Articles

Characterization of vulnerability of road networks to fluvial flooding using SIS network diffusion model

This study aims to characterize the vulnerability of road networks to fluvial flooding using a network diffusion-based method. Various network diffusion models have been applied widely for modeling the spreadi...

Authors: Bahrulla Abdulla, Amin Kiaghadi, Hanadi S. Rifai and Bjorn Birgisson

Deterioration mechanism of steam-cured concrete subjected to coupled environmental acid and drying action

In order to investigate the deterioration mechanism of steam-cured concrete under severe environmental actions such as acid rain corrosion, salt corrosion, and cyclic thermal loading, accelerated corrosion tes...

Authors: Guangcheng Long, Youjun Xie, Zhiyu Luo, Lu Qu, John L. Zhou and Wengui Li

A survey on the influence of intense rainfall induced by climate warming on operation safety and service life of urban asphalt pavement

Intense rainfall induced by climate warming is causing more common extreme meteorological events such as urban waterlogging in recent years. The urban waterlogging often has a wide-ranged severe impact on urba...

Authors: Wentao Wang, Linbing Wang, Yinghao Miao, Chunru Cheng and Shiwu Chen

Risk-based cost-benefit analysis of climate adaptation measures for Australian contemporary houses under extreme winds

Climate adaptation measures improve housing resilience to extreme winds, and reduce economic losses associated with wind and rainfall damage under a changing climate. Several adaptation measures are adopted in...

Authors: Hao Qin and Mark G. Stewart

Fatigue life prediction of pipeline with equivalent initial flaw size using Bayesian inference method

Majority of pipeline infrastructure are old and susceptible to possible catastrophic failures due to fatigue. Timely maintenance is the key to keep pipeline in serviceable and safe condition. This paper propos...

Authors: Milad Salemi and Hao Wang

Foreword from the editor-in-chief: the inaugural issue of journal of infrastructure preservation and resilience

Authors: Xianming Shi