Journal of Infrastructure Systems: Recent submissions
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Wavelet Decomposition-Based Approach for Fast Damage Detection of Civil Structures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)This paper presents a method, which can be implemented under limited resources such as wireless sensor network devices, for damage detection of civil structures. The detection method is applied to transient waves from ... -
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History-Dependent Bridge Deck Maintenance and Replacement Optimization with Markov Decision Processes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Bridge maintenance and replacement optimization methods use deterioration models to predict the future condition of bridge components. The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework for bridge maintenance optimization ... -
Phantom System Models for Emergent Multiscale Systems
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Algorithm for the Planning of Optimum Highway Work Zones
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Work zones often cause traffic congestion on high volume roads. As traffic volumes increase so does work zone-related traffic congestion and so does the public demand for road agencies to decrease both their number and ... -
Solid Waste Generation in Asphalt and Reinforced Concrete Roadway Life Cycles
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Conserving natural resources for future generations is a common objective of sustainable design and construction. Making use of materials in an efficient manner to improve sustainability is especially applicable on roadway ... -
Analysis of Maintenance Policies for Inductive Loop Detection Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Maintaining inductive loop detection (ILD) systems in good conditions is a requirement for systems to perform the functions for which they are designed. The objective of this study was to evaluate the typical maintenance ... -
Valuing Simple Multiple-Exercise Real Options in Infrastructure Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)The revenue risk is considerable in infrastructure project financing arrangements such as build–operate–transfer (BOT). A potential mitigation strategy for the revenue risk is a governmental revenue guarantee, where the ... -
Bridge Deck Rehabilitation Practices in North America
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Northern countries are facing major challenges with regard to the deterioration of their built infrastructures, representing an investment of trillions of dollars. Every year in North America, billions of dollars are spent ... -
Empirical Framework for Characterizing Infrastructure Failure Interdependencies
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)This paper develops an analytical framework with empirical applications to characterize infrastructure failure interdependencies (IFIs). It uses major electrical power outages as the context for understanding how extreme ... -
Health Assessment and Maintenance Strategy for Bridge Management Systems: Lessons Learned in Taiwan
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Usually the rating values are determined by visual inspection in most of the bridge management systems (BMSs). A visual inspection is not very objective, and can sometimes result in a different assessment of element condition ... -
Evaluation of Transportation Infrastructure Management Strategies Using Microscopic Traffic Simulation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)This paper presents a traffic simulation approach to evaluating the relative benefits of transportation management strategies aimed at maximizing the utilization of road infrastructure. The approach is demonstrated using ... -
Interdependent Response of Networked Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Continuous functionality of critical infrastructure systems is essential to support the social and economic organization of productive sectors within a country. Electric power, potable water, natural gas, telecommunications, ... -
Productivity Study of Microtunneling Pipe Installation Using Simulation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Microtunneling is a complex operation that requires the integration of several systems, a variety of supporting equipments and personnel, and is heavily influenced by subsurface condition. The objective of this research ... -
Performance Indicators and Multicriteria Decision Support for Sewer Asset Management
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)A methodology is proposed for the development of decision criteria for sewer asset management. Six principles have been established and applied. (1) Criteria are developed for supporting the definition of investigation ... -
Forecasting Changes in the Hurricane Wind Vulnerability of a Regional Inventory of Wood-Frame Houses
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Current regional hurricane loss estimation models use the present-day vulnerability of the building inventory in predicting future losses and assume that it remains static throughout the time horizon of interest. In reality, ... -
System Risk Curves: Probabilistic Performance Scenarios for Highway Networks Subject to Earthquake Damage
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Monte Carlo simulation techniques are used with bridge fragility curves to evaluate bridge damage in terms of a bridge damage index, and highway network link damage in terms of a link damage index. Static, user-equilibrium ... -
Capturing Interdependencies and Heterogeneity in the Management of Multifacility Transportation Infrastructure Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)We present a quadratic programming formulation for the problem of obtaining optimal maintenance and repair policies for multifacility transportation infrastructure systems. The proposed model provides a computationally ... -
Risk Factors of Structural Degradation of an Urban Water Distribution System
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)The research team evaluates whether a proportional hazards model can successfully be applied to a water distribution piping network located in a complex urban area in order to identify which risk factors play a role in the ... -
Expected Performance of Pavement Repair Works in a Global Network Optimization Model
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)A global network optimization model has been developed for generating a pavement repair plan using expected performance of pavement repair works. The expected performance of pavement repair works is represented by the ...