliminary Cost Estimation Models for Construction, Operation, and Maintenance of Water Treatment Plants
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Reliable cost estimation of construction, operation, and maintenance (O&M) of water treatment plants is essential for project planning and design. The authors have developed construction and O&M cost models for different ... -
Effect of Past Delivery Practices on Current Conditions of Cast-Iron Water Pipes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Cast-iron pipes installed between 1850 and the early 1960s in North America, United Kingdom, and European countries were produced in foundries located near growing urban centers. Their considerable weight, size (especially ... -
Life Cycle Asset Management Methodologies for Buildings
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Although asset management methodologies and tools related to the civil infrastructure domain have existed for decades, there are many challenges in applying these same techniques to buildings. This is because of the ... -
Pavement Deterioration Model Incorporating Unobserved Heterogeneity for Optimal Life-Cycle Rehabilitation Policy
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Both deterioration and policy optimization models play a key role in pavement infrastructure management. A successful management system requires sound deterioration modeling as the basis for the policy optimization modeling ... -
Life-Cycle Management of Fatigue-Sensitive Structures Integrating Inspection Information
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Successful management of deteriorating structures requires the reliable prediction of damage occurrence as well as the time-dependent damage propagation under uncertainty. The reliability of the performance prediction ... -
Two-Tiered Sensor Placement for Large Water Distribution Network Models
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Water distribution network models for large municipalities have tens of thousands of interconnecting pipes and junctions with complex hydraulic controls. Many water security applications, including sensor placement ... -
Relationships between Interdependency, Reliability, and Vulnerability of Infrastructure Systems: Case Study of Biofuel Infrastructure Development
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Infrastructure systems are becoming increasingly complex and interdependent, for example, the growing biofuel economy in the United States that is creating new interdependencies between agriculture, biorefining, and ... -
Connected Vehicle Approach for Pavement Roughness Evaluation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Connected vehicles present an opportunity to monitor pavement condition continuously by analyzing data from vehicle-integrated position sensors and accelerometers. The current practice of characterizing and reporting ride ... -
Development of a Water Infrastructure Knowledge Database
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)This paper presents a methodology for developing a national database, as applied to water infrastructure systems that include both drinking water and wastewater. The database is branded as WATER -
Application of Statistical Process Control for Structural Health Monitoring of a Historic Building
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)The authors apply a statistical process control framework to support structural health monitoring of the Grace Church building in Charleston, South Carolina. Specifically, they conduct a post-hoc analysis of displacement ... -
Civil Infrastructure Decision Making as a Chaotic Sociotechnical System: Role of Information Systems in Engaging Stakeholders and Democratizing Innovation
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Application of Dormant Reliability Analysis to Spillways
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Dams are essential infrastructures for water supply, flood control, energy production, and irrigation. A critical component for the safety of a dam is the spillway system which, by controlling releases, prevents overtopping ... -
Climate Change and Freight-Transportation Infrastructure: Current Challenges for Adaptation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)The transportation system infrastructure in the United States is vital to sustaining the nation’s economy, safety, and well-being. In its recent special report,