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Smart, Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructures, 2nd Edition

A special issue of Infrastructures (ISSN 2412-3811). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Infrastructures".

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Prof. Dr. Assed Naked Haddad

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Escola Politécnica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Athos da Silveira Ramos, 149, CT-Bloco D, Sala 207, Rio de Janeiro 21941-909, Brazil
Interests: sustainable construction; risk management; smart buildings; comfortable buildings; building information modeling (BIM); life cycle sustainability assessment; environmental impacts; energy efficiency
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Dr. Ana Evangelista

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School of Civil Engineering, Engineering Institute of Technology, Marquis Street, Bentley, WA 6012, Australia
Interests: sustainability in construction; recycled concrete; engineering materials
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Dr. Bruno Barzellay Ferreira da Costa

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Instituto Politécnico, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Macaé 27930-560, Brazil
Interests: built environment; sustainable infrastructure; sustainable buildings; sustainable construction management; daylighting; smart cities; sustainable cities; MCDM techniques
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Dear Colleagues,

The design, construction, operation, and maintenance of urban infrastructure are permanent activities that shape the built environment and impact the sustainability of cities because they are typically large projects and have a high level of intervention. More recently, infrastructure projects have been developed in an environment in which there is a growing demand from society and the production system for smarter, more sustainable, and resilient cities. This, combined with global challenges such as those imposed by climate change, has accelerated urban growth and continued to transform the urban space and technological development. All these demands have intensified the need for new approaches and methods aimed at increasing the intelligence, sustainability, and resilience of urban infrastructure. Optimization, simulation, decision making, and several other tools and methods have been used to address these challenges. New features such as Industry 4.0, automation, and blockchain are key modern features included in recent studies and publications that are also expected to emerge in the design, planning, and operation of modern infrastructures.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to integrate the three complementary axes of intelligence, sustainability, and resilience through two key themes: the first focusing on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the design, construction, operation, monitoring, and maintenance processes; and the second focusing on improving infrastructure performance.

Contributions are welcome from academics, practitioners, and students from any discipline or country; multidisciplinary contributions are encouraged. Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to:

  • Infrastructure life-cycle sustainability assessment;
  • Life-cycle costing;
  • Infrastructure projects and works;
  • Technology and design innovation;
  • Sensing technologies, real-time data acquisition, and analysis;
  • Smart infrastructure management systems;
  • Building information modelling;
  • Cleaner and lean production;
  • Smart and sustainable infrastructure project management practices;
  • Smart and sustainable design, construction, operation, maintenance, and decommissioning practices;
  • Sustainability indicators;
  • Methodologies and tools to reduce the environmental, economic, and social impacts of infrastructure projects;
  • Drivers for increasing the intelligence, sustainability, and resilience of infrastructure projects;
  • Green infrastructure;
  • Optimization, simulation, and decision-making methods;
  • Advanced design, construction, operation, and maintenance techniques;
  • Infrastructure safety;
  • Structural health monitoring;
  • Case studies;
  • Blockchain.

Dr. Assed N. Haddad
Dr. Ana Evangelista
Prof. Dr. Bruno Barzellay Ferreira da Costa
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Building Information Modeling/Building Energy Simulation Integration Based on Quantitative and Interpretative Interoperability Analysis
by Carolina Fernandes Vaz, Luísa Lopes de Freitas Guilherme, Ana Carolina Fernandes Maciel, André Luis De Araujo, Bruno Barzellay Ferreira Da Costa and Assed Naked Haddad
Infrastructures 2024, 9(5), 84; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/infrastructures9050084 - 7 May 2024
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The integration between the building information modeling (BIM) methodology and the building energy simulation (BES) can contribute to a thermo-energetic analysis since the model generated and fed into BIM is exported to simulation software. This integration, also called interoperability, is satisfactory when the [...] Read more.
The integration between the building information modeling (BIM) methodology and the building energy simulation (BES) can contribute to a thermo-energetic analysis since the model generated and fed into BIM is exported to simulation software. This integration, also called interoperability, is satisfactory when the information flow is carried out without the loss of essential information. Several studies point out interoperability flaws between the methodologies; however, most of them occur in low-geometry-complexity models during quantitative experiments. The purpose of this research was to analyze the BIM/BES integration based on a quantitative and interpretative interoperability analysis of two buildings with complex geometries located on the UFU Campus (library and Building 5T) in Uberlândia, Brazil. To accomplish this, two geometries of each building were modeled, detailed, and simplified to analyze the data import, workflow, and model correction in the BES software. In the case of the library, the integration of Revit with DesignBuilder and IES-VE was analyzed, and in Block 5T, Revit was used with DesignBuilder and eQUEST. The BES software that presented the best integration with Revit for complex geometries was DesignBuilder, with the best performance being in the interpretative criteria. It was concluded that the simplification of complex geometries is essential for better data transfers. To determine the BES software that has better integration with BIM, a comprehensive evaluation is necessary, considering not only data transfers but also ease of working within BES software, the possibility of corrections in these, as well as the availability of tutorials and developer support. Full article
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Impact Assessment of Implementing Several Retrofitting Strategies on the Air-Conditioning Energy Demand of an Existing University Office Building in Santiago, Chile
by Tomás P. Venegas, Byron A. Espinosa, Francisco A. Cataño and Diego A. Vasco
Infrastructures 2023, 8(4), 80; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/infrastructures8040080 - 21 Apr 2023
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This work analyzed the thermal behavior of an existing building, considering different retrofitting strategies. The methodology starts with an in-situ survey that allowed for obtaining information about occupation, work schedules, envelope materials, lighting, and equipment, which was vital to develop an energy model [...] Read more.
This work analyzed the thermal behavior of an existing building, considering different retrofitting strategies. The methodology starts with an in-situ survey that allowed for obtaining information about occupation, work schedules, envelope materials, lighting, and equipment, which was vital to develop an energy model of the building. Then, the thermal analysis, employing simulations, demonstrates a higher relevance of heat flows through the building’s envelope than internal loads and higher cooling rather than heating demands. Afterward, several retrofit strategies focusing on modifying architectural elements were assessed. Finally, these strategies were compared based on their impact on the air-conditioning energy demand. A systematic review identified a lack of studies relating certification and energy policies to buildings retrofitting. Therefore, we assessed the energy performance of the building, when modified to meet the baseline requirements set on the Chilean certification requirements for sustainable buildings, to verify if the certification is a suitable method to assess the energy efficiency of an office building. Although the study only involves a single building, it aims to illustrate identified limitations using the energy policies for Chilean public buildings. The Chilean certification for sustainable buildings seems not to be suitable for the evaluation of energy consumption for the retrofit of existing buildings. Although this study does not demonstrate general trends, it presents a precedent for subsequent studies to evaluate the relevance of the Chilean certification guidelines. Full article
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Quantitative Risk Assessment Model and Optimization in Infrastructure Fast-Track Construction Projects
by Claudia Garrido Martins, Susan M. Bogus and Vanessa Valentin
Infrastructures 2023, 8(4), 78; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/infrastructures8040078 - 18 Apr 2023
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The construction industry has extensively applied the fast-tracking approach to the demanding need for the fast delivery of infrastructure projects. However, the fast-track strategy might be threatened by distinctive risks or changes in risk characteristics that emerge when activities are overlapped (overlapping risks). [...] Read more.
The construction industry has extensively applied the fast-tracking approach to the demanding need for the fast delivery of infrastructure projects. However, the fast-track strategy might be threatened by distinctive risks or changes in risk characteristics that emerge when activities are overlapped (overlapping risks). This article proposes a risk assessment simulation model to quantify the economic impact of overlapping risks on fast-track infrastructure projects. The model uses Monte Carlo simulation and a proprietary engine solution for the optimization procedure. It quantifies the overlapping risk impacts in the project duration and cost that could originate in three different overlapping degrees and evaluates the optimal overlapping degree to reduce the impact of the overlapping risks. The model demonstration used a commercial renovation project. The results suggest that overlapping risks have a high potential impact on the total cost, although with a high probability of attaining the target duration. Eight top risks affected the total duration, cost, or both. The optimum overlapping to reduce the economic impact and achieve the target project duration combines different overlapping degrees. This study contribution is a model for fast-track projects considering overlapping risks, their impact characteristic as a distribution, and the potential relationship between these risks. Full article
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Statistical Analysis of the Effective Friction Angle of Sand Tailings from Germano Dam
by Leonardo De Bona Becker, Maria do Carmo Reis Cavalcanti and Alfredo Affonso Monteiro Marques
Infrastructures 2023, 8(3), 61; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/infrastructures8030061 - 22 Mar 2023
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Tailings dam accidents emphasize the importance of an adequate understanding of the strength parameters of tailings to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the design, construction, and operation of such structures. Usually, the tailings strength is addressed in a deterministic manner. However, a [...] Read more.
Tailings dam accidents emphasize the importance of an adequate understanding of the strength parameters of tailings to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the design, construction, and operation of such structures. Usually, the tailings strength is addressed in a deterministic manner. However, a statistical approach would better represent their behavior due to its inherent heterogeneity. The literature about tailings strength distribution is relatively rare or superficial, which impairs the probabilistic analyses which are essential for risk management. Therefore, this article focuses on the probability density function (PDF) of the effective friction angle (ϕ′) of iron ore tailings from the reservoir of Germano dam, Mariana, Brazil, based on data from publicly available CPTu tests. The influence of the relative density (Dr), and the presence of plastic layers amidst the sand tailings on the strength of the sand are also discussed herein. Several correlations were employed to estimate ϕ’ and Dr. According to the results, the presence of plastic layers influences the estimated properties, and the relative density has a log-normal distribution. The effective friction angle, on the other hand, presents a normal distribution. Full article
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Shear Behavior of Recycled Coarse Aggregates Concrete Dry Joints Keys Using Digital Image Correlation Technique
by Jedson Batista Sousa, Sergio Luis Gonzalez Garcia and Rodrigo Moulin Ribeiro Pierott
Infrastructures 2023, 8(3), 60; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/infrastructures8030060 - 20 Mar 2023
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In this work, twenty-seven dry joint specimens of prestressed segmental bridges produced using recycled coarse aggregate concrete (RAC) were subjected to push-off tests. The substitution rate of coarse aggregate for recycled aggregate was 100%. The variables observed were the number of keys, including [...] Read more.
In this work, twenty-seven dry joint specimens of prestressed segmental bridges produced using recycled coarse aggregate concrete (RAC) were subjected to push-off tests. The substitution rate of coarse aggregate for recycled aggregate was 100%. The variables observed were the number of keys, including flat, single-keyed, and three-keyed, and the magnitude of the confining stress, varying at 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 MPa. The slippage between both parts of the joint and the cracking of the specimens were analyzed using the digital image correlation technique (DIC). Equations from the literature were used to predict the shear strength of dry joints with recycled coarse aggregate concrete. The experimental results obtained from the present research were compared to those of other conventional concrete researchers. The results showed that the dry joints produced with recycled coarse aggregate concrete presented a crack formation in conventional concrete joints following a similar mechanism of failure; however, they presented lower strength. Some equations in the literature predicted the strength of dry joints with recycled coarse aggregate concrete. Based on the analysis performed, adopting a reduction coefficient of 0.7 in the AASHTO normative equation was recommended for predicting the shear strength of dry joints when produced with recycled coarse aggregates concrete. Full article
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Engineering Challenges for Safe and Sustainable Underground Occupation
by Maria do Carmo Reis Cavalcanti, Wagner Nahas Ribeiro and Marcelo Cabral dos Santos Junior
Infrastructures 2023, 8(3), 42; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/infrastructures8030042 - 27 Feb 2023
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Shallow tunnels induce surface displacements which can cause damage to existing structures; an adequate evaluation of their settlement trough is of paramount importance. Nowadays, it becomes even more critical when dealing with an underground occupation where the green stress field has already been [...] Read more.
Shallow tunnels induce surface displacements which can cause damage to existing structures; an adequate evaluation of their settlement trough is of paramount importance. Nowadays, it becomes even more critical when dealing with an underground occupation where the green stress field has already been disturbed by previous excavations. Since the end of the last century, many researchers have explored the subject. Some empirical methodologies have been developed based on data from actual cases, sometimes associated with numerical analysis. The present work used plane strain numerical analysis of different geometric arrangements of side-by-side twin tunnels for different depths and distances between tunnel axes to evaluate its compatibility with some of the proposed methods to adjust the settlement profile of the second cavity. It was observed that the discussed methodologies have similar results for maximum settlement and its eccentricity. Nevertheless, the behavior of the trough width parameter from the semi-empirical methods has shown discrepancies. Full article
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The Main Challenges for Improving Urban Drainage Systems from the Perspective of Brazilian Professionals
by Telvio H. S. Francisco, Osvaldo V. C. Menezes, André L. A. Guedes, Gladys Maquera, Dácio C. V. Neto, Orlando C. Longo, Christine K. Chinelli and Carlos A. P. Soares
Infrastructures 2023, 8(1), 5; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/infrastructures8010005 - 28 Dec 2022
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Urban drainage systems play an important role in the complex ecosystem of cities and are often subject to challenges that hinder their functioning. Although identifying these challenges is essential for developing policies and actions to improve drainage systems, there is a lack of [...] Read more.
Urban drainage systems play an important role in the complex ecosystem of cities and are often subject to challenges that hinder their functioning. Although identifying these challenges is essential for developing policies and actions to improve drainage systems, there is a lack of studies addressing these challenges. This work has two objectives to contribute to filling this gap: (1) to research the main challenges that make it difficult to improve urban drainage systems; and (2) to prioritize them. We conducted extensive and detailed bibliographic research in which 15 challenges were identified, and a survey with 30 Brazilian professionals with experience in the concerned field. The results showed that 15 challenges identified in the literature were considered important by the survey respondents. It also showed that the most important challenges concern the inadequate functioning of drainage infrastructure, dynamics of city expansion, system maintenance, vulnerability of urban areas, public policies, and investments. Full article
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Flood Risk Assessment Index for Urban Mobility with the Aid of Quasi-2d Flood Model Applied to an Industrial Park in São Paulo, Brazil
by Matheus Martins de Sousa, Osvaldo Moura Rezende, Ana Caroline Pitzer Jacob, Luiza Batista de França Ribeiro, Paula Morais Canedo de Magalhães, Gladys Maquera and Marcelo Gomes Miguez
Infrastructures 2022, 7(11), 158; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/infrastructures7110158 - 18 Nov 2022
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Risk can be defined as the relationship between the likelihood of a hazard causing a potential disaster and its consequences. This study aims to assess the likelihood that a new industrial region, located in the state of São Paulo (Brazil), will be flooded, [...] Read more.
Risk can be defined as the relationship between the likelihood of a hazard causing a potential disaster and its consequences. This study aims to assess the likelihood that a new industrial region, located in the state of São Paulo (Brazil), will be flooded, causing the disruption of the mobility system and local economic activities. To fulfill this aim, a new approach is proposed by combining the vector information of the highway network that serves the region with the result of a quasi 2-D raster flood model, generating a set of interpreting rules for classifying the safety of routes. The model called MODCEL is a quasi-2D hydrodynamic model that represents the watershed using compartments called cells, and it was adapted to work using a raster file format in which each pixel is represented as a flow cell connected to its surroundings by the Saint-Venant equations without the inertia terms. Therefore, this study proposes an assessment framework that can be replicated for similar problems of flood risks to mobility. The possible effects of flood events on the accessibility to areas of interest are determined, indicating a possible disruption to economic activities and transportation and allowing for planning alternatives in advance. Full article
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Evaluating the Role of Urban Drainage Flaws in Triggering Cascading Effects on Critical Infrastructure, Affecting Urban Resilience
by Antonio Krishnamurti Beleño de Oliveira, Bruna Peres Battemarco, Giuseppe Barbaro, Maria Vitória Ribeiro Gomes, Felipe Manoel Cabral, Ronan de Oliveira Pereira Bezerra, Victória de Araújo Rutigliani, Ianic Bigate Lourenço, Rodrigo Konrad Machado, Osvaldo Moura Rezende, Paulo Canedo de Magalhães, Aline Pires Veról and Marcelo Gomes Miguez
Infrastructures 2022, 7(11), 153; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/infrastructures7110153 - 11 Nov 2022
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The urban drainage system plays an important role in the urban infrastructure resilience discussion. Its functional failures can trigger cascading effects on other urban systems and critical infrastructures. The main aim of this work is to investigate and quantify urban flood resilience, offering [...] Read more.
The urban drainage system plays an important role in the urban infrastructure resilience discussion. Its functional failures can trigger cascading effects on other urban systems and critical infrastructures. The main aim of this work is to investigate and quantify urban flood resilience, offering an integrated methodological approach. In this process, the flooding consequences were quantified by hydrodynamic simulations, using a case study in an exploratory research method. A set of indicators was proposed to map the cascading effects generated by floods and the consequent quantification of urban flooding resilience. Two simulation scenarios were proposed to validate the methodological assessment framework proposed in this work. The first scenario represented the current flooding situation and showed the negative effects on the city systems resulting from disordered urban growth. The second scenario considered the improvement of the drainage behavior, considering a sustainable urban drainage approach supported by the concept of blue-green infrastructure integrated with the urban open spaces system. A comprehensive flood resilience assessment over time was conducted by analyzing the evolution of the System Integrity Index on both scenarios. The results showed that water dynamics play an important role in ordering land use and that preserving water spaces can efficiently respond to urban developing threats, dealing with floods in an earlier development moment, proving the importance of the drainage system as a preliminary structuring driver for supporting a sustainable urban planning, ordered according to environmental constraints defined by water dynamics. Full article
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Radioactive Waste Immobilization Using Vitreous Materials for Facilities in a Safe and Resilient Infrastructure Classified by Multivariate Exploratory Analyses
by Marcio Luis Ferreira Nascimento, Daniel Roberto Cassar, Riccardo Ciolini, Susana de Oliveira Souza and Francesco d’Errico
Infrastructures 2022, 7(9), 120; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/infrastructures7090120 - 13 Sep 2022
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A database of 479 glass formulations used to immobilize radioactive wastes for facilities in a safe and resilient infrastructure was analyzed, searching for underlying statistical patterns and associated glass performance features. The analyzed data cover many oxides, including SiO2, B2 [...] Read more.
A database of 479 glass formulations used to immobilize radioactive wastes for facilities in a safe and resilient infrastructure was analyzed, searching for underlying statistical patterns and associated glass performance features. The analyzed data cover many oxides, including SiO2, B2O3, Na2O, Fe2O3, and some fluorides. Borosilicates were the most common glasses (60.1%), while silicates were only 11.9%. In addition to these two families, five radioactive waste vitrification matrices were identified: Boroaluminosilicates, iron phosphates, aluminosilicates, sodium iron phosphates, and boroaluminates, totaling seven glass families. Almost all compositions (97.7%) contained sodium oxide, followed by silica (91.4%), iron (82.7%), boron (73.7%), phosphorus (54.9%), and cesium oxides (26.1%). Multivariate exploratory methods were applied to analyze and classify glass compositions using hierarchical and non-hierarchical (K-means) clusters and principal component analysis. Four main clusters were observed, the largest comprising 417 formulations containing mainly silicates, borosilicates, aluminosilicates, and boroaluminosilicates; two principal components, representing 73.75% of all compositions, emerge from these four clusters derived from a covariance analysis. The principal components and four clusters may be associated with the following glass features in terms of glass compositions: liquidus temperature, glass transition temperature, density, resistivity, microhardness, and viscosity. Some general underlying properties emerged from our classification and are discussed. Full article
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High-Speed Railway Bridge and Pile Foundation: A Review
by Brian Bachinilla, Ana Evangelista, Milind Siddhpura, Assed N. Haddad and Bruno B. F. da Costa
Infrastructures 2022, 7(11), 154; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/infrastructures7110154 - 11 Nov 2022
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High-speed railway is trending in developing countries for economic reasons, mobility in the aftermath of COVID-19, and environmental concerns. The high-speed railway operators continuously improve the operational speed to transport more passengers in less time. However, increasing the train loads at high speed [...] Read more.
High-speed railway is trending in developing countries for economic reasons, mobility in the aftermath of COVID-19, and environmental concerns. The high-speed railway operators continuously improve the operational speed to transport more passengers in less time. However, increasing the train loads at high speed might increase the dynamic loads of bridges and affect their pile foundation. A stiffer railway bridge is mandatory for high-speed train safety and passenger riding comfort. However, a flexible bridge is ideal for responding to earthquakes. Thus, these two objectives are conflicting. This review paper provides a bibliometric review aiming to determine the published studies by year and by country, and to visualize different research trends in cluster maps using the VOSviewer software, summarizing the published research for high-speed railway bridges starting from 1964. The review also extracted information from the latest studies by summarizing some essential objectives, useful methodologies, and notable findings that might be applicable to future studies. In conclusion, there is a need for further research to fill the knowledge gap in the study related to the soil–structure interaction phenomenon considering the performance-based seismic design of a high-speed railway bridge on a monopile foundation in the event of lateral spreading due to soil liquefaction. Full article
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