Browsing ASCE OPEN: Multidisciplinary Journal of Civil Engineering by Title
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3D Dense Reconstruction for Structural Defect Quantification
(ASCE, 2024/12/31)Recent advancements in vision-based visual inspection enable the identification, localization, and quantification of damage on structures. However, existing damage quantification methods are limited to measuring one- or ... -
A Generic Deep Learning–Based Computing Algorithm in Support of the Development of Instrumented Bikes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The paper introduces a generic deep learning–based method using a sliding window computing algorithm based on long short-term memory (LSTM) networks for the classification of potential anomalies (e.g., cracks, potholes, ... -
Additive Construction: Digital Construction Technology for Polylactide Railroad Tracks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)In contrast to traditionally manufactured railroad tracks, additively constructed railroad tracks can be designed to integrate with naturally occurring landscapes and topographical features, thus reducing earthwork efforts ... -
Advancing Sustainability and Resilience of Airports through Deployment of New Technologies in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Airports Council International and the global air transport industry set a net-zero carbon goal for airports by 2050, presenting an opportunity for innovation and creating a sustainable path to recovery amid the COVID-19 ... -
Assessing the Institutional- and Project-Level Determinants of Corruption in Infrastructure Projects: Evidence from World Bank–Funded Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)To successfully deliver infrastructure projects, it is essential to prevent corruption—i.e., the act of offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting anything of value, directly or indirectly, with the intention of improperly ... -
Assessment of Infrastructure Failures in the 2023 Kahramanmaras Earthquakes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)Abstract The February 2023 Kahramanmaras earthquakes—among the most destructive seismic events of the last century—caused catastrophic loss of life and widespread damage to critical infrastructure across 11 provinces in ... -
Automated Concrete Bridge Deck Inspection Using Unmanned Aerial System–Collected Data: A Deep Learning Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)Abstract Inspecting concrete bridge decks is essential for ensuring infrastructure safety and durability, yet traditional manual inspection methods are labor-intensive, time-consuming, and prone to human error, creating ... -
Camastra Dam Failure: Earthquake Collapse versus Total Reservoir Loss Risk Aversion
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Abstract Communities worldwide are increasingly vulnerable to various natural and anthropogenic hazards, with critical infrastructure projects like dams playing a pivotal role in risk mitigation. The Camastra Dam in Southern ... -
Cascading Failure Propagation and Perfect Storms in Interdependent Infrastructures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The increasingly complex conditions that are reshaping environments demand novel analysis of infrastructure weaknesses and behavior. Of critical concern are cascading failures and how small disruptions can spiral into ... -
Deep Ensemble Learning for Rapid Large-Scale Postearthquake Damage Assessment: Application to Satellite Images from the 2023 Türkiye Earthquakes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Extensive field reconnaissance damage surveys, publicly available after the Türkiye earthquake sequence of 2023, provided a unique opportunity to devise and validate a rapid postevent damage assessment framework that uses ... -
Developing a Spatial Regression Model Framework for Insured Flood Losses in Houston
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Events such as Hurricane Harvey in 2017, which struck Houston resulted in billions of dollars in reported flood insurance claims through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Currently, there is limited research ... -
Development of a Cyber–Physical Testbed for Smart and Resilient Space Habitats
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Abstract The Resilient Extra-Terrestrial Habitats Institute (RETHi) has developed and commissioned the Human-centered Autonomous Resilient Space Habitat (HARSH), a shared-use cyber–physical testing facility, to enable ... -
Economic Analysis of 3D-Printed Hempcrete Buildings
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Abstract This paper studies the economic viability of single-story three-dimensional printed hempcrete (3DPH) housing by developing initial construction cost estimates for 16 US cities representing the respective climate ... -
Exploring Why the February 6, 2023, Kahramanmaras Earthquakes Were So Destructive: Further Analysis of the SGM Data and Bidirectional Effects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Abstract The sequential earthquakes that occurred on February 6, 2023, particularly the Pazarcik (MW 7.8) and Elbistan/Ekinozu (MW 7.6) events, caused significant structural damage and loss of human lives in the city of ... -
Field Reconnaissance Observations of Marine Facilities in Southeast Türkiye Impacted by the February 2023 Earthquakes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)On February 6, 2023, southeastern areas of Türkiye and northwest areas of Syria were struck by a magnitude (M)7.7 earthquake (Pazarcık Earthquake) and, approximately 9 h later, an M7.6 event (Elbistan Earthquake) located ... -
Generalizable Skill Learning for Construction Robots with Crowdsourced Natural Language Instructions, Composable Skills Standardization, and a Large Language Model
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Abstract The quasi-repetitive nature of construction work and the resulting lack of generalizability in programming construction robots present persistent challenges to the broad adoption of robots in the construction ... -
Homeowners’ Motivations to Invest in Energy-Efficient and Renewable Energy Technologies in Rural Iowa
(ASCE, 2024/12/31)Across the United States, rural households are more vulnerable to higher energy burdens (percentage of household income spent on energy bills). Energy-efficient and renewable energy technologies provide the means for ... -
Interdependent Recovery Methodology for Residential Buildings and Household Housing in Community Resilience Modeling
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The growing field of multidisciplinary community resilience assessment requires analysts to model complex interactions across physical infrastructure and social systems to support planning and inform decisions. Community ... -
Module-Enhanced Slope-Adaptive and Hazard-Aware Hexapod Robotic System for Safe Roof Inspection
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Abstract Roof inspection is essential yet perilous in construction, with falls causing 24% of fatal work injuries. While drones allow rapid surveying, they often lack close-range precision, and ground-based robots struggle ... -
Motion-Based Communication as a Language: Formal Grammar Representation and Model-Free Decoding with Dense Optical Flow
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Abstract Transmitting information through movement or gestures has a long history and is especially valuable when other communication modalities are impaired or unavailable. This research explores motion-based communication ...