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Model-Based Interpretation of Measurements for Fatigue Evaluation of Existing Reinforced Concrete Bridges

Ian Smith, Eugen Brühwiler, Sai Ganesh Sarvotham Pai, Imane Bayane

New methods are required for sustainable and economical management of bridges. Efficient management can be achieved by a detailed understanding of bridge behavior through monitoring and model-based data interpretation. This paper presents a methodology to ...

2021

Validating model-based data interpretation methods for quantification of reserve capacity

Ian Smith, Sai Ganesh Sarvotham Pai

Optimal performance of civil infrastructure is an important aspect of liveable cities. A judicious combination of physics-based models with monitoring data in a validated methodology that accounts for uncertainties is explored in this paper. This methodolo ...

2021

Uncertainties in Structural Behavior for Model-Based Occupant Localization Using Floor Vibrations

Ian Smith, Sai Ganesh Sarvotham Pai, Slah Drira

In sensed buildings, information related to occupant movement helps optimize functions such as security, energy management, and caregiving. Due to privacy needs, non-intrusive sensing approaches for tracking occupants inside buildings, such as vibration se ...

2021

Editorial: Design and Control of Adaptive Civil Structures

Ian Smith, Gennaro Senatore

FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2021

A Comparison of optimal measurement-system design with engineering judgement for bridge load testing

Ian Smith, Numa Joy Bertola

Due to conservative approaches in construction design and practice, infrastructure often has hidden reserve capacity. When quantified, this reserve has potential to improve decisions related to asset management. Field measurements, collected through load t ...

2021

Increasing occupant localization precision through identification of footstep-contact dynamics

Ian Smith, Slah Drira

Information regarding occupants inside buildings has the potential to improve security, energy management, and caregiving. Typical sensing approaches for occupant localization rely on mobile devices and cameras. These systems compromise privacy. Occupant l ...

2021

Using footstep-induced vibrations for occupant detection and recognition in buildings

Ian Smith, Yves Sylvain Gilles Reuland, Sai Ganesh Sarvotham Pai, Slah Drira

Occupant detection and recognition support functional goals such as security, healthcare, and energy management in buildings. Typical sensing approaches, such as smartphones and cameras, undermine the privacy of building occupants and inherently affect the ...

2021

Model-Class Selection Using Clustering and Classification for Structural Identification and Prediction

Ian Smith, Sai Ganesh Sarvotham Pai, Masoud Sanayei

Structural identification using physics-based models and subsequent prediction have much potential to enhance civil infrastructure asset-management decision-making. Interpreting monitoring information in the presence of multiple uncertainty sources and sys ...

2021

Damage Mitigation of Near-Full–Scale Deployable Tensegrity Structure through Behavior Biomimetics

Ian Smith, Pramod Rastogi, Rishikesh Dilip Kulkarni, Ann Christine Sychterz

2020

Design of structures that adapt to loads through large shape changes

Ian Smith, Gennaro Senatore, Arka Prabhata Reksowardojo

Adaptive structures can modify their geometry and internal forces through sensing and mechanical actuation in order to maintain optimal performance under changing actions. Previous work has shown that well-conceived adaptive design strategies achieve subst ...

2020

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