Pub Date : 2023-12-12DOI: 10.1080/23789689.2023.2287857
Son Vu Hong Pham, Khoi Van Tien Nguyen, Huy Quang Le, Phuc Le Hoang Tran
{"title":"Road surface damages allocation with RTI-IMS software based on YOLO V5 model","authors":"Son Vu Hong Pham, Khoi Van Tien Nguyen, Huy Quang Le, Phuc Le Hoang Tran","doi":"10.1080/23789689.2023.2287857","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23789689.2023.2287857","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45395,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure","volume":"8 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138977183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-25DOI: 10.1080/23789689.2023.2287849
Partha Kayal, R. Kumar
{"title":"Allocation and sizing of dispatchable distributed generators considering value addition in resiliency and sustainability of power delivery infrastructure","authors":"Partha Kayal, R. Kumar","doi":"10.1080/23789689.2023.2287849","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23789689.2023.2287849","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45395,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure","volume":"29 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139237287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-21DOI: 10.1080/23789689.2023.2280741
Ahmed Mahmood Zahir Al-Hinai, O. Ejohwomu, Mohamed Abadi
{"title":"Developing a social value model for Oman’s national infrastructure planning: a hermeneutical approach","authors":"Ahmed Mahmood Zahir Al-Hinai, O. Ejohwomu, Mohamed Abadi","doi":"10.1080/23789689.2023.2280741","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23789689.2023.2280741","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45395,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure","volume":"65 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139251897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-20DOI: 10.1080/23789689.2023.2280870
Sunhee Baik, N. Hanus, J. Carvallo, Peter H. Larsen
{"title":"Measuring the economic and societal value of reliability/resilience investments: case studies of islanded communities","authors":"Sunhee Baik, N. Hanus, J. Carvallo, Peter H. Larsen","doi":"10.1080/23789689.2023.2280870","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23789689.2023.2280870","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45395,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure","volume":"BC-27 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139257883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Customizing a sustainability evaluation framework for Infrastructure projects in developing countries: the case study of Iran","authors":"Gelare Taherian, Seyed Hossein Hosseini Nourzad, Mojtaba Neyestani","doi":"10.1080/23789689.2023.2272462","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23789689.2023.2272462","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45395,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136103518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-05DOI: 10.1080/23789689.2023.2260242
N.K. Mustaffa, N.S.N. Shahrudin, A. Mustaffa
ABSTRACTSustainable infrastructure represents a tremendous opportunity as a catalyst for addressing socioeconomic challenges, restoring economic advancement, and preserving biodiversity. Nevertheless, the potential of key policy and institutional modifications to raise the profile of green infrastructure remains limited. This paper examines the top-down initiatives implemented by the Malaysia government to encapsulate all efforts to adapt the country to sustainable infrastructure development. The paper highlights the evolution of green and sustainable development in Malaysia by incorporating fiscal, institutional, legislative, and regulatory mechanisms into the country's national plan. The comprehensive review of the integration of green and sustainable approaches into current initiatives offers a holistic perspective on Malaysia's progress towards achieving sustainable development and becoming a climate-resilient nation. The detailed information provided on the current establishment can further serve as a basis for future discussions regarding the formulation of more innovative solutions for Malaysia to ensure the implementation of sustainable and resilient development.KEYWORDS: Climate-resilientgreen developmentinfrastructureMalaysia plansustainable Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFunding-The authors acknowledge financial support from the Government of Malaysia via the sponsorship by the Ministry of Higher Education under the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS/1/2023/TK08/UITM/02/19).Notes on contributorsN.K. MustaffaN.K. Mustaffa is an Associate Professor at the School of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia. Her research involves developing sustainable and low-carbon initiatives in urban development.N.S.N. ShahrudinN.S.N. Shahrudin is a Ph.D. student at the School of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia. Her research focuses on developing performance assessment tools to assess sustainability and resilience in infrastructure projects.A. MustaffaA. Mustaffa is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law & International Relations, Sultan Zainal Abidin University, Malaysia. His research areas include international laws, legal frameworks and the enforcement of laws.
{"title":"The pathway toward sustainable and resilient infrastructure development in Malaysia","authors":"N.K. Mustaffa, N.S.N. Shahrudin, A. Mustaffa","doi":"10.1080/23789689.2023.2260242","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23789689.2023.2260242","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTSustainable infrastructure represents a tremendous opportunity as a catalyst for addressing socioeconomic challenges, restoring economic advancement, and preserving biodiversity. Nevertheless, the potential of key policy and institutional modifications to raise the profile of green infrastructure remains limited. This paper examines the top-down initiatives implemented by the Malaysia government to encapsulate all efforts to adapt the country to sustainable infrastructure development. The paper highlights the evolution of green and sustainable development in Malaysia by incorporating fiscal, institutional, legislative, and regulatory mechanisms into the country's national plan. The comprehensive review of the integration of green and sustainable approaches into current initiatives offers a holistic perspective on Malaysia's progress towards achieving sustainable development and becoming a climate-resilient nation. The detailed information provided on the current establishment can further serve as a basis for future discussions regarding the formulation of more innovative solutions for Malaysia to ensure the implementation of sustainable and resilient development.KEYWORDS: Climate-resilientgreen developmentinfrastructureMalaysia plansustainable Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFunding-The authors acknowledge financial support from the Government of Malaysia via the sponsorship by the Ministry of Higher Education under the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS/1/2023/TK08/UITM/02/19).Notes on contributorsN.K. MustaffaN.K. Mustaffa is an Associate Professor at the School of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia. Her research involves developing sustainable and low-carbon initiatives in urban development.N.S.N. ShahrudinN.S.N. Shahrudin is a Ph.D. student at the School of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia. Her research focuses on developing performance assessment tools to assess sustainability and resilience in infrastructure projects.A. MustaffaA. Mustaffa is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law & International Relations, Sultan Zainal Abidin University, Malaysia. His research areas include international laws, legal frameworks and the enforcement of laws.","PeriodicalId":45395,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134975440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-21DOI: 10.1080/23789689.2023.2257516
Pedram Omidian, Naser Khaji
ABSTRACTEach of the total Life-Cycle Cost (LCC) and resilience index are valuable indicators of infrastructure management against hazard events during its service lifetime. In this study, the proposed multi-objective framework provides a systematic methodology for decision-makers to select the optimal retrofit strategies that minimize the LCC while satisfying a given level of resilience, for which various retrofit strategies are chosen. For each case, the fragility curves are established through IDA for calculating the resilience and LCC, which incorporates the effects of complete or incomplete repair actions of damage conditions induced by multiple occurrences of previous hazard events. This study employs a well-known ‘NSGA II’ to identify the optimal set of solutions. The various aspects of the optimal retrofit strategies are thoroughly investigated and discussed for an actual structure in the refinery sites as a case study infrastructure.KEYWORDS: Life-cycle costresiliencemulti-objective optimization frameworkretrofit strategiesinfrastructures management AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to sincerely appreciate anonymous reviewers for the careful reading, insightful suggestions, and comments contributed to their paper.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Additional informationNotes on contributorsPedram OmidianPedram Omidian is a doctoral student in Earthquake Engineering at Tarbiat Modares University. His research interests include life-cycle cost, resilience, and hazard management.Naser KhajiProf. Naser Khaji is the Principal Investigator of the Infrastructure Management laboratory at Hiroshima University. His research interests include health monitoring of various infrastructures, soil-structure-fluid interaction, computational structural dynamics and seismic wave propagation, inverse problems in structural dynamics and earthquake engineering, numerical methods in computational mechanics, and seismic hazard analysis.
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ABSTRACTSafe-to-Fail (SF) is an emerging resilient design approach that envisions potential failure scenarios while designing infrastructure systems. This study aims to establish the relative weightage of the SF criteria, and, to construct a ranking of the commonly employed flood mitigation alternatives within the context of coastal flood resilience. In pursuit of these goals, this research identifies SF criteria documented in existing literature and catalogs typically used coastal flood solutions. Then, the study surveys the professionals from the Department of Transportation (DOT) and leverages a multi-criteria decision-making approach to assess the responses and develop the intended ranking. The findings highlight that robustness is the highest weighted SF criteria and ecosystem restoration is the highest-ranked SF flood solution closely followed by green infrastructure (GI). These findings provide valuable insights for decision-makers of infrastructure development in coastal cities and support them to embrace SF design strategies for developing resilient built environments.KEYWORDS: Infrastructureresilienceflooddisaster managementSafe-to-fail Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Data availability statementSome data and codes that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.Additional informationNotes on contributorsRubaya RahatRubaya Rahat is a PhD candidate at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and a Teaching/Research Assistant at Moss School of Construction, Sustainability and Infrastructure, Florida International University. Her research interest includes Sustainable and resilient infrastructure, Engineering Education and Sustainable transportation system.Piyush PradhanangaPiyush Pradhananga is a PhD candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Florida International University (FIU). His research interests include Sustainable Construction, Robotics and AI-based Construction, Engineering Education, Green Buildings, Sustainable Infrastructure, Resilient and Sustainable Postdisaster Reconstruction and Circular Economy.Claudia Calle MullerClaudia Calle Müller is a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and a Teaching/Research Assistant at Moss School of Construction, Sustainability, and Infrastructure, Florida International University. Her research interest includes Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, Sustainable Construction, Engineering Education, Resilient and Sustainable Post-Disaster Reconstruction, Green Buildings, Circular Economy, Decarbonization, and Well-Being.Mohamed ElZomorDr Mohamed ElZomor is an Associate Professor at Florida International University (FIU), College of Engineering and Computing and teaches at the Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure and Sustainability. Mohamed’s work focuses on the Sustainability of the Built Environment, Engineering Educ
摘要安全故障(SF)是一种新兴的弹性设计方法,它在设计基础设施系统时设想潜在的故障场景。本研究旨在建立SF标准的相对权重,并在沿海洪水恢复力的背景下构建常用的洪水缓解方案排名。为了实现这些目标,本研究确定了现有文献和目录中记录的SF标准,这些标准通常用于沿海洪水解决方案。然后,该研究调查了交通部(DOT)的专业人员,并利用多标准决策方法来评估回应并制定预期的排名。研究结果表明,稳健性是权重最高的SF标准,生态系统恢复是排名最高的SF解决方案,其次是绿色基础设施(GI)。这些发现为沿海城市基础设施发展的决策者提供了有价值的见解,并支持他们采用顺丰设计策略来开发弹性建筑环境。关键词:基础设施弹性洪水灾害管理安全到失败披露声明作者未报告潜在的利益冲突。数据可用性声明支持本研究结果的一些数据和代码可根据通讯作者的合理要求提供。作者简介rubaya Rahat是佛罗里达国际大学建筑、可持续发展和基础设施莫斯学院土木与环境工程系的博士研究生和教学/研究助理。她的研究兴趣包括可持续和弹性基础设施,工程教育和可持续交通系统。Piyush Pradhananga是佛罗里达国际大学(FIU)土木与环境工程博士候选人。主要研究方向为可持续建筑、机器人与人工智能建筑、工程教育、绿色建筑、可持续基础设施、灾后重建与循环经济。Claudia Calle m ller是佛罗里达国际大学建筑、可持续发展和基础设施莫斯学院土木与环境工程系的博士研究生和教学/研究助理。她的研究兴趣包括可持续和弹性基础设施,可持续建筑,工程教育,弹性和可持续灾后重建,绿色建筑,循环经济,脱碳和福祉。Mohamed ElZomor博士是佛罗里达国际大学(FIU)工程与计算学院的副教授,并在莫斯建筑、基础设施和可持续发展学院任教。Mohamed的工作重点是建筑环境的可持续性、工程教育、建筑工程、能源效率措施和建模、项目管理和基础设施弹性。
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Pub Date : 2023-09-18DOI: 10.1080/23789689.2023.2257506
Aly Mousaad Aly, Emily Rone
ABSTRACTThis paper aims to understand how photovoltaic (PV) panels impact wind loads on low-rise buildings. The hypothesis posits that solar panels on a roof reduce wind-induced forces on components and cladding. To test this hypothesis, we experimentally investigated a 1:7.5 scale model in an open-jet wind facility, considering cases of bare roof and roofs with PV panels in three different configurations. The findings indicate that PV panels offer varying benefits based on the wind direction angle, generally reducing total wind forces on the primary structure. The addition of solar panels yields wind load reductions of 45–63%, depending on the configuration and details of the solar panel system, implying that buildings may not require additional reinforcement for PV panels. The findings have significant implications for enhancing the design and installation of residential solar energy systems, promising a more sustainable and secure future amid climate change and extreme weather challenges.KEYWORDS: Solar energy systemsroof damagehurricanesresiliencesustainability AcknowledgmentsThis research was funded by Solar Alternatives, PosiGen, and the Gulf States Renewable Energy Industry Association (GSREIA). Thanks to Mr. Jeff Cantin, Mr. Tom Neyhart, and Mr. Stephen Wright for their sup- port. Additional support was received from the NSF I-Corps program at Louisiana State University, and the Louisiana Board of Regents (ITRS, LEQSF(2022-25)-RD-B-02; RCS, LEQSF(2021-22)-RD-A-30). The findings are those of the authors and do not reflect the opinion of the sponsors.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThe work was supported by the Louisiana Board of Regents [LEQSF(2022-25)-RD-B-02]; Louisiana State University [NSF I-Corps Lift2]; Solar Alternatives Inc. [Project #: AM211536].Notes on contributorsAly Mousaad AlyAly Mousaad Aly is an associate professor at Louisiana State University. Aly's research aims to advance knowledge in Wind Engineering and Structural Control to build more resilient and sustainable infrastructure, enhance safety, and reduce the tremendous cost of rebuilding after windstorms and earthquakes. He is the director of the LSU WISE research and education program (wise.lsu.edu). He was instrumental in bringing to life a state-of-the-art Open-Jet wind testing facility, which has proved capable of reproducing realistic wind effects on structures to resolve challenging scale issues. Aly has served as a wind engineering research fellow focusing on green energy infrastructure at Western University. His work included conducting an experimental study on vegetated building envelopes for the Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest) building in Milan. He contributed to projects at the wind tunnel of the Polytechnic University of Milan, addressing wind effects on tall buildings, large roofs, bridges, and sensitive structural elements. Aly played a crucial role in aerodynamic/aeroelast
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