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Digitalisation and Modelling

  • Shang, Y., Nogal, M., Teixeira, R., & Wolfert, A. R. M. (2024). Extreme-oriented sensitivity analysis using sparse polynomial chaos expansion. Application to train-track-bridge systems. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 109818.
  • Shang, Y., Nogal, M., Teixeira, R., & Wolfert, A. R. M. (2023). Optimal design of rail level crossings and associated transition zones using adaptive surrogate-assisted optimization. Engineering Structures, 282, 115740.
  • Bonilla, C., Brentan, B., Montalvo, I., Ayala-Cabrera, D., & Izquierdo, J. (2023). Digitalization of Water Distribution Systems in Small Cities, a Tool for Verification and Hydraulic Analysis: A Case Study of Pamplona, Colombia. Water, 15(21), 3824.
  • Long M., Paniagua P., Grimstad G., Sponås EBA., Bjertness E., Ritter S. (2023) Behaviour of 60-year-old trial embankments on peat. Engineering Geology, 323, 1
  • Zhang, Y., MacReamoinn, R., Cardiff, P., & Keenahan, J. (2023). Analyzing Wind Effects on Long-Span Bridges: A Viable Numerical Modelling Methodology Using OpenFOAM for Industrial Applications. Infrastructures, 8(9), 130.
  • Sanvitale, N., Zhao, B. D., Bowman, E. T., & O'Sullivan, C. (2023). Particle-scale observation of seepage flow in granular soils using PIV and CFD. Géotechnique, 73(1), 71-88.
  • Zhu, L., McCrum, D., Sweeney, C., & Keenahan, J. (2023). Full-scale computational fluid dynamics study on wind condition of the long-span Queensferry Crossing Bridge. Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring, 13(2-3), 615-632.
  • Ntafloukas, K.; McCrum, D.P.; Pasquale, L. A (2022) Cyber-Physical Risk Assessment Approach for Internet of Things Enabled Transportation Infrastructure. Appl. Sci., 12, 9241.
  • mok Paik, S., Leviakangas, P., Choi J. (2022) Making most of BIM in design: analysis of the importance of design coordination, International Journal of Construction Management, 22:12, 2225-2233

Real-time Monitoring 

  • Corbally, R., & Malekjafarian, A. (2023). A deep‐learning framework for classifying the type, location, and severity of bridge damage using drive‐by measurements. Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering.
  • OBrien, E. J., McCrum, D. P., Khan, M. A., & Prendergast, L. J. (2023). Wavelet-based operating deflection shapes for locating scour-related stiffness losses in multi-span bridges. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 19(2), 238-253.
  • Feng, K., Casero, M., & González, A. (2023). Characterization of the road profile and the rotational stiffness of supports in a bridge based on axle accelerations of a crossing vehicle. Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering.
  • Min, H., Fang, Y., Wu, X., Lei, X., Chen, S., Teixeira, R., Xu, Z. (2023). A fault diagnosis framework for autonomous vehicles with sensor self-diagnosis. Expert Systems with Applications, 224, 120002.
  • McCrum, D. P., Wang, S., & OBrien, E. J. (2023). Monitoring the health of bridges using accelerations from a fleet of vehicles without knowing individual axle weights. Journal of Structural Integrity and Maintenance, 1-11.
  • Malekjafarian, A., Khan, M. A., OBrien, E. J., Micu, E. A., Bowe, C., & Ghiasi, R. (2022). Indirect Monitoring of Frequencies of a Multiple Span Bridge Using Data Collected from an Instrumented Train: A Field Case Study. Sensors, 22(19), 7468.
  • Gordan, M., Sabbagh-Yazdi, S. R., Ismail, Z., Ghaedi, K., Carroll, P., McCrum, D., & Samali, B. (2022). State-of-the-art review on advancements of data mining in structural health monitoring. Measurement, 193, 110939.
  • Feng, K., González, A., & Casero, M. (2021). A kNN algorithm for locating and quantifying stiffness loss in a bridge from the forced vibration due to a truck crossing at low speed. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 154, 107599.
  • Micu, E. A., OBrien, E. J., Bowe, C., Fitzgerald, P., & Pakrashi, V. (2022). Bridge damage and repair detection using an instrumented train. Journal of Bridge Engineering, 27(3), 05021018.
  • Keenahan, J., Ren, Y., & OBrien, E. J. (2020). Determination of road profile using multiple passing vehicle measurements. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 16(9), 1262-1275.
  • OBrien, E. J., & Keenahan, J. (2015). Drive‐by damage detection in bridges using the apparent profile. Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 22(5), 813-825.

Circular and Futureproof systems

  • Guo, X., Du, Q., Li, Y., Zhou, Y., Wang, Y., Huang, Y., & Martinez-Pastor, B. (2023). Cascading failure and recovery of metro–bus double-layer network considering recovery propagation. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 122, 103861.
  • Wrzesien, A., McCrum, D. P., Mishra, S., Broderick, B. M., & Lim, J. B. (2023, April). Lateral resistance performance evaluation of cold-formed steel zero-tolerance bolted moment-resisting frames. In Structures (Vol. 50, pp. 590-602). 
  • Giuffrida, N., Pilla, F., & Carroll, P. (2023). The social sustainability of cycling: assessing equity in the accessibility of bike-sharing services. Journal of transport geography, 106, 103490.
  • Ozer, E., Malekloo, A., Ramadan, W., Tran, T. T., & Di, X. (2023). Systemic reliability of bridge networks with mobile sensing‐based model updating for postevent transportation decisions. Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 38(8), 975-999.
  • Salauddin, M., Shaffrey, D., & Habib, M. A. (2023). Data-driven approaches in predicting scour depths at a vertical seawall on a permeable shingle foreshore. Journal of Coastal Conservation, 27(3), 18.
  • Teixeira, R., Martinez‐Pastor, B., Vucinic, L., & O'Connor, A. (2023). Flood adaptation decision‐making for vulnerable locations using expectation–quantile–investment analysis. Journal of Flood Risk Management, 16(1), e12875.
  • Teixeira, R., Martinez-Pastor, B., Nogal, M., & O’Connor, A. (2022). Metamodel-based metaheuristics in optimal responsive adaptation and recovery of traffic networks. Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, 7(6), 756-774.
  • Gehl, P., Fayjaloun, R., Sun, L., Tubaldi, E., Negulescu, C., Özer, E., & D’ayala, D. (2022). Rapid earthquake loss updating of spatially distributed systems via sampling-based bayesian inference. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 20(8), 3995-4023.
  • Martinez-Pastor, B., Nogal, M., O’Connor, A., & Teixeira, R. (2022). Identifying critical and vulnerable links: A new approach using the Fisher information matrix. International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection, 39, 100570.
  • Evans, A. J., Lawrence, P. J., Natanzi, A. S., Moore, P. J., Davies, A. J., Crowe, T. P.,McNally, C., Brooks, P. R. (2021). Replicating natural topography on marine artificial structures–A novel approach to eco-engineering. Ecological Engineering, 160, 106144.

Renewable Energy

  • Pakrashi, V., Ruane, K., Jaksic, V., Malekjafarian, A., O’Byrne, M., Schoefs, F., ... & Bhattacharya, S. (2023). Some challenges and opportunities around lifetime performance and durability of wind turbines. Wind Energy Engineering, 289-298.
  • Pakrashi, V., & Murphy, J. (2024). Variability of Kinetic Response Estimates of Froude Scaled DeepCwind Semisubmersible Platforms Subjected to Wave Loading. Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, 146, 022002-1.
  • Sivakumar, V., Fanning, J., Gavin, K., Tripathy, S., Bradshaw, A., Murray, E. J., ... & Donohue, S. (2023). An anchoring system for supporting platforms for wind energy devices. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Geotechnical Engineering, 1-14.
  • Otter, A., Murphy, J., Pakrashi, V., Robertson, A., Desmond, C. (2022). A review of modelling techniques for floating offshore wind turbines. Wind Energy, 25(5), 831-857.
  • Jawalageri, S., Prendergast, L. J., Jalilvand, S., & Malekjafarian, A. (2022). Effect of scour erosion on mode shapes of a 5 MW monopile-supported offshore wind turbine. Ocean Engineering, 266, 113131.
  • Liang, H., Hao, G., Olszewski, O. Z., & Pakrashi, V. (2022). Ultra-low wide bandwidth vibrational energy harvesting using a statically balanced compliant mechanism. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 219, 107130.
  • Demartino, C., Quaranta, G., Maruccio, C., Pakrashi, V. (2022). Feasibility of energy harvesting from vertical pedestrian‐induced vibrations of footbridges for smart monitoring applications. Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 37(8), 1044-1065.
  • Trafford, A., Ellwood, R., Wacquier, L., Godfrey, A., Minto, C., Coughlan, M., & Donohue, S. (2022). Distributed acoustic sensing for active offshore shear wave profiling. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 9691.
  • Teixeira, R., O’Connor, A., & Val, D. V. (2021). Durability and Performance of Wind Turbines Under Climate Extremes. In Engineering for Extremes: Decision-Making in an Uncertain World (pp. 335-354). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
  • Teixeira, R., O’Connor, A., & Nogal, M. (2019). Probabilistic sensitivity analysis of offshore wind turbines using a transformed Kullback-Leibler divergence. Structural Safety, 81, 101860.
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