TL;DR: This paper is intended to provide the state-of-the-art and of the practice on visual inspection, monitoring, and analysis of infrastructure using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) using UAVs.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduce thirteen kinds of typical excavation failures widely encountered in practice in China along with corresponding failure mechanisms and corresponding damages to adjacent structures and damages caused by adjacent structures.

TL;DR: Extreme winds such as tornadoes and hurricanes are relatively common natural hazards in the United States and can result in fatalities as well as damaging physical and socioeconomic infrastructures.

TL;DR: Suspenders are critical force transmission components in suspension and arch bridges, which connect the girder to the main cable/arch as discussed by the authors. But short suspenders at the end of a bridge can cause catastrophic failure.

TL;DR: In this paper, three one-third scaled beam-slab substructures comprising a cast-in-place reinforced concrete specimen and two precast concrete (PC) specimens were tested under a push test.

TL;DR: In this paper, a numerical investigation of the progressive collapse behavior of the precast RC frame subassemblages is presented, and an efficient numerical model for precast Rc-frame subassembles is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, a two-story masonry building supported on U-FREIs (unbonded fiber-reinforced elastomeric isolators) is evaluated.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the impact of significant disruption to the performance of pipelines on the economics and the living conditions of the communities of the United States, and propose a solution to deal with the problem.

TL;DR: In this article, differential settlement and additional stresses in existing tunnels occur frequently due to excavation constrains, which may adversely affect the underlying tunnels, and the authors suggest that deep excavation projects in urban areas might adversely affect underlying tunnels.

TL;DR: The body of knowledge on design for maintainability (DfM) is increasing, however, there is currently no systematic analysis of the diversified DfM-related issues and research as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors have focused on simulation techniques for progressive collapse and its potential to inflict severe damage and casualty, using simulation techniques from physics and computer vision techniques, respectively.

TL;DR: The large-scale management and monitoring of existing buildings is a complex issue for the holders and administrators that are responsible for user safety as discussed by the authors, and decision support systems (DSS) ca...

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the results of a field study carried out on three reinforced concrete (RC) structures built in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s to determine the main load (environmental and...

TL;DR: Failures of coastal low-lying bridges in the United States along the Gulf Coast have attracted substantial research interest as discussed by the authors and many of the failures were associated with twin-deck bridges.

TL;DR: A classification system for the inspection, diagnosis, and rehabilitation of vinyl and linoleum floorings in healthcare infrastructures is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, a four-point bending test was carried out to examine the feasibility of using cold-formed steel (CFS) channel for retrofitting of open hot-rolled steel (HRS) channels.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors illustrate an earthquake-damaged 50-year-old high-voltage power transformers in a substation and show that the transformers have experienced severe damage in past earthquakes.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a road bioretention approach for low impact development (LID) best management practices (BMPs) for the construction of sponge cities, where the media used in the soil layer of the road is selected based on the characteristics of the soil.

TL;DR: The wind, storm surge, and flooding loads due to the 2017 Hurricane Harvey had a detrimental impact on the built infrastructure in coastal communities as discussed by the authors, and the lessons learned from the lessons learn

TL;DR: With a significant number of steel bridges approaching the end of their service life, understanding deterioration characteristics will help bridge stakeholders better prioritize bridge main... as discussed by the authors, and better prioritize the bridge main bridges.

TL;DR: In this paper, a new multilevel approach to the vulnerability assessment of landslide risk is introduced, which focuses on an original metho-measure approach to landslide risk assessment.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a data collection method for labeling and mapping existing infrastructure, which is one of the grand challenges for civil engineers in the 21st century, and the challenge remains in finding an appropriate data collection methods.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the failure scenario of a precast building that collapsed during the 2012 Emilia earthquake by means of time-history analyses on a detailed finite-element model.

TL;DR: The high strength of construction materials has allowed the design of elegant and architecturally appealing footbridges that are safe against static loads but may be susceptible to large vi...

TL;DR: In this paper, wind-driven rain (WDR) refers to raindrops that have a horizontal velocity in the wind field, and it is used to measure the WDR intensity on building envelopes as well as other issues such as wind-rain-induced vibra...

TL;DR: In this article, a large number of corrugated steel pipes, installed three or four decades ago, are approaching the end of their useful service life and are being replaced with steel pipe replacement.

TL;DR: Forced-vibration tests were conducted on the Daniel-Johnson multiple-arch dam located in northeastern Quebec, Canada as discussed by the authors, which is the largest masonry dam in the world.

TL;DR: In this paper, the behavior of both unreinforced masonry and reinforced masonry (RM) building models subjected to dynamic loading with the help of a shake table testing facility is presented.

TL;DR: Dynamic load testing has become a common practice for condition assessment of masonry arch bridges and laying the foundation for their rehabilitation procedures, yet additional dynamic test...