Shida Jin , Jian Yang , Shuaishuai Sun , Lei Deng , Zexin Chen , Liping Gong , Haiping Du , Weihua Li
{"title":"Magnetorheological elastomer base isolation in civil engineering: A review","authors":"Shida Jin , Jian Yang , Shuaishuai Sun , Lei Deng , Zexin Chen , Liping Gong , Haiping Du , Weihua Li","doi":"10.1016/j.iintel.2023.100039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iintel.2023.100039","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The attention given to magnetorheological elastomers (MREs) has been on the rise over the last few decades. MREs feature a remarkable field-controllable modulus or mechanical characteristics that are influenced by an external magnetic field. Compared to its family member magnetorheological fluids (MRF), MREs offer advantages in terms of overcoming sealing and sedimentation issues. This makes them highly promising for the development of smart base isolation systems of buildings and other infrastructures. This review paper attempts to highlight the impactful progress of MRE base isolation in civil engineering over the past decades. It begins with a brief introduction of MREs including its fundamental principles, operation modes, and fabrication process. Then, the recent investigations of MREs and MRE base isolators are reviewed. Finally, discussions are made on the challenges and potential topics for further investigations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100791,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Infrastructure Intelligence and Resilience","volume":"2 2","pages":"Article 100039"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49903750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Application of LS-PCP model based on EWM in predicting settlement of high-speed railway roadbed","authors":"Dejun Ba , Guangwu Chen , Peng Li","doi":"10.1016/j.iintel.2023.100037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iintel.2023.100037","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Accurate prediction of roadbed settlement is of great significance to the maintenance of high-speed railway roadbeds and the safe operation of trains. This study proposes a long- and short-term parallel combined prediction (LS-PCP) model based on the prediction characteristics of the LSTM model, GM(1.1) model, and ESP model and applies it to the prediction of roadbed settlement of high-speed railways. First, according to the spatiotemporal characteristics, slow-varying characteristics, and short valid data characteristics of the settlement process of a high-speed railway roadbed, this study designed a combined form of long-term LSTM prediction and short-term GM(1.1) and ESP sliding prediction to overcome the problem of large prediction errors when roadbed settlement enters different stages. Next, the mutual inclusiveness of the member models’ prediction results is tested by the principle of inclusiveness test, and the combination weights are determined by considering the information entropy of the member models through the entropy weighting method. Finally, the combined prediction results of the proposed LS-PCP model are verified from the actual monitoring data of a high-speed railway in Hebei Province and the Guiguang High-speed Railway. The results prove that the proposed LS-PCP combined model has higher prediction accuracy, and the prediction data of this model have important reference significance for the maintenance of high-speed railway roadbeds and safe vehicle operation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100791,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Infrastructure Intelligence and Resilience","volume":"2 2","pages":"Article 100037"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49903751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amirali Najafi , John Braley , Nenad Gucunski , Ali Maher
{"title":"Generative adversarial network for predicting visible deterioration and NDE condition maps in highway bridge decks","authors":"Amirali Najafi , John Braley , Nenad Gucunski , Ali Maher","doi":"10.1016/j.iintel.2023.100042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iintel.2023.100042","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Bridge decks tend to degrade faster than other bridge components due to environment exposure and vehicular loading. Periodic degradation monitoring is needed for timely rehabilitation measures and development of service life models in bridge decks. Surface degradation are identified through visual inspection (VI) and post-processing of high-definition imagery. Although VI is the primary NDE method employed by most transportation authorities, many anomalies (e.g., cracking, corrosion, and delamination) remain hidden under the surface until deteriorations have grown large enough to surface (e.g., spalling). Subsurface degradation is best identified through other forms of non-destructive evaluation (NDE). Inferences can be made between the various NDE methods, as the mechanisms behind the damages sensed by each method are shared. For instance, condition map from an NDE method may infer future visible deterioration, as well as condition maps for other NDE methods. In this paper, a deep learning approach based in a conditional generative adversarial network is presented for modeling of plausible visible deterioration and NDE condition maps. Two applications are explored: (i) visualization of plausible future deterioration based on current NDE condition map, and (ii) visualization of condition maps for NDE methods from other NDE methods. Field and experimental data from the BEAST facility at Rutgers University are used to develop the training databases for each application.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100791,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Infrastructure Intelligence and Resilience","volume":"2 2","pages":"Article 100042"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49903754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Seismic performance of supplemental inerter and spring with on-off effects for base-isolated structures","authors":"R.S. Jangid","doi":"10.1016/j.iintel.2023.100038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iintel.2023.100038","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The present study investigates the performance of supplemental inerter and spring with on-off effects (ISWOE) in the mitigation of the seismic response of base-isolated structures. Firstly, the response of the rigid base-isolated structure with ISWOE is investigated to see the response control effects of ISWOE under stationary earthquake excitation. The performance of ISWOE in the response reduction of the isolated structure is compared with the corresponding passive inerter and spring. The equivalent damping that was added to the base-isolated structures by the ISWOE was used to measure its performance in mitigating the seismic response. The equivalent damping of the ISWOE is obtained for different values of the isolation period and damping ratio. Subsequently, equations for the equivalent damping of the ISWOE and displacement responses are proposed, and it is observed that they match well with the obtained numerical results. Secondly, using the non-linear model of the ISWOE, the seismic response of flexible base-isolated structures is determined for actual earthquakes, considering different values of the isolation period and ISWOE parameters. The trends of the results of isolated structures with ISWOE under the actual earthquake motions were in good agreement with those under stochastic excitation. Finally, the seismic response of isolated structures with ISWOE by non-linear analysis is compared with the corresponding linear analysis with equivalent parameters of the ISWOE. The isolator displacement of the structures with the ISWOE by the non-linear analysis was observed to match those achieved using the equivalent parameters and by the linear analysis.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100791,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Infrastructure Intelligence and Resilience","volume":"2 2","pages":"Article 100038"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49903753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ismael Allouche , Qian Zheng , Nader Yoosef-Ghodsi , Matthew Fowler , Yong Li , Samer Adeeb
{"title":"Enhanced predictive method for pipeline strain demand subject to permanent ground displacements with internal pressure & temperature: a finite difference approach","authors":"Ismael Allouche , Qian Zheng , Nader Yoosef-Ghodsi , Matthew Fowler , Yong Li , Samer Adeeb","doi":"10.1016/j.iintel.2023.100030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iintel.2023.100030","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Pipelines subject to ground deformations generated by geohazard loads carry high importance on pipeline analysis, design, and assessment due to risk of structural damage or failure. Additionally, internal pressure and temperature variation within an operating pipe induce additional strains in combination with pipe strains generated by ground displacement. In this study, an enhanced predictive method is proposed founded upon methods employed by Zheng et al. (2022) to assess pipeline behaviour subject to permanent ground displacement, while considering effects of internal operating pressure and temperature variation. The finite difference-based method previously proposed for strain analysis of buried steel pipes subject to ground movement ignores the effects of internal pressure and/or temperature loading, limiting the applicability of this approach to exclude the operating conditions of pipelines. To address this limitation, the proposed enhanced method accounts for the initial thermal strains and biaxial stress state in the pipe due to hoop stress generated by internal pressure. These additional strains are considered within the expressions of internal axial force and bending moment, derived based on the actual stress distribution on the pipe cross-section. The accuracy of the proposed method is validated against the finite element method (FEM) with respect to results of strain and deformation demand using several indicative case studies. This research provides an effective method of incorporating temperature and internal pressure loads of pipelines subject to permanent ground displacements of varying types, magnitudes, and directions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100791,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Infrastructure Intelligence and Resilience","volume":"2 4","pages":"Article 100030"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49891240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nura Shehu Aliyu Yaro , Muslich Hartadi Sutanto , Noor Zainab Habib , Madzlan Napiah , Aliyu Usman , Ashiru Muhammad , Ahmad Hussaini Jagaba
{"title":"Modeling and optimization of rheological properties and aging resistance of asphalt binder incorporating palm oil mill waste using response surface methodology","authors":"Nura Shehu Aliyu Yaro , Muslich Hartadi Sutanto , Noor Zainab Habib , Madzlan Napiah , Aliyu Usman , Ashiru Muhammad , Ahmad Hussaini Jagaba","doi":"10.1016/j.iintel.2023.100026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iintel.2023.100026","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study assessed the rheological performance of asphalt binder modified with palm oil clinker fine (POCF) and its influence on the asphalt binder's short-term aging properties. The conventional properties of unaged and short-term aged asphalt binders modified with 0%, 2%, 4%, 6%, and 8% POCF content by binder weight were evaluated. The modified binders were then tested using a dynamic shear rheometer (DSR) in a temperature sweep test at temperatures ranging from 25 °C to 55 °C. To examine the effect of various POCF contents and temperature ranges on the rheological behavior of asphalt binders, the Central Composite Design (CCD) Response Surface Methodology (RSM) design was used with two input response variables, POCF content and temperature, and two rheological parameters as responses, complex modulus, and phase angle. When compared to the virgin binder, POCF-modified binders had higher complex modulus and lower phase angle values at all temperatures. Furthermore, the stiffness of the aged-modified binder was lower at all temperatures than that of the virgin binder. The analysis shows that complex modulus and phase angle have high correlation coefficients (<em>R</em><sup>2</sup>) of <0.98, indicating that the model values are strongly correlated with the experimenttal values. The model also demonstrates that temperature has more influence on the rheological performance of the modified binder. Using the generated quadratic model and numerical optimization, optimal values for POCF and temperature were found to be 5.57% and 41.9 °C, respectively. The validation test results show that all responses have a percentage error of <5%, indicating good agreement and the model's effectiveness.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100791,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Infrastructure Intelligence and Resilience","volume":"2 1","pages":"Article 100026"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49875983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cloud manufacturing for industrialized construction: Opportunities and challenges for a new manufacturing model","authors":"Irfan Čustović , Jianpeng Cao , Daniel M. Hall","doi":"10.1016/j.iintel.2023.100027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iintel.2023.100027","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>More widespread use of industrialized construction (IC) is hampered by the high capital cost of advanced production facilities paired with low profit margins. A novel service-oriented cloud manufacturing (CMfg) model could in theory increase utilization and profitability of distributed production facilities. However, little research has investigated how IC can benefit from the CMfg model. This paper examines opportunities and challenges of applying CMfg for IC. First, an adapted model of CMfg for construction is developed based on a literature review. Second, four possible scenarios for applying this adapted CMfg model are designed. Finally, an evaluation is performed through a survey among 25 practitioners and 12 in-depth interviews with industry experts. The paper assesses the desirability and categorizes the benefits and barriers of such a CMfg platform for IC. The results suggest that CMfg could enhance the design quality, support IC suitability assessment for project developers and lower financial risks for off-site manufacturers.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100791,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Infrastructure Intelligence and Resilience","volume":"2 1","pages":"Article 100027"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49876316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"inside back cover: using Editorial Board page","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S2772-9915(23)00010-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S2772-9915(23)00010-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100791,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Infrastructure Intelligence and Resilience","volume":"2 1","pages":"Article 100035"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49875984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Machine learning for all! Benchmarking automated, explainable, and coding-free platforms on civil and environmental engineering problems","authors":"M.Z. Naser","doi":"10.1016/j.iintel.2023.100028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iintel.2023.100028","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>One of the key challenges in fully embracing machine learning (ML) in civil and environmental engineering revolves around the need for coding (or programming) experience and for acquiring ML-related infrastructure. This barrier can be overcome through the availability of various platforms that provide automated and coding-free ML services, as well as ML infrastructure (in the form of a cloud service or software). Thus, engineers can now adopt, create, and apply ML to tackle various problems with ease and little coding. From this view, this paper presents a comparison of five automated and coding-free ML platforms: <em>BigML</em>, <em>Dataiku</em>, <em>DataRobot</em>, <em>Exploratory</em>, and <em>RapidMiner</em> on civil and environmental engineering problems. This comparison shows that although these platforms differ in their setup, services, and provided ML algorithms, all platforms performed adequately and comparably well to each other and to coding-based ML analyses. These findings denote the usefulness of coding-free ML platforms, which can lead to a brighter future for ML integration into our domain.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100791,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Infrastructure Intelligence and Resilience","volume":"2 1","pages":"Article 100028"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49875982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiaodong Sui , Yuanfeng Duan , Chungbang Yun , Zhifeng Tang , Junwei Chen , Dawei Shi , Guomin Hu
{"title":"Bolt looseness detection and localization using wave energy transmission ratios and neural network technique","authors":"Xiaodong Sui , Yuanfeng Duan , Chungbang Yun , Zhifeng Tang , Junwei Chen , Dawei Shi , Guomin Hu","doi":"10.1016/j.iintel.2022.100025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iintel.2022.100025","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Looseness detection in bolt-connected joints is vital in ensuring safety and keeping the service stability of structures. Thus, various structural health monitoring methods have been introduced for bolt looseness detection by many researchers. However, most of them studied a single bolt, which may not be readily applicable to actual structures. In this study, a SH-type guided wave-based method is presented for bolt looseness detection and localization of a joint with multiple bolts using a small number of magnetostrictive transducers. A normalized wave energy transmission ratio <span><math><mrow><msubsup><mi>I</mi><mrow><mi>B</mi><mi>L</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi><mi>o</mi><mi>r</mi></mrow></msubsup></mrow></math></span> was used as a bolt looseness index, which was defined on the basis of the wave energy ratios between the transmitted wave passing through the joint and the directly incoming wave from the actuator. Several wave propagation paths in the pitch-catch tests were considered, and the <span><math><mrow><msubsup><mi>I</mi><mrow><mi>B</mi><mi>L</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi><mi>o</mi><mi>r</mi></mrow></msubsup></mrow></math></span> values from the wave paths were used as the input to the backpropagation neural network (BPNN) for bolt looseness localization and severity estimation. Numerical and experimental studies were conducted on a lap joint with eight bolts. The results show that the bolt looseness conditions can be successfully estimated for the experimental data using the BPNN trained by the <span><math><mrow><msubsup><mi>I</mi><mrow><mi>B</mi><mi>L</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi><mi>o</mi><mi>r</mi></mrow></msubsup></mrow></math></span> generated from the finite element simulation. Noise-injected learning was conducted in the training process to improve the bolt looseness localization accuracy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100791,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Infrastructure Intelligence and Resilience","volume":"2 1","pages":"Article 100025"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49875981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}