Publications

Risk & Resilience Assessment

Castillo, E., Grande, Z., Calviño, A., Nogal, M. and O’Connor, A., (2021), ‘Probabilistic Safety Analysis of Railway Lines’, International Journal of Railway Technology. In Press.
Martinez-Pastor, B., Nogal, M., O’Connor, A., and Teixeira, R., (2021), ‘Transport Network Resilience: A Mapping and Sensitivity Analysis Strategy to Improve the Decision-Making Process During Extreme Weather Events’, International Journal of Critical Infrastructures. 17(4), DOI: 10.1504/IJCIS.2021.10033963.
Nogal, M., Morales-Napoles, O., and O’Connor, A., (2019), ‘Structured Expert Judgement to Understand the Vulnerability of Traffic Networks’, Transportation Research Part A. 127(2019), pp. 136 - 152.
Bukhsh, Z., Stipanovic, I., Klanker, G., O’Connor, A. and Doree, A., (2018), ‘Network Level Bridge Maintenance Planning Using Multi Attribute Utility Theory’, Structure and Infrastructure Engineering. 15(2019), pp. 872 - 885.
Hajializadeh, D., O’Brien, E., and O’Connor, A., (2017), ‘Virtual Structural Health Monitoring and Remaining Life Prediction of Steel Bridges’, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. 44(4), pp. 264 - 273.
Nogal, M., O’Connor, A., Martinez-Pastor, B., and Caulfield, B., (2017), ‘Novel probabilistic resilience assessment framework of transportation networks against extreme weather events’, ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems: Part A Civil Engineering. 3(3).
Nogal, M., O’Connor, A., Caulfield, B. and Martinez-Pastor, B., (2016), ‘Resilience of Traffic Networks: From Peturbation to Recivery via A Dynamic Restricted Equilibrium Model‘, Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 156(2016), pp. 84 - 96.
Nogal, M., O'Connor, A., Caulfield, B. and Brazil, W., (2016), ‘A Multidisciplinary Approach for Risk Analysis of Infrastructure Networks in Response to Extreme Weather’. Transportation Research Procedia. 14(2016), pp. 78 - 85.
Castillo, E., O’Connor, A., Nogal, M., and Calviño, A. (2014), ‘On the Physical and Probabilistic Consistency of Civil Engineering Random Models’, Structural Safety. 51(2014), pp. 1 - 12.
Weininger-Vycudil A., Ciaran Hanley, Deix S., O’Connor A. and Pakrashi V., (2014), ‘Cross-Asset Management for Road Infrastructure Networks’, ICE Proceedings Transport. 168(5), pp. 442 - 456.
O'Connor A., Sheils E., Breysse D. and Schoefs F., (2012), ‘Markovian Bridge Maintenance Planning Incorporating Corrosion Initiation and Non‐Linear Deterioration’, ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering. 18(3), pp. 189 - 199.
Sheils E., O'Connor A., Schoefs F., Breysse D., (2012), ‘Investigation of the effect of the quality of inspection techniques on the optimal inspection interval for structures’, Structure and Infrastructure Engineering. 8(6), pp. 557 - 568.
Reale T. and O’Connor A., (2012), ‘Cross Entropy as an Optimisation Method for Bridge Condition Transition Probability Determination’, ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering. 138(2012), pp. 741 -751.

Bridge Assessment

Weigh In Motion

Zhao, H., Tan, C., OBrien, E.J., Uddin, N., Zhang, B. (2020), ‘Wavelet-Based Optimum Identification of Vehicle Axles Using Bridge Measurements’, Applied Sciences, 10, 7485, doi: 10.3390/app10217485.
Hajializadeh, D., Žnidarič A, Kalin, J., OBrien, E.J. (2020), ‘Development and Testing of a Railway Bridge Weigh‐in‐Motion System’, Applied Sciences, 8th July, 10, 4708; doi: 10.3390/app10144708.
OBrien, E.J., Brownjohn, J., Hester, D., Huseynov, F., Casero Flórez, M. (2020), ‘Identifying Damage on a Bridge Using Rotation – Based Bridge Weigh – In – Motion’, Civil Structural Health Monitoring, 23rd Oct., doi: 10.1007/s13349-020-00445-w.
OBrien, E. Khan, M.A., McCrum, D.P., Znidaric, A. (2020), ‘Using Statistical Analysis of an Acceleration-Based Bridge Weigh-In-Motion System for Damage Detection’, Applied Sciences, 17th Jan., 10(2), 663, Jan., doi: 10.3390/ app10020663.
Jacob, B., OBrien, E.J., O'Connor, A.J., Bouteldja, M. (2008), Proceedings of the International Conference on Heavy Vehicles, Paris, ISTE & Wiley, 1188 pp. (in 2 vol's).
OBrien, E.J., Jacob, B., Gonzalez, A. & Chou, C.-P., (Eds.) (2005), Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Weigh-in-Motion (ICWIM4), National Taiwan University, 377 pp..
Jacob, B., OBrien, E.J. and Jehaes, S. (Eds.) (2002), Weigh-in-Motion of Road Vehicles: Final Report of the COST 323 Action, LCPC Publications, Paris, 538 pp.

Other

Teixeira, R., Martinez-Pastor, B., Nogal, M., O'Connor, A., (2020), ‘Reliability Analysis Using a Multi-Metamodel Complement-Basis Approach’, Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 205(2021), 107248.
Teixeira, R., Nogal, M., O'Connor, A., and Martinez-Pastor, B., (2020), ‘Reliability Assessment with Density Scanned Adaptive Kriging’, Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 199(2020), 106908.
Basu, B., Nogal, M. and O'Connor, A., (2020), ‘New Approach to Multi-Site Downscaling of Precipitation by Identifying Different Sets of Atmospheric Predictor Variables’, ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. 25(5), 04020013.
Teixeira, R., Nogal, M. and O'Connor, A., (2019), ‘Analysis of Long Term Loading Characterisation for Stress Cycle Fatigue Design’, Wind Engineering. 22(11), pp. 1563 - 1580.
Teixeira, R., O'Connor, A. and Nogal, M., (2019), ‘Probabilistic Sensitivity Analysis of Offshore Wind Turbines Using a Transformed Kullback-Liebler Divergence’, Structural Safety. 81(2019), pp. 101860.
Teixeira, R., Nogal, M. and O'Connor, A., (2019), ‘Stress-Cycle Fatigue Design with Kriging Applied to Offshore Wind Turbines’, International Journal of Fatigue. 125(2019), pp. 454 - 467.
Teixeira, R., Nogal, M. and O'Connor, A., (2018), ‘On the Suitability of the Generalised Pareto to Model Extreme Waves’, Journal of Hydraulic Research. 59(2018), pp. 755 - 770.
OBrien, E.J., van der Grift, E., Elmeros, M., Wilson-Parr, R., Carey, C. (2018), The Roads and Wildlife Manual, CEDR Contractor Report 2018-3, Conference of European Directors of Roads, http://www.cedr.eu/download/Publications/2018/CR-2018-3-Call-2013-Roads-and-Wildlife-Manual.pdf.
Al Saji M., O’Sullivan JJ. and O’Connor A., (2015), ‘Design Impact and Significance of Non-Stationarity of Variance in Extreme Rainfall’, Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences. 371(2015).
OBrien, E.J., Dixon, A.S. and Sheils, E. (2012), Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Design, 2nd Ed., Taylor & Francis, 524 pp.. doi: 10.1201/9781315272504.

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