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A Bayesian Approach for Inferring the Topology of a System of Interdependent Infrastructure Networks: A Case Study of the U.K. Interdependent Power-Gas System
(2023)Understanding the behavior of complex systems is essential to plan for future disasters that impact complex systems including infrastructure, social, and environmental systems. The complexity of the behavior of these systems ... -
A Bayesian Estimation Approach to the Post-Earthquake Recovery Trajectories of Electric Power Systems in Japan
(2023)Post-disaster recovery modelling of engineering systems has become an important facet of disaster risk management. The post-disaster recovery trajectory of a civil infrastructure system can be quantified using (a) their ... -
A Climate Change Impact Assessment of the Irish Road Drainage System
(2023)As climate change becomes an increasingly pressing issue, Ireland is expected to experience a rise in infrastructure failures caused by flooding. This puts significant stress on the country's drainage system, which is ... -
A closed-form non-stationary solution of fractional systems with order 1/2 subjected to stochastic excitation
(2023)Abstract: This paper develops a novel method for determining a closed-form non-stationary stochastic response of linear systems with fractional derivative order 1/2 and subjected to stationary stochastic excitation. This ... -
A code calibration for heavy special transports on railway bridges
(2023)The current paper summarizes a code calibration project for heavy special transports on railway bridges. The basis is the Swedish code for assessing existing bridges, which has a safety format based on partial factors. ... -
A collaborative Bayesian optimization method for estimation of failure probability bounds under mixed uncertainties
(2023)Uncertainty quantification has been realized as of vital importance in structural reliability engineering to achieve credible results especially when the available information is scarce, incomplete, imprecise, etc., and ... -
A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON SAMPLING BASED ALGORITHMS FOR NETWORK RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT
(2023)Infrastructure networks, such as electrical power grids, transportation and water supply systems, support critical societal functions of society. Failures of such networks can have severe consequences, and quantification ... -
A continuous flow arsenic removal system using solar oxidation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2012)It is estimated that over 100 million people worldwide are drinking water contaminated with arsenic. The World Health Organisation (WHO) set the maximum contaminant level for arsenic at 10μg/l in 1996 as it is not only ... -
A data-driven framework to support performance-based early design of buildings: data and methodology
(2023)Achieving resilient and sustainable infrastructure urges developing computational tools to explicitly consider performance objectives in all design and construction stages. The majority of critical decisions are made at ... -
A Data-driven Methodology for Damage Detection of Roadway Bridges Using Stress Data Distributions
(2023)Knowing the health state of bridges and viaducts in complex infrastructures enables the structural risk management and optimization of maintenance actions. Real-time data collection from infrastructures subject to traffic ... -
A data-driven surrogate model for forecasting functionality states of transportation networks during extreme rainfall events based on the ConvLSTM method
(2023)A quick foresight (or a short-term forecast) of highly probable functionality states of transportation networks under extreme rainfall events can provide excellent reference for proactive risk mitigation interventions, ... -
A Discrete Element-Based Monte Carlo Study for the Calibration of Cyclic Soil Degradation Models for Saturated Sands
(2023)Saturated sands under fast cyclic loading can experience excess pore pressure build-up that progressively, deteriorates the geotechnical characteristics of the soil sample, such as strength and stiffness. In extreme cases, ... -
A DPIM-based framework for reliability analysis of building structures under stochastic near-fault ground motions
(2023)Near-fault ground motions have the forward directivity effect and fling-step effect, both of which can produce the distinct long-period pulse in velocity time histories. Such velocity pulses with larger amplitude easily ... -
A framework for the Efficiency Evaluation of Ireland's Electricity Power System using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2013)The complex modem Electricity Power System (EPS) is the most significant pervasive infrastructure underpinning the social, technological, and economic development of modem economies The context in which modern EPSs operate ... -
A Framework of Data-driven Seismic Performance Assessment of Structures using Earthquake Ground Motion Time Histories Generated by Machine Learning Techniques
(2023)Observed ground motion time history records have been utilized in various ways to develop earthquake engineering. Especially in performance-based seismic design, dynamic response analysis is effective when strong motion ... -
A Generalized Framework for Reliability Assessment of Bridges using Adjusted Partial Safety and Combination Factors
(2023)Assessment of degrading infrastructure, particularly bridges, represents a growing challenge for structural engineers. While traditional strategies for bridge assessment, such as a code-based rating factor assessment, are ... -
A geo-statistical framework to reduce uncertainty in predictions of VS30 and other geotechnical variables
(2023)Geo-statistical modelling challenges arise when regional models in data-scarce regions are required. This is relevant when evaluating and dealing with geotechnical uncertainty in earthquake engineering applications. From ... -
A hybrid approach for deriving probability distributions of rock mass discontinuity parameters for slope reliability analysis
(2023)It is widely recognized that the rock mass discontinuity properties (e.g., dip angle and dip direction, trace length and aperture, cohesion and friction) can greatly affect the stability of rock slope. The discontinuity ... -
A kriging metamodel with adaptive sampling for seismic evaluation of podium buildings
(2023)In this paper, nonlinear time-history dynamic analyses of selected earthquake ground motions are conducted on designated wood-frame podium buildings and the resulting inter-story drifts are analyzed. We aim to construct a ... -
A machine learning-based approach to evaluate the fire resistance of timber columns
(2023)Timber construction offers substantial advantages in terms of sustainability, ease of modular construction, and aesthetics. In recent years, structural members made from timber have been increasingly used in residential ...