Civil Engineering

Monitoring, Modeling, and Assessment of a Self-Sensing Railway Bridge during Construction

Butler, Liam John; Lin, W; Xu, J; Gibbons, Niamh; Elshafie, Mohammed Zein; Middleton, Campbell Ross (ASCE, 2018-10-01)

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

Gibbons, Niamh; Fanning, Paul J (2012-09)
Progressive cracking of masonry arch bridges

Gibbons, Niamh; Fanning, PJ (2016-06-01)

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 this, ...
Road Design Layer Detection in Point Cloud Data for Construction Progress Monitoring

Vick, Steven; Brilakis, Ioannis (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018-09)

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 ...