Resiliency
Resiliency is a method for managing complex infrastructure. As defined by the U.S. Department of Transportation Volpe Center, it is a cradle-to-grave process for engineering, building and operating a fault-tolerant, safe, secure, smart, efficient and sustainable transportation infrastructure system.
In a world of escalating risks, resiliency has grown in importance due to climate change impacts, aging infrastructure, urban population growth and the threat of cyber-attacks. CSU’s research is focused on increasing the health and longevity of transportation assets.
Transportation Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability
- Reliability-based analysis and design loads for slender cable-supported bridges subjected to cable loss: National Science Foundation
- Performance-based interaction analysis of damage on bridge deck and heavy traffic: Mountain-Plains Consortium, U.S. Department of Transportation Regional Transportation Center
- Investigation of optimal seismic design of typical bridges in Colorado: Colorado Department of Transportation
- Reliability-based analysis and design loads for slender long-span bridges: National Science Foundation
- Seismic vulnerability analysis of bridges in mountainous states: Mountain-Plains Consortium, U.S. Department of Transportation Regional Transportation Center
- Feasibility study of mobile scanning technology for fast damage detection of rural bridge using wireless sensors: Mountain-Plains Consortium, U.S. Department of Transportation Regional Transportation Center
- Seismic behavior of steel bridges with fatigue-prone details: Mountain-Plains Consortium, U.S. Department of Transportation Regional Transportation Center
- Fatigue strength of CFRP-repaired reinforced concrete bridge girders under service temperature: Mountain-Plains Consortium, U.S. Department of Transportation Regional Transportation Center
- Seismic behavior of highway embankments: Mountain-Plains Consortium, U.S. Department of Transportation Regional Transportation Center
Construction, Management and Renewal of Transportation Infrastructure
- Long-term monitoring of mechanical properties of FRP (fiber-reinforced polymer composites) repair materials: Colorado Department of Transportation and Mountain-Plains Consortium, U.S. Department of Transportation Regional Transportation Center
- Quantifying uncertainty in nondestructive bridge inspection methods for use in performance-based inspection: Mountain-Plains Consortium, U.S. Department of Transportation Regional Transportation Center
- Simple-made-continuous steel bridge girders – analytical and experimental study: Colorado Department of Transportation and Mountain-Plains Consortium, U.S. Department of Transportation Regional Transportation Center
Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning
A resilient community is prepared for and can adapt to changing conditions and can withstand and recover rapidly from disruptions to its physical and social infrastructure. CSU’s Center for Risk-based Community Resilience Planning merges the disciplines of engineering, social sciences and economics to model community resilience comprehensively. Systems that are essential for the recovery and vitality of a community – technological, financial, social and political support, healthcare delivery, education and public administration – are being integrated into a robust computational environment, the National Institute of Standards and Technology - Community Resilience Modeling Environment. NIST-CORE is creating a nexus between social and technological infrastructure networks that will facilitate risk communication among stakeholders and community resilience planners, in turn supporting a business case for enhancing disaster resilience at the community level.