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Analytical and Numerical Models for Wind and Seismic Design and Assessment of Mass Timber Diaphragms (2023)
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While the use of cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels for building construction has increased over the last several decades, current standards and existing literature provide limited information regarding the design of CLT diaphragms or the prediction... Read More about Analytical and Numerical Models for Wind and Seismic Design and Assessment of Mass Timber Diaphragms.

Impact resistance of concrete and fibre-reinforced concrete: a review (2023)
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This paper summarises the research carried out to date on the impact resistance of concrete subjected to different impact load regimes, with a focus on high-velocity projectile impact load. An experimental database is compiled on the response of conc... Read More about Impact resistance of concrete and fibre-reinforced concrete: a review.

Uncertainty analysis of life cycle assessment of asphalt surfacings (2023)
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The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of asphalt pavements are associated with significant uncertainty resulting from variability in the quantity and impact of individual components, the quality of data for each component, and variability of asphalt durabi... Read More about Uncertainty analysis of life cycle assessment of asphalt surfacings.

Deduction of ultimate equilibrium limit states for concrete gravity dams keyed into rock mass foundations based on large displacement analysis (2022)
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Concrete gravity dams are mass concrete structures, often built on rock mass foundations, conceived to rely upon their weight for stability. To prevent sliding, these structures are usually keyed/embedded into the foundation, a good construction prac... Read More about Deduction of ultimate equilibrium limit states for concrete gravity dams keyed into rock mass foundations based on large displacement analysis.

Incorporating defect specific condition indicators in a bridge life cycle analysis (2021)
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Bridges are critical assets for the safe, reliable and functional operation of transportation networks. Infrastructure asset managers are responsible for ensuring that these bridges adhere to rigorous safety standards using the finite resources avail... Read More about Incorporating defect specific condition indicators in a bridge life cycle analysis.

Macro modelling of traffic flow using continuous timed Petri nets (2021)
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In this paper, continuous timed Petri nets (CTPN) are used to develop a hybrid traffic model, where the network is modelled as a macroscopic model and calibrated by microscopic models. The concept of CTPN is used to build a modular model, where first... Read More about Macro modelling of traffic flow using continuous timed Petri nets.

Assessing the effects of link-repair sequences on road network resilience (2021)
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Disruptions to transport networks are inevitable and detrimental to the functioning of society. Improving the resilience of transport networks to disruptive events has, therefore, a significant impact on society. Although the resilience of a transpor... Read More about Assessing the effects of link-repair sequences on road network resilience.

Mechanical Characterization of Iroko Wood Using Small Specimens (2021)
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Using a hazard-independent approach to understand road-network robustness to multiple disruption scenarios (2021)
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Typhoon track simulations in the North West Pacific: Informing a new wind map for Vietnam (2020)
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This paper addresses the need to revise the current Vietnamese design wind map by proposing a new typhoon wind map for the country, based on Monte Carlo simulations of typhoon tracks in the North West Pacific basin. Using historical typhoon data from... Read More about Typhoon track simulations in the North West Pacific: Informing a new wind map for Vietnam.

Modelling interactions between multiple bridge deterioration mechanisms (2020)
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Bridge asset managers are tasked with developing effective maintenance strategies by the stakeholders of transportation networks. Any presentation of maintenance strategies requires an estimate of the consequence on the Whole Life Cycle Cost (WLCC),... Read More about Modelling interactions between multiple bridge deterioration mechanisms.

Using a random road graph model to understand road networks robustness to link failures (2020)
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Disruptions to the transport system have a greater impact on society and the economy now than ever before due to the increased interconnectivity and interdependency of the economic sectors. The ability of transport systems to maintain functionality d... Read More about Using a random road graph model to understand road networks robustness to link failures.

Multi-defect modelling of bridge deterioration using truncated inspection records (2020)
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Bridge Management Systems (BMS) are decision support tools that have gained widespread use across the transportation infrastructure management industry. The Whole Life Cycle Cost (WLCC) modelling in a BMS is typically composed of two main components:... Read More about Multi-defect modelling of bridge deterioration using truncated inspection records.

Reliability assessment of shallow foundations on undrained soils considering soil spatial variability (2019)
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Structural design using partial safety factors aims at achieving an homogeneous safety level in geotechnical design without the use of more complex reliability analysis. In this work, the different Design Approaches proposed by Eurocode 7 for shallow... Read More about Reliability assessment of shallow foundations on undrained soils considering soil spatial variability.

Partial safety factors for prestressed concrete girders strengthened with CFRP laminates (2019)
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This paper provides a framework for the calibration of partial safety factors in prestressed concrete (PC) girders strengthened in flexure with carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) laminates. A hybrid approach was proposed to take advantage of comp... Read More about Partial safety factors for prestressed concrete girders strengthened with CFRP laminates.

Fragility Assessment of Pre-Northridge Steel Moment Frames using Finite-Length Plastic Hinge Elements and Concentrated Plasticity Fracture Elements (2019)
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Although pre-Northridge earthquake steel moment resisting frame buildings have been shown to be susceptible to brittle connection failures, they still represent a large fraction of the existing steel buildings in the United States o... Read More about Fragility Assessment of Pre-Northridge Steel Moment Frames using Finite-Length Plastic Hinge Elements and Concentrated Plasticity Fracture Elements.

Stochastic maintenance models for ceramic claddings (2019)
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Maintenance decision-making involves a series of multiple objectives, some of them contradictory. Usually, stakeholders intend to find the optimal maintenance strategy, to minimize the economic burden, while simultaneously maximizing the buildings’ p... Read More about Stochastic maintenance models for ceramic claddings.

Time-dependent reliability analyses of prestressed concrete girders strengthened with CFRP laminates (2019)
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This paper presents a time-dependent reliability analysis of prestressed concrete girders subjected to degradation caused by pitting corrosion. The procedure presented includes the effects of both spatial and temporal pitting corrosions on prestressi... Read More about Time-dependent reliability analyses of prestressed concrete girders strengthened with CFRP laminates.

Probabilistic prediction of asphalt pavement performance (2019)
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Variability of pavement design parameters has always been a concern to pavement designers and highway agencies. A robust pavement design should take into account the variability of the design inputs and its impact on the reliability of the design. In... Read More about Probabilistic prediction of asphalt pavement performance.

Probabilistic-based assessment of existing steel-concrete composite bridges : application to Sousa River Bridge (2018)
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This paper presents a framework to assess the safety of existing structures, combining deterministic model identification and reliability assessment techniques, considering both load-test and complementary laboratory test results. Firstly, the propos... Read More about Probabilistic-based assessment of existing steel-concrete composite bridges : application to Sousa River Bridge.