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Monitoring, Modeling, and Assessment of a Self-Sensing Railway Bridge during Construction
(American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2018)This study demonstrates how integrating fibre optic sensor (FOS) networks into bridges during their construction can be used to quantify their pre-service performance. Details of the installation of a large FOS network on ... -
Rationalising assessment approaches for masonry arch bridges
(Thomas Telford Ltd., 2012-09)<jats:p> Masonry arch bridges, most of which have far exceeded modern design lives, have demonstrated themselves to be sustainable structures with low life-cycle costs. However, increased traffic loading and material ... -
Progressive cracking of masonry arch bridges
(Thomas Telford Ltd., 2016-06)<jats:p> Numerous methods are available for the assessment of masonry arch bridges at the ultimate limit state. However, there is a lack of suitable methods for assessing behaviour at service levels of loading. To address ... -
Road Design Layer Detection in Point Cloud Data for Construction Progress Monitoring
(American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2018)Poor performance in transportation construction is well-documented, with an estimated $114.3 billion in global annual cost overrun. Studies aimed at identifying the causes highlighted traditional project management functions ...