Computing in civil engineering : proceedings of the 2013 ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, June 23-25, 2013, Los Angeles, California

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IVIL NGINEERING
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2013 ASCE INTERNATIONAL
WORKSHOP ON COMPUTING IN CIVIL ENGINEERING

June 23–25, 2013
Los Angeles, California

SPONSORED BY
Technical Council on Computing and Information Technology
of the American Society of Civil Engineers

EDITED BY
Ioannis Brilakis, Ph.D.
SangHyun Lee, Ph.D.
Burcin Becerik-Gerber, DDes.

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ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering (2013 : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Computing in civil engineering : June 23-25, 2013, Los Angeles, California / sponsored by
Technical Council on Computing and Information Technology of the American Society of Civil
Engineers ; edited by Ioannis Brilakis, SangHyun Lee, Burcin Becerik-Gerber.
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Proceedings of the 2013 ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-7844-1302-9 (print) -- ISBN 978-0-7844-7790-8 (pdf)
1. Computer-aided engineering--Congresses. 2. Civil engineering--Data processing--
Congresses. I. Brilakis, Ioannis. II. Lee, SangHyun. III. Becerik-Gerber, Burçin. IV. American
Society of Civil Engineers. Technical Council on Computing and Information Technology. V.
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Preface
The 2013 ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering (IWCCE) was
held in Los Angeles from June 23–25, 2013. The IWCCE was created by the ASCE
Technical Council on Computing and Information Technology (TCCIT) to advance
professional knowledge and improve the practice of civil engineering by encouraging the
effective use of current and emerging computing and information technologies. The TCCIT
promotes computing research and education across all aspects of civil engineering sub-
disciplines. The IWCCE has been held in several states across the United States, and has
produced a diverse spectrum of highly cited papers that have been published in proceedings
by the ASCE and that are available from the ASCE database. The IWCCE is held bi-annually
and always produces a compelling illustration of how recent advances in data sensing,
information analysis (visualization, modeling, and simulation), and knowledge discovery
address a number of challenges in civil engineering.
Co-sponsored by Kiewit Construction Inc., IWCCE 2013 offered something very unique by
broadening the spectrum of civil engineering areas represented; it did so through encouraging
the submission of papers from all civil engineering sub-disciplines. This diversified the
participation of experts working in computing research in civil engineering. The result was
that over 100 participants attended from 16 countries and 3 continents.
Preparation for the workshop began in 2011 along the lines of previous workshops and under
the direction of the TCCIT. The major change included a revised paper review process that
focused on adopting a tiered scale for accepted papers to ensure that the highest visibility is
given to the best papers, while limiting the number of oral presentations to 3
concurrent/parallel sessions, and retaining additional papers through poster format
presentations. Other major changes included having a dedicated local chair for smooth
workshop delivery, and actively including all civil engineering areas in all aspects of the
event to promote scientific diversity.
As a result, the workshop received 240 abstracts and eventually accepted 112 papers covering
the following 5 state-of-the-art computing disciplines in civil engineering: Resilience and
Smart Structures, Sustainability and Environment, Geo-Modeling & Geomechanics,
Intelligent Transportation, and Construction Automation and Information Technology. These
papers were the result of rigorous peer review processes for both the abstracts and papers,
with the assignment of at least two reviewers for each abstract and paper. Only outstanding
papers have been included in the proceedings.
The workshop commenced officially with a co-located poster session and a welcome
reception on June 23rd, during which 22 papers were presented via the poster format. This
was followed by 2 days of keynote, general, and parallel sessions, and by TCCIT committees’

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meetings. The keynote talks were delivered by the following leaders in industry and
academia: Professor Chimay J. Anumba who talked about “Intelligent Context-Aware
Systems for Design and Construction”; Professor Campbell R. Middleton who talked about
“Navier's Straightjacket – The Legacy, Limitations and Opportunities”; and Mr. Tom Harter,
Mr. Jay Vose and Dr. Thomas Liebich who talked about “Open Data Exchange Standards for
Infrastructure Opens the Door for Enterprise Resource Planning Systems Integration“. All of
this culminated at the banquet with a keynote given by Professor Feniosky Peña-Mora who
talked about “nD BIM+AR: n-Dimensional Building Information and Augmented Reality
Models for Automated Construction Performance Monitoring”. 18 excellent papers were
presented in general sessions, followed by 72 papers in parallel sessions. At the banquet, 5
area awards and 1 overall award were given for the best papers in the conference. The TCCIT
thanked the conference organizing committee for their excellent work.
All the recognition, though, does not belong to us alone. We would like to thank the Sonny
Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Southern
California for their support and infrastructure. The ASCE TCCIT provided a variety of
organizational assistance and their membership formed a large part of the reviewer pool for
the workshop. Kiewit Corporation sponsored one of the workshop luncheons and provided
excellent keynote speakers. The European Group for Intelligent Computing in Engineering
contributed additional sessions and several of their members were a significant part of the
reviewer pool. We look forward to continued close cooperation between these communities.
Finally, the following students also merit special mention for their tireless work in assisting
the organizational committee: JoonOh Seo at the University of Michigan, Stefania
Radopoulou at the University of Cambridge, and Saba Khashe at the University of Southern
California.
We hope you enjoyed the quality technical sessions at the workshop and that your stay in Los
Angeles was outstanding!
Ioannis Brilakis, Ph.D., University of Cambridge, Chair
SangHyun Lee, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Technical Chair
Burcin Becerik-Gerber, DDes., University of Southern California, Local Chair

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Acknowledgments
We would like to thank the area track chairs and technical committee members for their
contributions to the paper review and selection process. We would also like to thank the
advisory committee, who provided feedback throughout the planning and execution of the
event.

1. Track Chairs
 Resilience & Smart Structures: Jerome Lynch, Erik Johnson
 Sustainability & Environment: Kumar Mahinthakumar, George Ban-Weiss
 Geo-Modeling & Geomechanics: Dominic Assimaki, Jose Andrade
 Intelligent Transportation Jorge Laval, Wenlong Jin
 Construction Automation & IT (Data Sensing & Analysis): Nora El-Gohary, Amr
Kandil,
 Construction Automation & IT (Visualization and Simulation): Fernanda Leite, Yong
Cho
 Construction Automation & IT (Information Modeling): Timo Hartmann

2. Advisory Committee
 Burcu Akinci
 Carlos Caldas
 Ian Flood
 Renate Fruchter
 James H. Garrett
 Raymond Issa
 Hani Melhem
 J.P. Mohsen
 William O’Brien
 Feniosky Peña-Mora
 Ian Smith
 Lucio Soibelman
 Yimin Zhu

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3. Technical Committee
 Amir AghaKouchak
 Changbum Ahn
 Saurabh Amin
 Mario Berges
 André Borrmann
 Albert Chen
 Fei Dai
 Mani Golparvar-Fard
 Jie Gong
 Javier Irizarry
 Byungil Kim
 Christian Koch
 Jitendra Kumar
 Tarek Mahfouz
 Carol Menassa
 Ram Rajagopal
 Kay Smarsly
 Mohsin Khalid Siddiqui
 Pingbo Tang
 Pieter de Wilde
 Zhenhua Zhu

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Contents
Resilience and Smart Structures
A Stochastic Finite Element Approach to Determine the Safety of Suspension
Bridge Cables ........................................................................................................................... 1
A. Montoya, R. Betti, G. Deodatis, and H. Waisman
Cyberinfrastructure Middleware and Analytical Tool Sets for Automated
Mining of Massive Structural Health Monitoring Data Sets .............................................. 9
Y. Zhang, S. M. O’Connor, J. P. Lynch, G. van der Linden, and A. Prakash
Spatiotemporal Dimensions of Network Density-Based Clustering for Water
Pipe Maintenance .................................................................................................................. 17
L. T. Ong, J. M. VanBriesen, and J. H. Garrett, Jr.
Interpreting the Dynamics of Embankment Dams through a Time-Series
Analysis of Piezometer Data Using a Non-Parametric Spectral
Estimation Method ................................................................................................................ 25
In-Soo Jung, Mario Berges, James H. Garrett, Jr., and Christopher J. Kelly
A Novel Data Utilization and Control Strategy for Wireless Structural Control
Systems with TDMA Network .............................................................................................. 33
Z. Sun, B. Li, S. J. Dyke, and C. Lu
An Iterative Convex Optimization Procedure for Structural
System Identification ............................................................................................................ 41
Dapeng Zhu, Xinjun Dong, and Yang Wang
Algorithmic and Computing Technologies for Health Assessment of Real
Structures in the Presence of Nonlinearity and Uncertainty ............................................. 49
Ajoy Kumar Das, Abdullah Al-Hussein, and Achintya Haldar
Computational Modeling of Glass Panels for Mitigating Injuries
Due to Air Blast ..................................................................................................................... 57
Hossein Ataei and James C. Anderson
Computationally Efficient Control Design for a Smart Structure
with Uncertainty .................................................................................................................... 65
M. Kamalzare, E. A. Johnson, and S. F. Wojtkiewicz
Optimal Semiactive Control of Elevated Highway Bridges: An Upper Bound
on Performance via a Dynamic Programming Approach ................................................. 73
Wael M. Elhaddad and Erik A. Johnson
Control for Multiple Objectives in Different Magnitude Excitations............................... 81
E. Hemmat-Abiri and E. A. Johnson
Improving Substructure Identification Using Structural Control with Limited
Sensor Measurements ........................................................................................................... 89
C. DeVore and E. A. Johnson
Sensor Network for Pavement Performance Monitoring .................................................. 97
Ram Rajagopal, Ronnie Bajwa, Erdem Coleri, Chris Flores,
and Pravin Varaiya

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Modeling of Nonlinear Guided Waves and Applications to Structural Health
Monitoring ........................................................................................................................... 105
Claudio Nucera and Francesco Lanza di Scalea
Multivariate Analysis and Prediction of Wind Turbine Response to Varying
Wind Field Characteristics Based on Machine Learning ................................................. 113
J. Park, K. Smarsly, K. H. Law, and D. Hartmann
Novel Sparse Bayesian Learning for Structural Health Monitoring Using
Incomplete Modal Data ...................................................................................................... 121
Yong Huang and James L. Beck
Condition Assessment of Stay Cables Based on Laboratory Tests
and Structural Health Monitoring ..................................................................................... 129
Shunlong Li, Yang Xu, Hui Li, and Weiming Yan
Sustainability and Environment
Systems Modeling Approach for Sustainable Infrastructure .......................................... 137
Islam El-Adaway
Information Exchange Requirements for Energy Audits in the Commercial
Building Retrofit Sector ...................................................................................................... 145
Miaomiao Niu, Tabitha L. Sprau Coulter, Robert M. Leicht,
and Chimay J. Anumba
Link Criticality Based on Most Probable Network States for Pre-Disaster
Investment ............................................................................................................................ 153
Kwangho Kim and Yoonjin Yoon
Demand Response in Buildings: Engaging Thermostatically Controlled Loads
in the Power Grid ................................................................................................................ 161
E. C. Kara and M. Bergés
A Numerical DAE Approach for Solving a System Dynamics Problem ......................... 169
A. Shadpour, A. J. A. Unger, M. A. Knight, and C. A. Haas
Using a Life Cycle Assessment Approach for Optimizing Multi-Objectives
in Construction Projects ..................................................................................................... 177
Gulbin Ozcan-Deniz and Yimin Zhu
An Expert System Based on OpenStudio Platform for Evaluation
of Daylighting System Design ............................................................................................. 186
Jia Hu and Svetlana Olbina
Providing Systems Engineering Perspective in a Capstone Project Setting
to Monitor Performance of HVAC Systems ...................................................................... 194
K. Knox, A. Sanchez, X. Liu, S. Ergan, and B. Akinci
Epistemic Modeling for Sustainability Knowledge Management in Construction ....... 202
Lu Zhang and Nora M. El-Gohary
Lessons Learned from Developing Immersive Virtual Mock-Ups to Support
Energy-Efficient Retrofit Decision Making ...................................................................... 210
Xue Yang, Yifan Liu, Semiha Ergan, Burcu Akinci, Robert M. Leicht,
and John I. Messner

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Personalized Thermal Comfort-Driven Control in HVAC-Operated
Office Buildings ................................................................................................................... 218
Farrokh Jazizadeh, Ali Ghahramani, Burcin Becerik-Gerber,
Tatiana Kichkaylo, and Michael Orosz
Integration of Change and Knowledge Management Processes
in Energy-Efficient Retrofit Projects ................................................................................. 226
Fangxiao Liu, Abdou Karim Jallow, Chimay J. Anumba, and John I. Messner
Process-Based Information Exchanges Mapping for Energy-Efficient
Retrofit Projects .................................................................................................................. 234
Abdou Karim Jallow, Sanghoon Lee, Fadi Castronovo, Ying Zhang,
Sreelatha Chunduri, and John I. Messner
Calculating the Cost of Heating and Cooling Loss for Building Diagnostics
Using EPAR (Energy Performance Augmented Reality) Models ................................... 242
Youngjib Ham and Mani Golparvar-Fard
A Cross-Case Analysis of Decision-Making Environments for Deep
Retrofit Projects .................................................................................................................. 250
Pelin Gultekin, Chimay J. Anumba, and Robert M. Leicht
Robust Sustainability Management and Maintenance Using Markov
Decision Processes ............................................................................................................... 259
Hadi Meidani and Roger Ghanem
Influence of Social Sub-Networks on Energy Conservation from Occupancy
Interventions in a Typical U.S. Commercial Building ..................................................... 267
Elie Azar and Carol C. Menassa
Coupling Distributed Energy Simulation and Occupancy Models
for Comprehensive Building Energy Consumption Analysis .......................................... 275
Carol C. Menassa, Vineet R. Kamat, SangHyun Lee, Elie Azar, Chen Feng,
and Kyle Anderson
Agent-Based Modeling of the Impact of Stakeholder Requirements
on the Sustainable Retrofit of Buildings............................................................................ 283
Kristina Stephan and Carol C. Menassa
Geo-Modeling and Geomechanics
A Multi-Scale Tunnel Product Model Providing Coherent Geometry
and Semantics ...................................................................................................................... 291
A. Borrmann and J. Jubierre
Preliminary Model Development for Predicting Strength and Stiffness
of Cement-Stabilized Soils Using Artificial Neural Networks ......................................... 299
O. Wang and A. Al-Tabbaa
A Numerical Approach to Simulate Soil Freezing and Frost Heave
behind an Earth Retaining Structure ................................................................................ 307
Ming Zhu and Radoslaw L. Michalowski
Granular Element Method for Computational Particle Mechanics ............................... 315
Keng-Wit Lim and José E. Andrade

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