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  Active base isolation of buildings subjected to seismic excitations

  Chang, C. M. & Spencer, B. F., Oct 25 2010, In: Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics. 39, 13, p. 1493-1512 20 p.

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

  • seismic isolation
  • structural control
  • active control
  • customs
  • freedom

• Adaptive control for smart-actuated base isolation structures regarding various reference-tracking strategies

  Ouyang, Y., Shan, J., Shi, W. & Spencer, B. F., Nov 1 2019, In: Engineering Structures. 198, 109574.

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

  • Controllers
  • Actuators
  • Hydraulics
  • Backstepping
  • Dynamic models

• Adaptive model-based tracking control for real-time hybrid simulation

  Chen, P. C., Chang, C. M., Spencer, B. F. & Tsai, K. C., Jun 1 2015, In: Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 13, 6, p. 1633-1653 21 p.

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

  • controllers
  • hydraulic equipment
  • adaptive control
  • simulation
  • dampers

• Adaptive model reference control method for real-time hybrid simulation

  Najafi, A. & Spencer, B. F., Oct 1 2019, In: Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 132, p. 183-193 11 p.

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

  • Model reference adaptive control
  • Controllers
  • Actuators
  • Uncertainty
  • Damping

• Adaptive position tracking control of electro-hydraulic six-degree-of-freedom driving simulator subject to perturbation

  Zhao, Q., Wang, N. & Spencer, B. F., Mar 2015, In: SIMULATION. 91, 3, p. 265-275 11 p.

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

  • Driving Simulator
  • Position Control
  • Tracking Control
  • Hydraulics
  • Degrees of freedom (mechanics)

• A monitoring-based approach for evaluating dynamic responses of riding vehicle on long-span bridge under strong winds

  Wang, H., Mao, J. X. & Spencer, B. F., Jun 15 2019, In: Engineering Structures. 189, p. 35-47 13 p.

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

  • Dynamic response
  • Monitoring
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Trucks
  • Interpolation

• Analysis of tall buildings with damped outriggers

  Chen, Y., McFarland, D. M., Wang, Z., Spencer, B. F. & Bergman, L., Nov 1 2010, In: Journal of Structural Engineering. 136, 11, p. 1435-1443 9 p.

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

  • Tall buildings
  • Damping
  • Natural frequencies
  • Conceptual design
  • Partial differential equations

• Analysis of the Seismic Vulnerability of Buildings in the Lushan M_s7.0 Earthquake in the Sichuan Province of China

  Sun, B., Spencer, B. F., Yan, P., Chen, X. & Zhang, G., Jan 1 2019, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Earthquake Engineering.

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

  • masonry
  • Earthquakes
  • vulnerability
  • earthquake
  • damage

• A Test Method for Damage Diagnosis of Suspension Bridge Suspender Cables

  An, Y., Spencer, B. F. & Ou, J., Oct 1 2015, In: Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering. 30, 10, p. 771-784 14 p.

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

  • Bridge cables
  • Suspension bridges
  • Cables
  • Damage detection
  • Signal to noise ratio

• Automated decentralized modal analysis using smart sensors

  Sim, S. H., Spencer, B. F., Zhang, M. & Xie, H., Dec 1 2010, In: Structural Control and Health Monitoring. 17, 8, p. 872-894 23 p.

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

  • Smart sensors
  • Modal analysis
  • Sensor networks
  • Sensors
  • Civil engineering

• Automated modal identification using principal component and cluster analysis: Application to a long-span cable-stayed bridge

  Mao, J. X., Wang, H., Fu, Y. G. & Spencer, B. F., Oct 1 2019, In: Structural Control and Health Monitoring. 26, 10, e2430.

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

  • Cable stayed bridges
  • Cluster analysis
  • Principal component analysis
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Modal analysis

• 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

• Backstepping adaptive control for real-time hybrid simulation including servo-hydraulic dynamics

  Ouyang, Y., Shi, W., Shan, J. & Spencer, B. F., Sep 1 2019, In: Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 130, p. 732-754 23 p.

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

  • Backstepping
  • Hydraulics
  • Controllers
  • Dynamic models
  • Compensation and Redress

• Bayesian updating of fragility functions using hybrid simulation

  Li, J., Spencer, B. F. & Elnashai, A. S., Jul 1 2013, In: Journal of Structural Engineering (United States). 139, 7, p. 1160-1171 12 p.

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

  • Earthquakes
  • Calibration
  • Availability
  • Economics
  • Set theory

• Characterization of wireless smart sensor performance

  Linderman, L. E., Rice, J. A., Barot, S., Spencer, B. F. & Bernhard, J. T., Apr 2010, In: Journal of Engineering Mechanics. 136, 12, p. 1435-1443 9 p.

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

  • Smart sensors
  • Communication
  • Antennas
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Data transfer

• Closed-loop structural control with real-time smart sensors

  Linderman, L. E. & Spencer, B. F., Dec 2015, In: Smart Structures and Systems. 16, 6, p. 1147-1167 21 p.

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

  • Smart sensors
  • Real time control
  • Computer hardware
  • Sampling
  • Control systems

• Concrete Crack Assessment Using Digital Image Processing and 3D Scene Reconstruction

  Liu, Y. F., Cho, S., Spencer, B. F. & Fan, J. S., Jan 1 2016, In: Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering. 30, 1, 04014124.

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

  • Image processing
  • Concretes
  • Cracks
  • Concrete construction
  • Crack detection

• 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

• Corrosion estimation of a historic truss bridge using model updating

  Jang, S., Li, J. & Spencer, B. F., Jul 1 2013, In: Journal of Bridge Engineering. 18, 7, p. 678-689 12 p.

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

  • Corrosion
  • Steel bridges
  • Inspection
  • Periodic structures
  • Analytical models

• 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)

• Damage identification in elastic thin plates based on SDLV method

  Lu, J. & Spencer, B. F., Oct 1 2016, In: Yingyong Jichu yu Gongcheng Kexue Xuebao/Journal of Basic Science and Engineering. 24, 5, p. 995-1005 11 p.

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

  • Damage detection
  • Strain energy
  • Residual stresses
  • Elastic moduli

• Damper placement for seismic control of super-long-span suspension bridges based on the first-order optimization method

  Wang, H., Li, A., Jiao, C. & Spencer, B. F., Jul 1 2010, In: Science China Technological Sciences. 53, 7, p. 2008-2014 7 p.

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

  • Suspension bridges
  • Seismic response
  • Earthquakes

• Decentralized active control of multistory civil structure with wireless smart sensor nodes

  Linderman, L. E. & Spencer, B. F., Oct 1 2016, In: Journal of Engineering Mechanics. 142, 10, 04016078.

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

  • Smart sensors
  • Sensor nodes
  • Decentralized control
  • Control systems
  • Sampling

• Decentralized random decrement technique for efficient data aggregation and system identification in wireless smart sensor networks

  Sim, S. H., Carbonell-Mrquez, J. F., Spencer, B. F. & Jo, H., Jan 1 2011, In: Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics. 26, 1, p. 81-91 11 p.

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

  • system identification
  • Smart sensors
  • Agglomeration
  • Identification (control systems)
  • Sensor networks

• Design formulas for vibration control of sagged cables using passive MR dampers

  Duan, Y., Ni, Y. Q., Zhang, H., Spencer, B. F., Ko, J. M. & Dong, S., 2019, In: Smart Structures and Systems. 23, 6, p. 537-551 15 p.

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

  • Vibration control
  • Cables
  • Damping
  • Stiffness
  • Cable stayed bridges

• Design formulas for vibration control of taut cables using passive MR dampers

  Duan, Y., Ni, Y. Q., Zhang, H., Spencer, B. F., Ko, J. M. & Fang, Y., 2019, In: Smart Structures and Systems. 23, 6, p. 521-536 16 p.

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

  • Vibration control
  • Cables
  • Damping
  • Stiffness
  • Modal analysis

• Develoment of high-sensitivity wireless strain sensor for structural health monitoring

  Jo, H., Park, J. W., Spencer, B. F. & Jung, H. J., May 1 2013, In: Smart Structures and Systems. 11, 5, p. 477-496 20 p.

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

  • Structural health monitoring
  • Strain gages
  • Smart sensors
  • Cable stayed bridges
  • Metal foil

• Development and full-scale validation of high-fidelity data acquisition on a next-generation wireless smart sensor platform

  Fu, Y., Mechitov, K., Hoang, T., Kim, J. R., Lee, D. H. & Spencer, B. F., Dec 1 2019, In: Advances in Structural Engineering. 22, 16, p. 3512-3533 22 p.

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

  • Smart sensors
  • Data acquisition
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Power management (telecommunication)
  • Computer hardware

• Development of a wireless displacement measurement system using acceleration responses

  Park, J. W., Sim, S. H., Jung, H. J. & Billie, S., Jul 2013, In: Sensors (Switzerland). 13, 7, p. 8377-8392 16 p.

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

  • Displacement measurement
  • displacement measurement
  • Acceleration
  • Costs and Cost Analysis
  • FIR filters

• Dynamic assessment of timber railroad bridges using displacements

  Moreu, F., Jo, H., Li, J., Kim, R. E., Cho, S., Kimmle, A., Scola, S., Le, H., Spencer, B. F. & LaFave, J. M., Oct 1 2015, In: Journal of Bridge Engineering. 20, 10, 4014114.

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

  • Railroad bridges
  • Timber
  • Railroads
  • Piles
  • Inspection

• Dynamic behavior of stay cables with passive negative stiffness dampers

  Shi, X., Zhu, S., Li, J. Y. & Spencer, B. F., Jan 1 2016, In: Smart Materials and Structures. 25, 7, 075044.

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

  • dampers
  • guy wires
  • cables
  • stiffness
  • Cables

• Dynamic characteristics of novel energy dissipation systems with damped outriggers

  Tan, P., Fang, C. J., Chang, C. M., Spencer, B. F. & Zhou, F. L., Sep 1 2015, In: Engineering Structures. 98, p. 128-140 13 p.

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

  • Energy dissipation
  • Stiffness
  • Damping
  • Tall buildings
  • Stiffness matrix

• Efficient Estimation of Seismic Response of Large-Span Structures Considering the Effect of Multiple-Support Excitation

  Qin, H., Li, L. & Spencer, B. F., Dec 1 2019, In: Journal of Engineering Mechanics. 145, 12, 04019096.

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

  • Seismic response
  • Damping
  • Seismic design
  • Ordinary differential equations

• Efficient time synchronization for structural health monitoring using wireless smart sensor networks

  Li, J., Mechitov, K. A., Kim, R. E. & Spencer, B. F., Mar 1 2016, In: Structural Control and Health Monitoring. 23, 3, p. 470-486 17 p.

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

  • Smart sensors
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Sensor networks
  • Clocks
  • Synchronization

• Embedding compressive sensing-based data loss recovery algorithm into wireless smart sensors for structural health monitoring

  Zou, Z., Bao, Y., Li, H., Spencer, B. F. & Ou, J., Feb 1 2015, In: IEEE Sensors Journal. 15, 2, p. 797-808 12 p., 6894120.

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

  • structural health monitoring
  • Smart sensors
  • Embeddings (Algorithms)
  • Structural health monitoring
  • embedding

• Embedding human annoyance rate models in wireless smart sensors for assessing the influence of subway train-induced ambient vibration

  Sun, K., Zhang, W., Ding, H., Kim, R. E. & Spencer, B. F., Sep 20 2016, In: Smart Materials and Structures. 25, 10, 105023.

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

  • Smart sensors
  • Subways
  • embedding
  • basements
  • vibration

• Enabling framework for structural health monitoring using smart sensors

  Rice, J. A., Mechitov, K. A., Sim, S. H., Spencer, B. F. & Agha, G. A., Aug 2011, In: Structural Control and Health Monitoring. 18, 5, p. 574-587 14 p.

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

  • Smart sensors
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Engineers
  • Service oriented architecture (SOA)
  • Demonstrations

• Equivalent neutral axis for structural condition assessment using multi-sensor fusion

  Park, J. W., Moon, D. S., Sim, S. H. & Spencer, B. F., Oct 15 2019, In: Engineering Structures. 197, 109350.

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

  • Sensor data fusion
  • Acceleration measurement
  • Strain measurement
  • Damage detection
  • Structural health monitoring

• Exact solution of free vibration of a uniform tensioned beam combined with both lateral and rotational linear sub-systems

  Chen, Y., McFarland, D. M., Spencer, B. F. & Bergman, L., Apr 14 2015, In: Journal of Sound and Vibration. 341, p. 206-221 16 p.

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

  • free vibration
  • Root loci
  • dampers
  • characteristic equations
  • loci

• Experimental and analytical behavior of blind bolted moment connections

  Wang, J. & Spencer, B. F., Jan 16 2013, In: Journal of Constructional Steel Research. 82, p. 33-47 15 p.

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

  • Steel
  • Finite element method
  • Stiffness
  • Composite materials
  • Axial loads

• Experimental evaluation of an inertial mass damper and its analytical model for cable vibration mitigation

  Lu, L., Fermandois, G. A., Lu, X., Spencer, B. F., Duan, Y. F. & Zhou, Y., 2019, In: Smart Structures and Systems. 23, 6, p. 589-613 25 p.

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

  • Analytical models
  • Cables
  • Energy dissipation
  • Damping
  • Stiffness

• Experimental investigation of beam-column joints with cast steel stiffeners for progressive collapse prevention

  Han, Q., Li, X., Liu, M. & Spencer, B. F., May 1 2019, In: Journal of Structural Engineering (United States). 145, 5, 04019020.

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

  • Steel
  • Welds
  • Concrete slabs
  • Repair

• Experimental study of track nonlinear energy sinks for dynamic response reduction

  Wang, J., Wierschem, N., Spencer, B. F. & Lu, X., Jul 1 2015, In: Engineering Structures. 94, p. 9-15 7 p.

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

  • Dynamic response
  • Equations of motion
  • Computer simulation

• 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

• Fast vibration characteristics analysis of an underwater shield tunnel using the accelerometer network enhanced by edge computing

  Li, C. D., Zhang, W., Zhu, H. H., Wang, P., Ren, J. T. & Spencer, B. F., Jul 2019, In: Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation. 141, p. 52-61 10 p.

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

  • Accelerometer
  • Tunnel
  • accelerometers
  • Accelerometers
  • Vibration

• Feasibility of displacement monitoring using low-cost GPS receivers

  Jo, H., Sim, S. H., Tatkowski, A., Spencer, B. F. & Nelson, M. E., Sep 1 2013, In: Structural Control and Health Monitoring. 20, 9, p. 1240-1254 15 p.

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

  • Global positioning system
  • Monitoring
  • Costs
  • Fish
  • Sensors

• Flexible smart sensor framework for autonomous structural health monitoring

  Rice, J. A., Mechitov, K., Sim, S. H., Nagayama, T., Jang, S., Kim, R., Spencer, B. F., Agha, G. & Fujino, Y., 2010, In: Smart Structures and Systems. 6, 5-6, p. 423-438 16 p.

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

  • Smart sensors
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Modal analysis
  • Cable stayed bridges
  • Computer hardware

• Forward-Backward Approach for 3D Event Localization Using Commodity Smartphones for Ubiquitous Context-Aware Applications in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

  Yoon, H., Ham, Y., Golparvar-Fard, M. & Spencer, B. F., Apr 1 2016, In: Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering. 31, 4, p. 245-260 16 p.

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

  • Civil engineering
  • Smartphones
  • Wireless local area networks (WLAN)
  • Probability distributions
  • Global positioning system

• Full-scale experimental validation of high-fidelity wireless measurement on a historic truss bridge

  Jang, S., Spencer, B. F., Rice, J. & Wang, Z., Feb 1 2011, In: Advances in Structural Engineering. 14, 1, p. 93-101 9 p.

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

  • Sensors
  • Synchronization
  • Smart sensors
  • Steel bridges
  • Monitoring