At IRI Center, we pioneer the convergence of Digital Twins, AI, and advanced infrastructure, weaving the threads of reliability and innovation through composite structures. Here, the future of smart structures is not just imagined—it's engineered.

Data-Centric Engineering, AI and Smart Technologies

IRI Member Involved:

Prof. Mohammad Noori

Research and Engineering Demonstration of Key Technologies for Low-Carbon Future Buildings

  • To carry out a batch of demonstration projects of low-carbon future construction covering different building types and different climate zones.

  • To develop a set of low-carbon oriented design methods for the whole life cycle of buildings

  • To form a full-chain low-carbon future building system of "design-build-energy-operation-maintenance-assessment", and build a set of technical standards system adapted to local conditions.

  • To research and develop a series of low-carbon construction, energy, operation and maintenance major equipment.

  • To propose the path of building carbon peak, based on the mechanism of building carbon emission.

Digital Twin Modeling of Composite pipeline structure health state through the Runge-Kutta neural network (RKNN) and Finite Element Models

  • An ECS technique is employed to measure electrical potential differences on composite pipeline surfaces, correlating with changes in dielectric properties from long-term water pressure loads inside.

  • A multi-physics FEM integrated with an RKRNN is designed for ECS-adorned GFRE composite pipelines under water pressure, enabling estimations of pipeline degradation by factoring in uncertainties from measurements, predictions, and other inputs.

  • A digital twin of the pipeline, reflecting quantified uncertainties, is created for real-time evaluations, predicting water absorption effects on pipe properties, facilitating damage identification, and promoting infrastructure resilience through stakeholder-informed decisions.

IRI Members Involved:

Dr. Wael Altabey

Prof. Mohammad Noori

Computer vision assisted FE model updating

Deep learning-based structural damage identification

  • Quantity of the hidden units of DBN, log-sum DBN, and arctan DBN, with an activation probability exceeding 0.5, are 30, 26, and 18.

  • Arctan DBN performs better than the DBN and the log-sum DBN in damage identification, even when the incomplete and uncertain modal data are used.

Structural Damage Identification Methods Based on Machine Learning

Structural parameter identification method based on hybrid evolutionary algorithm

A two-stage structural parameter identification method based on global-local hybrid strategy

A method for simultaneous identification of external load and damages based on regularization

A Structural damage identification method based on reference point-free correlation function

Deep Learning-Based Damage, Load and Support Identification for a Composite Pipeline by Extracting Modal Macro Strains from Dynamic Excitations

Deep Learning-Based Crack Identification for Steel Pipelines by Extracting Features from 3D Shadow Modeling

A Deep-Learning Approach for Predicting Water Absorption in Composite Pipes by Extracting the Material’s Dielectric Features

DFinite Element and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Model of Electrical Capacitance Sensors (ECS) to Simulate the Pipelines Suffer from Internal Corrosion

Deep Learning-Based System Identification of Composite Structures Using Lamb Wave Excitations

Energy Conserving Materials, Sustainable Environment and Infrastructure

ReCharged – Climate-aware Resilience for Sustainable Critical and interdependent Infrastructure Systems enhanced by emerging Digital Technologies

  • Harness The Power of Digital Technologies

  • Application In Real World Assessments of Critical Infrastructure

  • Knowledge Transfer and Training

REsilient and SUstainable envelope for vulnerable buildings in seisMic affected areas at the time of climatE crisis

Urban Safety, Reliability and Hazard Mitigation

Nonlinear system identification & Anomaly data detection

A Novel Magnetorheological Elastomeric (MRE) Adaptive Seismic Isolator Using Curvelet Transform Identification

Reliability Evaluation of a Laminate Composite Plate Under Distributed Pressure Using: A Hybrid Response Surface method

Reaching Law Based Sliding Mode Control for A Frame Structure Under Seismic Load

Smart Sensing, SHM, Smart Cities and Intelligent Infrastructure

Technology and equipment for rapid post-disaster detection and evaluation of bridges

  • To develop fast moving detection equipment and evaluation means with the characteristics of mobile, unmanned, refined and comprehensive.

  • To achieve a comprehensive and accurate detection and evaluation of the external deformation and damage of the structure, internal damage and the overall performance of the structure.

Bayesian Intelligent Structural Health Monitoring (BISHM)

  • Ambient Effects Discrimination

  • Self-calibrative FEM

  • Data Pre-processing

  • Seismic Attenuation Modelling

  • Multi‐resolution Model Updating

Automated and Rapid Fault Diagnosis of Railway Tracks using In-Service Train Measurements

Structural modal parameters identification

  • To find out structural frequency-domain data;

  • Eliminate false modal data.

Vibration-based FE model updating

  • Sensitivity analysis

  • Updating parameters

    Fitting features

Computational intelligence-based FE model updating

  • Structural damage patterns can be identified based on the proposed evolutionary algorithm

A Fatigue Damage Identification for Composite Pipeline Systems Using Electrical Capacitance Sensors (ECS)

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of Composite Pipeline Combined with an AI-Based Platform via Fiber Optical Sensing

Digital Twin Modeling of Pipeline Behavior Based on FEM Updating for Reliability Assessment

Machine Vision-Based Structural Diagnosis Application

A Deep Learning-Based Approach for Pipeline Cracks Identification

Advanced Fibers (Basalt Fiber, etc.) for Resilient Infrastructure

Lightweight composite key members based on integrated materials-structures adapted design

  • Research on the integrated design of FRP profiles based on connection efficiency

  • Improve joint connection efficiency and joint ductility through multi-axial layering

  • Improve component stiffness through hybrid design

Study on high-tensile FRP cable, anchorage, connector and lightweight long- span structure system

  • Stiffness-variable wedge by composite materials

  • Realize stiffness-variable wedge anchor

  • Load transfer components (LTC) by resin casting

Research on the performance of concrete structures strengthened with BFRP grid and geopolymer

  • Research on the optional mix design of geopolymer based on mechanical properties

  • Research on the bond mechanism of BFRP grid – geopolymer interface

  • Research on stress development law of the BFRP grid and failure mechanism of strengthened structures

Study on the novel normal concrete and ultra-high performance concrete with macro basalt fibers

  • Research on the interfacial bond behavior between macro basalt fiber and FRC/UHPC matrix

  • Research on the mechanical properties of the FRC/UHPC with macro basalt fiber

  • Research on long-term performance evolution law of the FRC/UHPC with macro basalt fiber

Studying Acoustic Behavior of BFRP Laminated Composite in Dual-Chamber Muffler Application Using Deep Learning Algorithm

Detection of Fatigue Crack in BFRP Laminate Composite Pipe using Electrical Potential Change Method

Free Vibration of Basalt Fiber Reinforced Polymer (BFRP) Laminated Variable Thickness Plates with Intermediate Elastic Support Using Finite Strip Transition Matrix (FSTM) Method

An Exact Solution for Mechanical Behavior of BFRP Nano-Thin Films Embedded in Nano Electro Mechanical Systems (NEMS)

A Fatigue Damage Model for FRP Composite Laminate Systems Based on Stiffness Reduction

Tensile Creep Monitoring of BFRP Plates via Electrical Potential Change and Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs)