OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Structural Safety is 12. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Improved Bayesian model updating of geomaterial parameters for slope reliability assessment considering spatial variability	135
A unifying review of NDE models towards optimal decision support	133
First-passage probability estimation by Poisson branching process model	91
GELF: A global error-based learning function for globally optimal adaptive reliability analysis	78
Global sensitivity evolution equation of the Fréchet-derivative-based global sensitivity analysis	56
The first-order time-variant reliability expansion method	54
Editorial Board	47
On the existing test dataset of isotropic cylindrical metal shells under axial compression and the design of modern metal civil engineering shells	46
Measurement plan targeting the accuracy of calibrated chloride ingress model for concrete structures in marine environment	44
Numerical algorithm for determining serviceability live loads and its applications	43
Editorial Board	43
Editorial Board	39
Editorial Board	38
Variance of the fatigue damage in non-Gaussian stochastic processes with narrow-band power spectrum	36
Moving toward resilience and sustainability in the built environment	35
Editorial Board	34
Consistent seismic hazard and fragility analysis considering combined capacity-demand uncertainties via probability density evolution method	32
Parameterized deep reinforcement learning-enabled maintenance decision-support and life-cycle risk assessment for highway bridge portfolios	32
Nonlinear stochastic dynamic analysis by evolutionary tail-equivalent linearization method	31
On the combination of nonlinear load effects of structures	31
Efficient procedure for failure probability function estimation in augmented space	30
Tornado wind hazard mapping and equivalent tornado design wind profile for Canada	29
Effect of the interaction of corrosion pits among multiple tensile rebars on the reliability of RC structures: Experimental and numerical investigation	28
Bayesian parameter and joint probability distribution estimation for a hysteretic constitutive model of reinforcing steel	26
A hierarchy model for the uncertainty quantification of spatial variability in the constitutive parameters of concrete in structures	25

Determining failure modes devoid of redundant elements for pin-bar structures using null space of equilibrium matrix	25
Seismic reliability research of continuous girder bridge considering fault-tolerant semi-active control	24
Simulation and statistical analysis of ground snow loads based on a multi-layer snow accumulation and melt model	24
An adaptive dimension-reduction method-based sparse polynomial chaos expansion via sparse Bayesian learning and Bayesian model averaging	24
Post-disaster restoration planning of interdependent infrastructure Systems: A framework to balance social and economic impacts	22
Improvements to the probability density evolution method integrated with the change of probability measure on quantifying hybrid uncertainties	21
Structural reliability analysis by line sampling: A Bayesian active learning treatment	21
Factor mapping method for grouped input variables and its application to seismic damage analysis	20
A simplified method for risk assessment of surface damage of marine reinforced concrete structures	20
Investigation on the propagation of uncertainties of a timber floor under human excitation	20
Modeling and material uncertainty quantification of RC structural components	20
Reliability analysis for data-driven noisy models using active learning	20
Fragility and comfortability curves development and seismic risk assessment of a masonry building under earthquakes induced by geothermal power plants operation	19
Tropical cyclone damage assessment of distributed infrastructure systems under spatially correlated wind speeds	19
Optimal design of experiments for computing the fatigue life of an offshore wind turbine based on stepwise uncertainty reduction	19
An augmented weighted simulation method for high-dimensional reliability analysis	19
Multi-fidelity Monte Carlo for seismic risk assessment applications	19
Ring simulation: A novel simple and efficient simulation method for structural reliability analysis	18
Life cycle resilience quantification and enhancement of power distribution systems: A risk-based approach	18
Efficient Bayesian updating with two-step adaptive Kriging	18
Calibration of the design wind load and snow load considering the historical climate statistics and climate change effects	18
In Memoriam Alfredo Hua-Sing Ang July 4, 1930 – October 14, 2024	17
Engineering analysis with probability boxes: A review on computational methods	17
Editorial Board	17
Typhoon risk and climate-change impact assessment for cultural heritage asset roofs	17
Spatiotemporal interpolation of surface chloride content for marine RC structures based on non-uniform spatiotemporal Kriging interpolation method	17
Target reliability index optimization framework for multiple building classes based on community-level objectives	17
A novel deterministic sampling approach for the reliability analysis of high-dimensional structures	17
Gaussian Copula-based Bayesian network approach for characterizing spatial variability in aging steel bridges	16
Editorial Board	16
Probabilistic study of snow loads on flat roofs considering the effects of wind at representative sites in China	16
Book Review	16
Book Review	16
Optimum calibration of a corrosion rate instrument using information gain criterion within a Bayesian framework	16
In Memoriam – Christian G. Bucher	16
Support vectors machines for the estimation of probability of failure: Multifidelity classifiers built from a posteriori discretization error estimators	15
Editorial Board	15
LRFD methodology for river embankments against non-stationary flooding under climate change	14
A deep learning approach for the solution of probability density evolution of stochastic systems	14
Efficient sampling of the irregular probability distributions of geotechnical parameters for reliability analysis	14
An equivalent expectation evaluation method for approximating the probability distribution of performance functions	14
Efficient method for updating the failure probability of a deteriorating structure without repeated reliability analyses	14
On the importance of mentorship and great mentors	14
Towards system reliability targeted design for flange-angle partially restrained steel moment connections	13
Homogenizing spatially variable Young modulus using pseudo incremental energy method	13
Aggregation of data from multiple recording stations for extreme wind analysis and prediction	13
Reliability and fragility assessment of offshore floating wind turbine subjected to tropical cyclone hazard	13
A Markov framework for generalized post-event systems recovery modeling: From single to multihazards	13
Recent developments in mechanical and uncertainty modelling of concrete	13
Localized health monitoring for seismic resilience quantification and safety evaluation of smart structures	13

Deep reinforcement learning-based decision support system for transportation infrastructure management under hurricane events	12
Probabilistic analysis of operational ice damage for Polar class vessels using full-scale data	12
Efficient Bayesian metamodeling for fine-grained and robust fragility analysis of buildings at a regional scale	12
Bayesian improved cross entropy method for network reliability assessment	12
Reliability-based structural response of single-bay steel frames in case of fire and in post-fire conditions	12