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• 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

• Stochastic Analysis of Rolling Resistance Energy Dissipation for a Tractor-Trailer Model

  Kang, S., Ozer, H., Al-Qadi, I. L. & Spencer, B. F., Jan 1 2019, In: Transportation Research Record.

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

  • Rolling resistance
  • Light trailers
  • Fuel consumption
  • Energy dissipation
  • Surface roughness

• Stochastic optimisation of buckling restrained braced frames under seismic loading

  Xu, J., Fermandois, G. A., Spencer, B. F. & Lu, X., Oct 3 2018, In: Structure and Infrastructure Engineering. 14, 10, p. 1386-1401 16 p.

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

  • buckling
  • Buckling
  • structural response
  • white noise
  • ductility

• Structural Displacement Measurement Using an Unmanned Aerial System

  Yoon, H., Shin, J. & Spencer, B. F., Mar 2018, In: Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering. 33, 3, p. 183-192 10 p.

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

  • Displacement measurement
  • Cameras
  • Antennas
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Railroad bridges

• Structural health indices for steel truss bridges

  Giles, R. K., Kim, R., Spencer, B. F., Nathan, M., Newmark, A. M., Bergman, L. A., Shield, C. K. & Sweeney, S. C., 2011, Civil Engineering Topics - Proceedings of the 29th IMAC, a Conference on Structural Dynamics, 2011. Springer New York LLC, p. 391-398 8 p. (Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series; vol. 4).

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

  • Steel bridges
  • Health
  • Inspection
  • Corrosion
  • Arsenals

• Structural health monitoring of a cable-stayed bridge using acceleration data via wireless smart sensor network

  Cho, S., Park, J., Jung, H. J., Yun, C. B., Jang, S., Jo, H., Spencer, B. F., Nagayama, T. & Seo, J. W., 2010, Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management and Life-Cycle Optimization - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management. p. 158-164 7 p. (Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management and Life-Cycle Optimization - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management).

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

  • Smart sensors
  • Cable stayed bridges
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Sensor networks
  • Cables

• Structural health monitoring of a cable-stayed bridge using smart sensor technology: Deployment and evaluation

  Jang, S., Jo, H., Cho, S., Mechitov, K., Rice, J. A., Sim, S. H., Jung, H. J., Yun, C. B., Spencer, B. F. & Agha, G., 2010, In: Smart Structures and Systems. 6, 5-6, p. 439-459 21 p.

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

  • Smart sensors
  • Cable stayed bridges
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Sensor networks
  • Base stations

• Structural health monitoring of a cable-stayed bridge using wireless smart sensor technology: Data analyses

  Cho, S., Jo, H., Jang, S., Park, J., Jung, H. J., Yun, C. B., Spencer, B. F. & Seo, J. W., 2010, In: Smart Structures and Systems. 6, 5-6, p. 461-480 20 p.

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

  • Smart sensors
  • Cable stayed bridges
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Sensor networks
  • Cables

• Structural health monitoring of railroad bridges - Research needs and preliminary results

  Moreu, F., LaFave, J. M. & Spencer, B. F., Oct 1 2012, Structures Congress 2012 - Proceedings of the 2012 Structures Congress. p. 2141-2152 12 p. (Structures Congress 2012 - Proceedings of the 2012 Structures Congress).

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

  • Railroad bridges
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Railroads
  • Structural design
  • Engineers

• Structural health monitoring of railroad bridges using wireless smart sensors (WSSs): Recent real-world experiences in North America

  Spencer, B. F., Moreu, F. & Kim, R. E., Jan 1 2015, Life-Cycle of Structural Systems: Design, Assessment, Maintenance and Management - Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, IALCCE 2014. Akiyama, M., Furuta, H. & Frangopol, D. M. (eds.). CRC Press/Balkema, p. 396-403 8 p. (Life-Cycle of Structural Systems: Design, Assessment, Maintenance and Management - Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, IALCCE 2014).

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

  • Railroad bridges
  • Smart sensors
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Strain gages
  • Railroads

• Structural health monitoring system of a cable-stayed bridge using a dense array of scalable smart sensor network

  Cho, S., Jang, S. A., Jo, H., Mechitov, K., Rice, J. A., Jung, H. J., Yun, C. B., Spencer, B. F., Nagayama, T. & Seo, J., 2010, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2010. 764707. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; vol. 7647).

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

  • Smart Sensors
  • Cable-stayed Bridge
  • Health Monitoring
  • Monitoring System
  • Sensor Networks

• Structural modal identification based on distributed wireless smart sensor networks

  Lu, J., Sim, S. H., Jin, B. & Spencer, B. F., Oct 1 2011, In: Yingyong Jichu yu Gongcheng Kexue Xuebao/Journal of Basic Science and Engineering. 19, 5, p. 732-740 9 p.

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

  • Smart sensors
  • Agglomeration
  • Sensor networks
  • Plywood
  • Structural health monitoring

• Substructure hybrid simulation boundary technique based on beam/column inflection points

  Chen, Z., Yan, X., Wang, H., Zhu, X. & Spencer, B. F., Jul 28 2018, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 10, 8, 2655.

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

  • Bending moments
  • simulation
  • Force control
  • Model structures
  • Stiffness

• 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

• Sudden event monitoring of civil infrastructure using demand-based wireless smart sensors

  Fu, Y., Hoang, T., Mechitov, K., Kim, J. R., Zhang, D. & Spencer, B. F., Dec 1 2018, In: Sensors (Switzerland). 18, 12, 4480.

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

  • Smart sensors
  • Power (Psychology)
  • sensors
  • Monitoring
  • Earthquakes

• 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

• System identification of a historic swing truss bridge using a wireless sensor network employing orientation correction

  Cho, S., Giles, R. K. & Spencer, B. F., Feb 1 2015, In: Structural Control and Health Monitoring. 22, 2, p. 255-272 18 p.

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

  • Swing bridges
  • Identification (control systems)
  • Wireless sensor networks
  • Rivers
  • Domain decomposition methods

• System identification of an in-service railroad bridge using wireless smart sensors

  Kim, R. E., Moreu, F. & Spencer, B. F., Mar 1 2015, In: Smart Structures and Systems. 15, 3, p. 683-698 16 p.

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

  • Railroad bridges
  • Smart sensors
  • Identification (control systems)
  • Calibration
  • Highway bridges

• 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

• Test and numerical investigations on the spatial mechanics characteristics of extra-wide concrete self-anchored suspension bridge during construction

  Zhou, G., Li, A., Li, J., Duan, M., Xia, Z., Zhu, L., Spencer, B. F. & Wang, B., 2019, In: International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks. 15, 12

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

  Open Access

  • Suspension bridges
  • Mechanics
  • Cables
  • Concretes
  • Tendons

• The time-keeping anomaly of energy-saving sensors: Manifestation, solution, and a structural monitoring case study

  Moinzadeh, P., Mechitov, K., Shiftehfar, R., Abdelzaher, T., Agha, G. & Spencer, B. F., Nov 1 2012, 2012 9th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks, SECON 2012. p. 380-388 9 p. 6275801. (Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks workshops; vol. 1).

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

  • Clocks
  • Energy conservation
  • Monitoring
  • Sensors
  • Synchronization

• TinyOS-based real-time wireless data acquisition framework for structural health monitoring and control

  Linderman, L. E., Mechitov, K. A. & Spencer, B. F., Jun 2013, In: Structural Control and Health Monitoring. 20, 6, p. 1007-1020 14 p.

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

  • Structural health monitoring
  • Data acquisition
  • Smart sensors
  • Sampling
  • Throughput

• Topology optimization framework for structures subjected to stationary stochastic dynamic loads

  Gomez, F. & Spencer, B. F., Mar 15 2019, In: Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. 59, 3, p. 813-833 21 p.

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

  • Dynamic Load
  • Topology Optimization
  • Stochastic Dynamics
  • Cantilever Beam
  • Shape optimization

• 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

• Towards the application of image based monitoring of USACE large civil infrastructure

  Alexander, Q. G., Hoskere, V., Spencer, B. F. & Smith, M. D., 2019, Structural Health Monitoring 2019: Enabling Intelligent Life-Cycle Health Management for Industry Internet of Things (IIOT) - Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring. Chang, F-K., Guemes, A. & Kopsaftopoulos, F. (eds.). DEStech Publications Inc., p. 390-397 8 p. (Structural Health Monitoring 2019: Enabling Intelligent Life-Cycle Health Management for Industry Internet of Things (IIOT) - Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring; vol. 1).

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

  • Engineers
  • Costs and Cost Analysis
  • Financial Management
  • Monitoring
  • Structural health monitoring

• Track nonlinear energy sink for rapid response reduction in building structures

  Wang, J., Wierschem, N. E., Spencer, B. F. & Lu, X., Jan 1 2015, In: Journal of Engineering Mechanics. 141, 1, 04014104.

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

  • Equations of motion
  • Polynomials

• 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

• Vibration control using harmonically-varying damping

  Iba, D. & Spencer, B. F., Aug 16 2010.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • Vibration control
  • Damping
  • Natural frequencies
  • Computer simulation

• 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

• Vision-based dense displacement and strain estimation of miter gates with the performance evaluation using physics-based graphics models

  Narazaki, Y., Hoskere, V., Eick, B. A., Smith, M. D. & Spencer, B. F., Dec 25 2019, In: Smart Structures and Systems. 24, 6, p. 709-721

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

  • Physics
  • Cameras
  • Displacement measurement
  • Texturing
  • Strain measurement

• Vision-Based Modal Survey of Civil Infrastructure Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

  Hoskere, V., Park, J. W., Yoon, H. & Spencer, B. F., Jul 1 2019, In: Journal of Structural Engineering (United States). 145, 7, 04019062.

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

  • Modal analysis
  • Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
  • Footbridges
  • Suspension bridges
  • Structural dynamics

• Visual–inertial displacement sensing using data fusion of vision-based displacement with acceleration

  Park, J. W., Moon, D. S., Yoon, H., Gomez, F., Spencer, B. F. & Kim, J. R., Mar 2018, In: Structural Control and Health Monitoring. 25, 3, e2122.

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

  • Displacement measurement
  • Data fusion
  • Acceleration measurement
  • Optics
  • Numerical analysis

• Weibull modeling of the fatigue life for steel rebar considering corrosion effects

  Lan, C., Bai, N., Yang, H., Liu, C., Li, H. & Spencer, B. F., Jun 2018, In: International Journal of Fatigue. 111, p. 134-143 10 p.

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

  • Fatigue Life
  • Corrosion
  • Steel
  • Weibull
  • Fatigue of materials

• Wireless Localization of Spallings in Switch-Rails with Guided Waves Based on a Time-Frequency Method

  Hu, P., Wang, H., Tian, G., Dong, Z., Qiu, F. & Spencer, B. F., Dec 1 2019, In: IEEE Sensors Journal. 19, 23, p. 11050-11062 13 p., 8793107.

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

  • spalling
  • Guided electromagnetic wave propagation
  • Spalling
  • rails
  • Rails

• Wireless sensing technologies for bridge monitoring and assessment

  Yun, C. B., Sohn, H., Jung, H. J., Spencer, B. F. & Nagayama, T., Dec 1 2010, Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management and Life-Cycle Optimization - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management. p. 113-132 20 p. (Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management and Life-Cycle Optimization - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management).

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

  • Monitoring
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Sensors
  • Guided electromagnetic wave propagation
  • Steel bridges

• Wireless smart sensor for monitoring civil infrastructure

  Spencer, B. F., Jan 1 2013, Structural Health Monitoring for Infrastructure Sustainability - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure, SHMII 2013. Queensland University of Technology, p. 116-134 19 p. (Structural Health Monitoring for Infrastructure Sustainability - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure, SHMII 2013).

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

  • Smart sensors
  • Computer hardware
  • Monitoring