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• 2016

  Numerical and experimental study of the performance of a single-sided vibro-impact track nonlinear energy sink

  Wang, J., Wierschem, N., Spencer, B. F. & Lu, X., Apr 10 2016, In: Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics. 45, 4, p. 635-652 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Excitation energy
  • experimental study
  • Electron energy levels
  • energy
  • Frequency response

• Optimization methodology for cross-section size in momentresisting frame design

  Xu, J., Lu, X. & Spencer, B., Jan 1 2016, Structures and Architecture - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Structures and Architecture, ICSA 2016. Cruz, P. J. S. (ed.). CRC Press/Balkema, p. 1037-1044 8 p. (Structures and Architecture - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Structures and Architecture, ICSA 2016).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Steel construction

• Probabilistic assessment of high-throughput wireless sensor networks

  Kim, R. E., Mechitov, K., Sim, S. H., Spencer, B. F. & Song, J., Jun 2016, In: Sensors (Switzerland). 16, 6, 792.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Smart sensors
  • Sensor networks
  • Wireless sensor networks
  • Throughput
  • Structural health monitoring

• Real-time hybrid testing with equivalent force control method incorporating Kalman filter

  Shi, P., Wu, B., Spencer, B. F., Phillips, B. M. & Chang, C. M., Apr 1 2016, In: Structural Control and Health Monitoring. 23, 4, p. 735-748 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Force control
  • Kalman filters
  • Testing
  • Time delay
  • Compensation and Redress

• Recent advances in wireless smart sensors for multi-scale monitoring and control of civil infrastructure

  Spencer, B. F., Jo, H., Mechitov, K. A., Li, J., Sim, S. H., Kim, R. E., Cho, S., Linderman, L. E., Moinzadeh, P., Giles, R. K. & Agha, G., Feb 1 2016, In: Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring. 6, 1, p. 17-41 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Smart sensors
  • Monitoring
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Arsenals
  • Computer hardware

• Reference-Free Displacements for Condition Assessment of Timber Railroad Bridges

  Moreu, F., Li, J., Jo, H., Kim, R. E., Scola, S., Spencer, B. F. & Lafave, J. M., Feb 1 2016, In: Journal of Bridge Engineering. 21, 2, 04015052.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Railroad bridges
  • Timber
  • Railroads
  • Smart sensors
  • Inspection

• Response enhancement of a 32-story building structure using two types of track nonlinear energy sinks

  Wang, J., Lu, X., Wierschem, N. E. & Spencer, B. F., Jan 1 2016, Transforming the Future of Infrastructure through Smarter Information - Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction, ICSIC 2016. Parlikad, A. K., Schooling, J. M., Soga, K., Mair, R. J. & Jin, Y. (eds.). ICE Publishing, p. 475-480 6 p. (Transforming the Future of Infrastructure through Smarter Information - Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction, ICSIC 2016).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Damping
  • Stiffness
  • Electron energy levels
  • Set theory

• Substructure-level based method for damage quantification in determinant trusses

  Blachowski, B., An, Y. & Spencer, B. F., Jan 1 2016, Proceedings of ISMA 2016 - International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering and USD2016 - International Conference on Uncertainty in Structural Dynamics. Sas, P., Moens, D. & van de Walle, A. (eds.). KU Leuven, Departement Werktuigkunde, p. 3283-3293 11 p. (Proceedings of ISMA 2016 - International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering and USD2016 - International Conference on Uncertainty in Structural Dynamics).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • trusses
  • Trusses
  • determinants
  • substructures
  • Global optimization

• Synchronized sensing for wireless monitoring of large structures

  Kim, R. E., Li, J., Spencer, B. F., Nagayama, T. & Mechitov, K. A., Nov 2016, In: Smart Structures and Systems. 18, 5, p. 885-909 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Synchronization
  • Monitoring
  • Clocks
  • Sensors
  • Structural health monitoring

• Target-free approach for vision-based structural system identification using consumer-grade cameras

  Yoon, H., Elanwar, H., Choi, H., Golparvar Fard, M. & Spencer, B. F., Dec 1 2016, In: Structural Control and Health Monitoring. 23, 12, p. 1405-1416 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Identification (control systems)
  • Cameras
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Displacement measurement
  • Sensors

• Traffic Safety Evaluation for Railway Bridges Using Expanded Multisensor Data Fusion

  Park, J. W., Lee, K. C., Sim, S. H., Jung, H. J. & Spencer, B. F., Oct 1 2016, In: Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering. 31, 10, p. 749-760 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Data fusion
  • Sensors
  • Acceleration measurement
  • Strain measurement
  • Transducers

• Victim Localization and Assessment System for Emergency Responders

  Yoon, H., Shiftehfar, R., Cho, S., Spencer, B. F., Nelson, M. E. & Agha, G., Mar 1 2016, In: Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering. 30, 2, 04015011.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Disasters
  • Wi-Fi
  • Smartphones
  • Earthquakes
  • Fires
• 2017

  Autonomous evaluation of ambient vibration of underground spaces induced by adjacent subway trains using high-sensitivity Wireless Smart sensors

  Sun, K., Zhang, W., Ding, H., Kim, R. E. & Spencer, B. F., Jan 2017, In: Smart Structures and Systems. 19, 1, p. 1-10 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Smart sensors
  • Subways
  • Subway stations
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Testing

• Axial Strain Accelerations Approach for Damage Localization in Statically Determinate Truss Structures

  Blachowski, B., An, Y., Spencer, B. F. & Ou, J., Apr 1 2017, In: Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering. 32, 4, p. 304-318 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Trusses
  • Global optimization
  • Signal processing

• Consequence-based management of railroad bridge networks

  Moreu, F., Spencer, B. F., Foutch, D. A. & Scola, S., Feb 1 2017, In: Structure and Infrastructure Engineering. 13, 2, p. 273-286 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Railroad bridges
  • repair and maintenance
  • Repair
  • Railroads
  • replacement

• Cross-Correlation-based structural system identification using unmanned aerial vehicles

  Yoon, H., Hoskere, V., Park, J. W. & Spencer, B. F., Sep 11 2017, In: Sensors (Switzerland). 17, 9, 2075.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • pilotless aircraft
  • system identification
  • cross correlation
  • Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
  • Identification (control systems)

• Experimental study on passive negative stiffness damper for cable vibration mitigation

  Shi, X., Zhu, S. & Spencer, B. F., Sep 1 2017, In: Journal of Engineering Mechanics. 143, 9, 04017070-1.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Cables
  • Stiffness
  • Rigidity
  • Damping
  • Boundary conditions

• Inertial mass damper for mitigating cable vibration

  Lu, L., Duan, Y. F., Spencer, B. F., Lu, X. & Zhou, Y., Oct 2017, In: Structural Control and Health Monitoring. 24, 10, e1986.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Cables
  • Damping
  • Energy dissipation
  • Stiffness
  • Cable stayed bridges

• Modal parametric identification of distribution type structures based on random decrement technique

  Lu, J., Sim, S. H. & Spencer, B. F., Sep 15 2017, In: Zhendong yu Chongji/Journal of Vibration and Shock. 36, 17, p. 48-54 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Smart sensors
  • Sensor networks
  • sensors
  • assurance
  • excitation

• Model-based framework for multi-axial real-time hybrid simulation testing

  Fermandois, G. A. & Spencer, B. F., Oct 1 2017, In: Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration. 16, 4, p. 671-691 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Actuators
  • Controllers
  • Testing
  • simulation
  • Earthquakes

• New stochastic approach of vehicle energy dissipation on nondeformable rough pavements

  Kim, R. E., Kang, S., Spencer, B. F., Al-Qadi, I. L. & Ozer, H., Apr 1 2017, In: Journal of Engineering Mechanics. 143, 4, 04016118.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Pavements
  • Energy dissipation
  • Surface roughness
  • Vehicle suspensions
  • Climate change

• Next Generation Wireless Smart Sensors Toward Sustainable Civil Infrastructure

  Spencer, B. F., Park, J. W., Mechitov, K. A., Jo, H. & Agha, G., 2017, In: Procedia Engineering. 171, p. 5-13 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

  • Smart sensors
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Zigbee
  • Monitoring
  • Damage detection

• Optimization of Structures Subject to Stochastic Dynamic Loading

  Xu, J., Spencer, B. F., Lu, X., Chen, X. & Lu, L., Aug 2017, In: Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering. 32, 8, p. 657-673 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Structural optimization

• Performance-based optimization of nonlinear structures subject to stochastic dynamic loading

  Xu, J., Spencer, B. F. & Lu, X., Mar 1 2017, In: Engineering Structures. 134, p. 334-345 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Earthquakes
  • Structural optimization
  • White noise
  • Nonlinear equations
  • Linearization

• Railroad bridge monitoring using wireless smart sensors

  Moreu, F., Kim, R. E. & Spencer, B. F., Feb 1 2017, In: Structural Control and Health Monitoring. 24, 2, e1863.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Railroad bridges
  • Smart sensors
  • Monitoring
  • Railroads
  • Inspection

• Railroad infrastructure management enabled by structural health monitoring

  Moreu, F. & Spencer, B. F., Jan 1 2017, Life-Cycle of Engineering Systems: Emphasis on Sustainable Civil Infrastructure - 5th International Symposium on Life-Cycle Engineering, IALCCE 2016. Bakker, J., Frangopol, D. M. & van Breugel, K. (eds.). CRC Press/Balkema, p. 114-124 11 p. (Life-Cycle of Engineering Systems: Emphasis on Sustainable Civil Infrastructure - 5th International Symposium on Life-Cycle Engineering, IALCCE 2016).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Railroads
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Repair
  • Railroad bridges
  • Profitability

• Rapid damage assessment in tall buildings after seismic events

  Tsuchimoto, K. & Spencer, B. F., Jan 1 2017, Structural Health Monitoring 2017: Real-Time Material State Awareness and Data-Driven Safety Assurance - Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, IWSHM 2017. Chang, F-K. & Kopsaftopoulos, F. (eds.). DEStech Publications, p. 1123-1130 8 p. (Structural Health Monitoring 2017: Real-Time Material State Awareness and Data-Driven Safety Assurance - Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, IWSHM 2017; vol. 1).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Tall buildings
  • Health Care Costs
  • Maintenance
  • Safety
  • Structural health monitoring

• Response attenuation in a large-scale structure subjected to blast excitation utilizing a system of essentially nonlinear vibration absorbers

  Wierschem, N. E., Hubbard, S. A., Luo, J., Fahnestock, L. A., Spencer, B. F., McFarland, D. M., Quinn, D. D., Vakakis, A. F. & Bergman, L. A., Feb 17 2017, In: Journal of Sound and Vibration. 389, p. 52-72 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • blasts
  • absorbers
  • Blast resistance
  • attenuation
  • vibration

• Sensor fusion for structural tilt estimation using an acceleration-based tilt sensor and a gyroscope

  Liu, C., Park, J. W., Spencer, B. F., Moon, D. S. & Fan, J., Sep 1 2017, In: Smart Materials and Structures. 26, 10, 105005.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • multisensor fusion
  • gyroscopes
  • Gyroscopes
  • Fusion reactions
  • sensors

• Stochastic analysis of energy dissipation of a half-car model on nondeformable rough pavement

  Kim, R. E., Kang, S., Spencer, B. F., Ozer, H. & Al-Qadi, I. L., Jan 1 2017, In: Journal of Transportation Engineering Part B: Pavements. 143, 4, 04017016.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Pavements
  • Energy dissipation
  • energy
  • energy consumption
  • road

• Towards an automated damage detection system for miter gates on navigation locks: Detecting boundary condition degradation

  Eick, B. A., Spencer, B. F., Smith, M. D., Alexander, Q. G. & Foltz, S. D., 2017, Structural Health Monitoring 2017: Real-Time Material State Awareness and Data-Driven Safety Assurance - Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, IWSHM 2017. Chang, F-K. & Kopsaftopoulos, F. (eds.). DEStech Publications, p. 307-314 8 p. (Structural Health Monitoring 2017: Real-Time Material State Awareness and Data-Driven Safety Assurance - Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, IWSHM 2017; vol. 1).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Damage detection
  • Navigation
  • Boundary conditions
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Degradation
• 2018

  A beam with arbitrarily placed lateral dampers: Evolution of complex modes with damping

  Chen, Y., McFarland, D. M., Spencer, B. F. & Bergman, L., Jan 1 2018, In: JVC/Journal of Vibration and Control. 24, 2, p. 379-392 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Natural frequencies
  • Damping
  • Boundary conditions

• ANFIS based quadrotor drone altitude control implementation on Raspberry Pi platform

  Dorzhigulov, A., Bissengaliuly, B., Spencer, B. F., Kim, J. & James, A. P., Jun 1 2018, In: Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing. 95, 3, p. 435-445 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Altitude control
  • Rubus
  • Drones
  • Controllers
  • Fuzzy inference

• A novel distribution regression approach for data loss compensation in structural health monitoring

  Chen, Z., Bao, Y., Li, H. & Spencer, B. F., Nov 1 2018, In: Structural Health Monitoring. 17, 6, p. 1473-1490 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Structural health monitoring
  • Probability density function
  • Compensation and Redress
  • Health
  • Extrapolation

• A simplified procedure for estimating nonlinear seismic demand of tall piers

  Chen, X., Guan, Z., Spencer, B. F. & Li, J., Nov 1 2018, In: Engineering Structures. 174, p. 778-791 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Bridge piers
  • Piers
  • Seismic response
  • Bending moments
  • Ductility

• Automated damage detection in miter gates of navigation locks

  Eick, B. A., Treece, Z. R., Spencer, B. F., Smith, M. D., Sweeney, S. C., Alexander, Q. G. & Foltz, S. D., Jan 2018, In: Structural Control and Health Monitoring. 25, 1, e2053.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Damage detection
  • Navigation
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Time series
  • Inspection

• Beam Finite Element Including Shear Lag Effect of Extra-Wide Concrete Box Girders

  Zhou, G., Li, A., Li, J., Duan, M., Spencer, B. F. & Zhu, L., Nov 1 2018, In: Journal of Bridge Engineering. 23, 11, 04018083.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Suspension bridges
  • Beams and girders
  • Concrete beams and girders
  • Concretes
  • Describing functions

• Damage detection in shear buildings using different estimated curvature

  Shi, J. Y., Spencer, B. F. & Chen, S. S., Jan 2018, In: Structural Control and Health Monitoring. 25, 1, e2050.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Damage detection
  • Frequency response
  • Finite difference method
  • Interpolation
  • Boundary conditions

• Demand-based wireless smart sensors for earthquake monitoring of civil infrastructure

  Fu, Y., Zhu, L., Hoang, T., Mechitov, K. & Spencer, B. F., Jan 1 2018, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2018. Wang, K-W., Sohn, H. & Lynch, J. P. (eds.). SPIE, 105980Z. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; vol. 10598).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Smart Sensors
  • Wireless Sensors
  • Infrastructure
  • Earthquake
  • Smart sensors

• Design criteria for dissipative devices in coupled oscillators under seismic excitation

  Gattulli, V., Potenza, F. & Spencer, B. F., Jul 2018, In: Structural Control and Health Monitoring. 25, 7, e2167.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Stochastic systems

• Development of a high-sensitivitywireless accelerometer for structural health monitoring

  Zhu, L., Fu, Y., Chow, R., Spencer, B. F., Park, J. W. & Mechitov, K., Jan 17 2018, In: Sensors (Switzerland). 18, 1, 262.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • structural health monitoring
  • accelerometers
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Accelerometers
  • Smart sensors

• Estimating azimuth of subsurface linear targets by polarimetric GPR

  Liu, H., Huang, X., Xing, B., Cui, J., Spencer, B. F. & Liu, Q. H., Oct 31 2018, 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2018 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 6784-6787 4 p. 8517637. (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS); vol. 2018-July).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • ground penetrating radar
  • azimuth
  • Radar
  • Ground penetrating radar systems
  • Scattering

• Fatigue life prediction for parallel-wire stay cables considering corrosion effects

  Lan, C., Xu, Y., Liu, C., Li, H. & Spencer, B. F., Sep 2018, In: International Journal of Fatigue. 114, p. 81-91 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Fatigue Life Prediction
  • Fatigue Life
  • Corrosion
  • Cable
  • Cables

• Free vibration-based system identification using temporal cross-correlations

  Narazaki, Y., Hoskere, V. & Spencer, B. F., Aug 2018, In: Structural Control and Health Monitoring. 25, 8, e2207.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Identification (control systems)
  • Vibration measurement
  • Power spectrum
  • Random processes
  • Damping

• Monitoring of chloride-induced corrosion in steel rebars

  Lan, C., Tuerhan, M., Liu, C., Li, H. & Spencer, B. F., Nov 17 2018, In: Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology. 53, 8, p. 601-610 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Steel
  • Chlorides
  • Corrosion
  • Monitoring
  • Physical properties

• Multi-level damage identification of a bridge structure: a combined numerical and experimental investigation

  Xu, Y. L., Zhang, C. D., Zhan, S. & Spencer, B. F., Feb 1 2018, In: Engineering Structures. 156, p. 53-67 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Suspension bridges
  • Testbeds
  • Sensors
  • Inverse problems
  • Kalman filters

• Probabilistic model for length effect on fatigue life of longitudinal elements

  Lan, C., Bai, N., Yang, H., Liu, C., Li, H. & Spencer, B. F., Sep 2018, In: Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures. 41, 9, p. 1948-1962 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Statistical Models
  • Fatigue of materials
  • Wire
  • High strength steel
  • Random variables

• Reference-free structural dynamic displacement estimation method

  Gomez, F., Park, J. W. & Spencer, B. F., Aug 2018, In: Structural Control and Health Monitoring. 25, 8, e2209.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Structural dynamics
  • Railroad bridges
  • FIR filters
  • Timber
  • Hydraulics

• Shake Table Tests of Tall-Pier Bridges to Evaluate Seismic Performance

  Chen, X., Guan, Z., Li, J. & Spencer, B. F., Sep 1 2018, In: Journal of Bridge Engineering. 23, 9, 04018058.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Bridge piers
  • Piers
  • Plastics
  • Seismic design
  • Ductility

• Simultaneous estimation of rebar diameter and cover thickness by a GPR-EMI dual sensor

  Zhou, F., Chen, Z., Liu, H., Cui, J., Spencer, B. F. & Fang, G., Sep 6 2018, In: Sensors (Switzerland). 18, 9, 2969.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • ground penetrating radar
  • Radar
  • Electromagnetic induction
  • Electromagnetic Phenomena
  • induction