Toward life-cycle reliability-, risk-and resilience-based design and assessment of bridges and bridge networks under independent and interacting hazards: emphasis …

M Akiyama, DM Frangopol… - Structure and Infrastructure …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
After recent large earthquakes, field investigations confirmed that several bridges were
severely damaged and collapsed not only due to the earthquake, as an independent …

Seismic response prediction of structures based on Runge-Kutta recurrent neural network with prior knowledge

T Wang, H Li, M Noori, R Ghiasi, SC Kuok… - Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the seismic analysis of structural systems, dynamic response prediction is an essential
problem and is significant in every stage during the structural life cycle. Conventionally …

Lifetime seismic resilience of aging bridges and road networks

L Capacci, F Biondini, A Titi - Structure and Infrastructure …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The performance of lifelines under damage and emergency conditions induced by sudden
extreme events, such as earthquakes, can be assessed based on the concept of resilience …

Challenges in the application of digital transformation to inspection and maintenance of bridges

MM Futai, TN Bittencourt, H Carvalho… - Structure and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Bridges constitute an important part of the infrastructure and are subjected to damage and
deterioration of materials and support conditions, as well as exposure to adverse …

Life-cycle optimization of structural systems based on cumulative prospect theory: Effects of the reference point and risk attitudes

M Cheng, DM Frangopol - Reliability engineering & system safety, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Reliability-, risk-, and utility-based life-cycle maintenance is a normative approach
for rational decision-making regarding structural systems under uncertainty. However, since …

Corrosion morphology and mechanical behavior of corroded prestressing strands

L Wang, T Li, L Dai, W Chen, K Huang - Journal of Advanced …, 2020 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The corrosion morphology and the mechanical behavior of corroded prestressing strands
are investigated in the present study. Nineteen corroded strands are obtained through …

A decision-making framework for load rating planning of aging bridges using deep reinforcement learning

M Cheng, DM Frangopol - Journal of Computing in Civil …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
Load rating is gaining popularity as a method for inspecting the structural performance of
aging bridges and determining maintenance actions. Cost-effective condition-based …

BRIDGE| 50 research project: Residual structural performance of a 50-year-old bridge

F Biondini, S Manto, C Beltrami, F Tondolo… - Bridge Maintenance …, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
This paper deals with the BRIDGE| 50 research project aimed at investigating the residual
structural performance of a 50-year-old concrete bridge recently dismantled in Italy. A group …

Opportunities and challenges for engineering construction materials as carbon sinks

SA Miller, E Van Roijen, P Cunningham… - RILEM Technical Letters, 2021 - par.nsf.gov
Population growth and urbanization over the coming decades are anticipated to drive
unprecedented demand for infrastructure materials and energy resources. Unfortunately …

Performance analysis of vibration-based damage indicators under low-modal information structures

J Font-Moré, G Reyes-Carmenaty… - … Systems and Signal …, 2023 - Elsevier
There exists a wide range of frequency-based damage indicators, which have been verified
under high-modal information structures. Nonetheless, their performance and behaviour …