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  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

• 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

• A damage localization method based on the 'jerk energy'

  An, Y., Jo, H., Spencer, B. F. & Ou, J., Feb 1 2014, In: Smart Materials and Structures. 23, 2, 025020.

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

  • damage
  • Fractal dimension
  • Stiffness
  • dampers
  • energy

• 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 decentralized receptance-based damage detection strategy for wireless smart sensors

  Jang, S., Spencer, B. F. & Sim, S. H., May 1 2012, In: Smart Materials and Structures. 21, 5, 055017.

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

  • Smart sensors
  • Damage detection
  • flexibility
  • damage
  • sensors

• 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

• 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 phased approach to enable hybrid simulation of complex structures

  Spencer, B. F., Chang, C. M., Frankie, T. M., Kuchma, D. A., Silva, P. F. & Abdelnaby, A. E., Jan 1 2014, In: Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration. 13, 1, p. 63-77 15 p.

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

  • Earthquake engineering
  • Piers
  • Testing
  • simulation
  • Data acquisition

• 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

• 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 assessment of cracks on concrete surfaces using adaptive digital image processing

  Liu, Y., Cho, S., Spencer, B. F. & Fan, J., Oct 1 2014, In: Smart Structures and Systems. 14, 4, p. 719-741 23 p.

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

  • Image processing
  • Concretes
  • Cracks
  • Median filters
  • Inspection

• 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

• 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

• A wireless smart sensor network for automated monitoring of cable tension

  Sim, S. H., Li, J., Jo, H., Park, J. W., Cho, S., Spencer, B. F. & Jung, H. J., Feb 1 2014, In: Smart Materials and Structures. 23, 2, 025006.

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

  • Smart sensors
  • cables
  • Sensor networks
  • Cables
  • sensors

• 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

• 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

• Bridge Seismic Retrofit Program Planning to Maximize Postearthquake Transportation Network Capacity

  Chang, L., Peng, F., Ouyang, Y., Elnashai, A. S. & Spencer, B. F., May 31 2012, In: Journal of Infrastructure Systems. 18, 2, p. 75-88 14 p.

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

  • Planning
  • Earthquakes
  • Disasters
  • Hazards
  • Managers

• 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

• 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 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

• 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

• Design, simulation, and large-scale testing of an innovative vibration mitigation device employing essentially nonlinear elastomeric springs

  Luo, J., Wierschem, N. E., Fahnestock, L. A., Spencer, B. F., Quinn, D. D., Mcfarland, D. M., Vakakis, A. F. & Bergman, L. A., Oct 10 2014, In: Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics. 43, 12, p. 1829-1851 23 p.

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

  • stiffness
  • vibration
  • mitigation
  • structural response
  • Testing

• 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

• 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 Application of High-Sensitivity Wireless Smart Sensors for Decentralized Stochastic Modal Identification

  Jo, H., Sim, S. H., Nagayama, T. & Spencer, B. F., Jun 4 2012, In: Journal of Engineering Mechanics. 138, 6, p. 683-694 12 p.

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

  • Smart sensors
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Sensor networks
  • Sensors
  • Costs

• 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 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

• 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

• Direct performance-based design with 200kN MR dampers using multi-objective cost effective optimization for steel MRFs

  Cha, Y. J., Agrawal, A. K., Phillips, B. M. & Spencer, B. F., Jul 15 2014, In: Engineering Structures. 71, p. 60-72 13 p.

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

  • Steel
  • Multiobjective optimization
  • Costs
  • Hazards
  • Damping

• 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 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

• 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

• Equivalent modal damping, stiffening and energy exchanges in multi-degree-of-freedom systems with strongly nonlinear attachments

  Quinn, D. D., Hubbard, S., Wierschem, N., Al-Shudeifat, M. A., Ott, R. J., Luo, J., Spencer, B. F., McFarland, D. M., Vakakis, A. F. & Bergman, L. A., Jun 1 2012, In: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part K: Journal of Multi-body Dynamics. 226, 2, p. 122-146 25 p.

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

  • stiffening
  • Degrees of freedom (mechanics)
  • attachment
  • energy transfer
  • degrees of freedom

• 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