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• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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
• 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., 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., 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
• 2016

  Autonomous evaluation of human annoyance rate induced by subway trains using high-sensitivity wireless smart sensors

  Zhang, W., Sun, K., Ding, H., Kim, R. 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. 221-226 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

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

• 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 North American railroad bridge networks enabled by wireless smart Sensors

  Moreit, F., Spencer, B. F., Foutch, D. A. & Scola, S., 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. 687-692 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

  • Railroad bridges
  • Smart sensors
  • Repair
  • Railroads
  • Costs

• 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

• 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

• Development of RTOS-based wireless SHM system: Benefits in applications

  Fu, Y. G., Mechitov, K. A., Hoskere, V. & 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. 149-154 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

  • Structural health monitoring
  • Smart sensors
  • Civil engineering
  • Sensor nodes
  • Computer programming languages