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Prof. Andrew Smyth

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Published Articles

  1. Real-time Parameter Estimation for Degrading and Pinching Hysteretic Models, M. Wu, and A.W. Smyth, International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, vol. 43, pp. 822-833, 2008.
  2. The unscented Kalman filter and particle filter methods for nonlinear structural system identification with non-collocated heterogeneous sensing, Chatzi, E. and Smyth A.W., Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 2008, to appear. PREPRINT
  3. Load Response on a Large Suspension Bridge during the NYC Marathon Revealed by GPS and Accelerometers, Mikhail G. Kogan, Won-Young Kim, Yehuda Bock, and Andrew W. Smyth, Seismological Research Letters, vol. 79, no. 1, January/February 2008.
  4. Failures associated with debris flow disaster . Taiwan case history.. Wang, J-J., Ling, H.I., and Smyth, A., Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 26(1), 79-90, 2008.
  5. Probabilistic Approach for the Construction of Regional Earthquake Response Spectra, E. Kallinikidou, S. F. Masri, R. Nigbor, A.W. Smyth , K. Olsen, Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, [under review]
  6. A Robust Online Parametric Identification Method for Non-Deteriorating Distributed Element Models with Viscous Damping, Int. Jo. of Nonlinear Mechanics, Ashrafi, S.A. and Smyth, A.W., Volume 42, Issue 10, December 2007, Pages 1194-1203. REPRINT
  7. Impediments to recovery in New Orleans' Upper and Lower Ninth Ward: one year after Hurricane Katrina. Green, R., Bates, L.K., Smyth, A.W., Disasters, Dec, Vol. 31, Issue 4, pg. 311-335, (2007)
  8. An Adaptive Parametric Identification Scheme for a Class of Non-Deteriorating and Deteriorating Nonlinear Hysteretic Behavior, Ashrafi, S.A., and Smyth, A.W., ASCE Jo. of Engineering Mechanics, vol. 134, no. 6, 482-494 (2008).
  9. Application of the unscented Kalman filter for real-time nonlinear structural system identification, Wu., M., and Smyth, A.W., Jo. of Structural Control and Monitoring, [to appear].
  10. Multi-rate Kalman filtering for the data fusion of displacement and acceleration response measurements in dynamic system monitoring, Mechanical Systems and Sugnal Processing, Smyth, A.W. and Wu, M., 2007.
  11. A Generalized Masing Approach to Modeling Hysteretic Deteriorating Behavior, Ashrafi, S.A. and Smyth, A.W. , ASCE Jo. of Engineering Mechanics, vol. 133, no. 5, pp. 495-505 (May 2007)
  12. A New Approach to Designing Multilayer Feedforward Neural Network Architectures for Modeling Nonlinear Restoring Forces: Part I - Formulation, Pei, J.-S. and Smyth, A.W., ASCE Jo. of Eng. Mech., Vol. 132, no. 12, pp. 1301-1312 (December 2006)
  13. A New Approach to Designing Multilayer Feedforward Neural Network Architectures for Modeling Nonlinear Restoring Forces: Part II - Applications, Pei, J.-S. and Smyth, A.W., ASCE Jo. of Eng. Mech., Vol.132, no. 12, pp. 1301-1312 (December 2006)
  14. An Energy Capacity Criterion for Design Against Buckling, A.W. Smyth and A.Gjelsvik, ASCE Jo. of Engineering Mechanics, vol. 132, no. 6, pp. 594-599, June 2006.
  15. A parametric identification scheme for non-deteriorating and deteriorating non-linear hysteretic behaviour, Ashrafi SA, Smyth AW, Betti R, Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 13 (1): 108-131 Jan-Feb 2006.
  16. Data-based model-free representation of complex hysteretic MDOF systems, Masri SF, Tasbihgoo F, Caffrey JP, Smyth AW, Chassiakos AG., Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 13 (1): 365-387 Jan-Feb 2006.
  17. A General Data-Based Approach for Developing Reduced-Order Models of Nonlinear MDOF Systems, S.F. Masri, Caffrey, J.P., Caughey, T.K., Smyth, A.W. and Chassiakos, A.G., Nonlinear Dynamics, 39 (1-2): 95-112 Jan 2005.
  18. Mapping Polynomial Fitting into Feedforward Neural Networks for Modeling Nonlinear Dynamic Systems and Beyond, J.-S. Pei, J. Wright and A.W. Smyth, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 194 (42-44): 4481-4505 2005.
  19. A Re-Configurable Test Apparatus for Nonlinear Dynamic Systems, Caffrey, J.P., Masri, S.F., Tasbihgo, F., Smyth, A.W., Chassiakos, A.G., Nonlinear Dynamics, 36 (2-4): 181-201 June 2004.
  20. Probabilistic Benefit-Cost Analysis for Earthquake Damage Mitigation: Evaluating Measures for Apartment Houses in Turkey, A. W. Smyth, G. Altay, G. Deodatis, M. Erdik, G. Franco, P. Gülkan, H. Kunreuther, H. Lus, E.Mete, N. Seeber, and Ö. Yüzügüllü, Earthquake Spectra, February, 2004. REPRINT
  21. The Robustness of an Efficient Probabilistic Data-Based Tool for Simulating the Nonstationary Response of Nonlinear Systems, Smyth, A.W. and Masri, S.F., Int. Jo. of Nonlinear Mechanics, vol. 39, no. 9, pp. 1453-1462, 2004. REPRINT
  22. Identification of the State Equation in Complex Nonlinear Systems, S.F. Masri, J. Caffrey, T.K. Caughey, and A.W. Smyth, International Jo. of Nonlinear Mechanics, vol 39, 2004.
  23. Analysis and Modification of Volterra/Wiener Neural Networks for the Adaptive Identification of Nonlinear Hysteretic Dynamic Systems, Pei, J.-S., Smyth, A.W., and Kosmatopoulos, E.B, Jo. Sound and Vibration, vol. 275, pp. 693-718, 2004.
  24. System Identification of the Vincent Thomas Bridge Based using Earthquakes Records, Smyth, A.W., Pei, J.-S., and Masri, S.F., Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 33, 2003.
  25. Development of Adaptive Modeling Techniques for Nonlinear Hysteretic Systems, Smyth, A.W., Masri, S.F., Kosmatopoulos, E.B., Chassiakos, A.G., and Caughey, T.K., Int. Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics, an invited paper for a special issue, Vol. 37, 2002.
  26. Nonstationary Response of Nonlinear Systems Using Equivalent Linearization with a Compact Analytical Form of the Excitation Process, Smyth, A.W., and Masri, S.F., Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 17, no. 1, 2002.
  27. Robust Adaptive Neural Estimation of Restoring Forces in Nonlinear Structures, Kosmatopoulos, E.B., Smyth, A.W., Masri, S.F. and Chassiakos A.G., ASME Jo. of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 68, no. 6, November, 2001.
  28. On-Line Identification of Hysteretic Systems, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, A.G. Chassiakos, S.F. Masri, A.W. Smyth, and T.K. Caughey, March, 1998.
  29. Probabilistic Representation and Transmission of Nonstationary Processes in Linear MDOF Systems, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, S.F. Masri, A.W. Smyth and M.-I. Traina, June 1998.
  30. On-Line Parametric Identification of MDOF Non-Linear Hysteretic Systems, ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, A.W. Smyth, S.F. Masri, & A.G. Chassiakos, February, 1999.
  31. Training Neural Networks by Adaptive Random Search Techniques, ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, S.F. Masri, A.W. Smyth, A.G. Chassiakos, M. Nakamura & T.K Caughey, February, 1999.
  32. Surveillance of Intricate Mechanical Systems on the Basis of Vibration Signature Analysis, ASME Jo. of Applied Mechanics, A.W. Smyth, S.F. Masri, T.K. Caughey, and N.F. Hunter, September, 2000.
  33. Application of Neural Networks to Detect Changes in Nonlinear Systems, A.W. Smyth, S.F. Masri, et al., ASCE Jo. of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 126, no. 7, pp. 666-676 (July 2000).
  34. Online identification of non-linear hysteretic structural systems using a variable trace approach, J.-W. Lin, Betti, R., Smyth, A.W., and Longman, R.W., Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, vol. 30, 2001.
  35. Nonstationary Excitation Data Condensation for Analytical Nonstationary Probabilistic Dynamic Response Analysis: An Application using the 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake Ground Motion Recordings, A.W. Smyth, S.F. Masri, and C.-H. Loh, [ accepted to Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics. ]

Books and Other Publications

  1. Proceedings of the Fourth World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring (4WCSCM), edited by Erik Johnson and Andrew Smyth , 2007
  2. Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Structural Control (4IWSC), edited by A.W. Smyth, DesTech Press, 2004
  3. Proceedings of EM2002, the 15th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, edited by A.W. Smyth.
  4. Proceedings of the Dimaggio Symposium: Constitutive Modeling of Geomaterials, co-edited with H. Ling, CRC Press, 2002.
  5. "Integrating Mitigation with Risk Transfer Instruments," with H. Kunreuther and G. Deodatis, an invited chapter in Catastrophe Risk and Reinsurance: A Country Management Perspective, Risk Books, 2004.
  6. M.S. Thesis: Experimental System Identification of Model Frames, Rice University, 1994
  7. B.A. Thesis: Efforts to Obtain an Economical Solution to Housing Utilizing Primarily Compressive Structural Elements, Brown University, 1992

Selected Conference and Workshop Proceedings

  1. The Unscented Kalman Filter and Particle Filter Methods for Nonlinear Structural System Identication with Non-Collocated Heterogeneous Sensing, Keynote Lecture, International Conference on Sustainable Built and Natural Environment on January 10-11, 2008 at National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.
  2. Neural Network Initialization with Prototypes - Function Approximation in Engineering Mechanics Applications, Jin-Song Pei, Eric C. Mai, Joseph P. Wright, and Andrew, W. Smyth, Int. Joint Conf. on Neural Networks, 2007.
  3. The Fifty Percent Bar: Damage assessments and recovery in low income neighborhoods of New Orleans, Rebekah Green, Bijan Khazai, Guillermo Franco, Andrew Smyth, George Deodatis, Lynn Seirup and Liling Choo, NSF Katrina Symposium, New Orleans, 2006.
  4. Disaster Vulnerability in Relation to Poverty in the Katrina Event: Reconnaissance Survey and Preliminary Analysis, A. Smyth, R. Green, B. Khazai, G. Franco, G. Deodatis, L. Seirup (Columbia University, New York), C. Taylor (Tulane University, New Orleans), NSD Annual HSD PI Meeting, Washington, 2006.
  5. Multi-rate Kalman filtering for the data fusion of GPS displacement and acceleration response measurements, Smyth. A.W., Wu, M., and Kogan, M., 4th World Conf. on Structural Control and Monitoring, UCSD, July 2006.
  6. Developments in Parametric Modeling and Identification of Nonlinear Hysteretic Behavior with Degradation, Smyth. A.W., Ashrafi, S.A., and Wu, M., 4th World Conf. on Structural Control and Monitoring, UCSD, July 2006.
  7. Adaptive Parametric Identification of a class of Deteriorating Hysteretic Behavior, Ashrafi, S.A., and Smyth, A.W., 15th US National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, CU Boulder, June 2006.
  8. Generalized Masing Modeling of Hysteretic Deteriorating Behavior, Ashrafi, S.A., and Smyth, A.W., 15th US National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, CU Boulder, June 2006.
  9. Multi-rate Kalman filtering for the data fusion of displacement and acceleration response measurements in dynamic system monitoring, Smyth, A.W., and Wu., M., SPIE Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, 2006: Smart Systems and Nondestructive Evaluation of Civil Infrastructures, San Diego, March, 2006.
  10. The Potential of GPS and other Displacement Sensing for Enhancing Acceleration Sensor Monitoring Array Data by Solving Low Frequency Integration Problems, Smyth, A.W., International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety (IABMAS'04), Kyoto, Japan, 2004.
  11. Data Condensation for Analytical Nonstationary Probabilistic Dynamic Response Analysis: An Application using the 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake Ground Motion Recordings, A.W. Smyth and S.F. Masri, 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, 2004.
  12. Evaluating Earthquake Retrofitting Measures for Schools: A Demonstration Cost-Benefit Analysis, A.W. Smyth, G. Deodatis, G. Franco, Y. He, and T. Gurvich, OECD Ad Hoc Experts Meeting on Earthquake Safety in Schools, Paris, 2004
  13. Structural Monitoring Sensor Requirements and Challenges for Nonlinear System Identification, Smyth, A.W., 1st International Workshop on Advanced Smart Materials and Smart Structures Technology, Hawaii, 2004.
  14. Can Seismic Early-Warning Information Help Engineers?: The Benefits to, and the Information Requirements for Structural Control and Monitoring Applications, Smyth, A.W., Invited Presentation to American Geophysical Union 2003 Fall Meeting, San Francisco.
  15. The Robustness of an Efficient Probabilistic Data-Based Tool for Simulating the Nonstationary Response of Nonlinear Systems, A.W. Smyth and S.F. Masri, 5th International Conference on Stochastic Structural Dynamics (SSD03), China, 2003.
  16. A Near-Parameterized Neural Network Approach for Modeling Nonlinear Hysteretic Systems, Pei J.-S. and Smyth, A.W., ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conf., Seattle, 2003.
  17. Benefit-Cost Analysis for Mitigating Seismic Losses: Probabilistic Evaluation of Retrofit Measures for Residential Buildings in Turkey, Smyth, A.W., Deodatis, G., Franco, G., Kunreuther, H. Lus, H., ICASP9, Int. Conf. on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, San Francisco, July, 2003.
  18. Structural Monitoring Motion Sensors: A User Perspective, A. Smyth, Caltrans/UCSD Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring and Diagnostics of Bridge Infrastructure, San Diego, March 2003
  19. More Transparent Neural Network Approach for Modeling Nonlinear Hysteretic Systems, J.S. Pei, and A.W. Smyth, SPIE Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, 2003: Smart Systems and Nondestructive Evaluation of Civil Infrastructures, San Diego, March, 2003.
  20. Nonstationary Excitation Data Condensation for Analytical Probabilistic Dynamic Response Analysis: An application using the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake ground motion recordings, A.W. Smyth & S.F. Masri, SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, CSE'03, San Diego, Feb., 2003.
  21. Benefit-Cost for Earthquake Mitigation: Evaluating Measures for Apartment Houses in Turkey, G. Altay, G. Deodatis, G. Franco, P. Gülkan, H. Kunreuther, H. Lus, E. Mete, L. Seeber, A. Smyth, and Ö. Yüzügüllü, 2nd Annual IIASA-DPRI Meeting, Integrated Disaster Management, Laxenberg, Austria, July, 2002.
  22. System Identification of the Vincent Thomas Long-Span Suspension Bridge using Earthquake Records, A.W. Smyth, Pei, J.S., and Masri, S.F., EM2002, the 15th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Columbia University, June 2002.
  23. Analysis and Modification of Volterra/Wiener Neural Networks for Adaptive Identification of Nonlinear Hysteretic Systems, Pei, J.S., A.W. Smyth, E.B. Kosmatopoulos and Masri, S.F., EM2002, the 15th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Columbia University, June 2002.
  24. Nonstationary Response of Nonlinear Systems Using Equivalent Linearization with a Compact Analytical Form of the Excitation Process, Smyth, A.W., and Masri, S.F., 4th Internation Conf. On Computational Stochastic Mechanics, Corfu, June 2002.
  25. Robust Neural Estimation of Internal Forces in Nonlinear Structures Under Arbitrary Excitation, Smyth, A.W., Kosmatopoulos, E.B., Masri, S.F., Chassiakos, A.G., 3rd World Conference on Structural Control, Como, Italy, April, 2002.
  26. Report on Working Group 2: Monitoring and Identification, A.W. Smyth, 3rd World Conference on Structural Control, Como, Italy, April, 2002.
  27. Monitoring the "Structural Health" of Long-Span Bridges, Smyth, A.W., and Betti, R., 5th NSF Workshop on Bridge Research in Progress, Minneapolis, MN, October 8-10, 2001
  28. Nonstationary Response of Nonlinear Systems with a Compact Analytical Form of Data-Based Excitation Process, Smyth, A.W., and Masri, S.F., Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Nonlinear Stochastic Mechanics, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, August, 2002.
  29. Nonstationary Probabilistic Response of Nonlinear Systems Using an Orthogonal Decomposition Approach, A.W. Smyth, S.F. Masri, PACAMVII (Seventh Pan American Congress of Applied Mechanics), Temuco, Chile, January 2-5, 2002
  30. Surveillance of Intricate Mechanical Systems on the Basis of Vibration Signature Analysis, A.W. Smyth, S.F. Masri, T.K. Caughey, and N.F. Hunter, ASME/ASCE Joint Conference MMC2001, San Diego, CA, June 2001.
  31. Nonlinear System Identification and Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges Through the Use of Reduced-Order Models, Smyth, A.W. and Masri, S.F., 2001 IABSE Conference, Seoul Korea.
  32. Adaptive Parametric and Nonparametric Identification of Nonlinear Hysteretic Systems, Smyth, A.W., Kosmatopoulos, E.B., Masri, S.F., Chassiakos, A.G., 2001 ASME International Adaptive Structures and Materials Systems Symposium, November 11-16 in New York, New York USA.
  33. Probabilistic Characterization of the Chi-Chi Earthquake Ground Motion, Smyth, A.W., Masri, S.F., and Loh, C.H., International Workshop on Annual Commemoration of Chi-Chi Earthquake, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., September 18-20, 2000.
  34. Reduced Order Nonlinear Modeling of the Vincent Thomas Bridge Based on Measurements of its Dynamics Response to Earthquakes, Smyth, A.W. and Masri, S.F., ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Austin TX, May 2000.
  35. Adaptive Neural Identification of Nonlinear Structural System, Kosmatopoulos, E.B., Smyth, A.W., Masri, S.F. and Chassiakos A.G., ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Austin TX, May 2000.
  36. Parametric and Nonparametric Adaptive Identification of Structural Systems, Smyth, A.W. , Kosmatopoulos, E.B., Masri, S.F. and Chassiakos A.G., American Control Conference, Chicago, June, 2000.
  37. Representation and Transmission of Stochastic Loads for Nonlinear Systems Response and Control, Smyth, A.W. and Masri, S.F., International Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Chicago, Aug., 2000.
  38. Robust Neural Estimation of Internal Forces in Nonlinear Structures under Random Excitation, , Kosmatopoulos, E.B., Smyth, A.W., Masri, S.F. and Chassiakos A.G., International Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Chicago, Aug., 2000.
  39. Global Health Monitoring and Damage Detection of the Vincent Thomas Bridge, Smyth, A.W., Betti, R., Lus, H., and Masri, S.F., Structural Materials Technology: A Nondestructive Testing Conference, Atlantic City, 2000.
  40. Deterioration of Mechanical Properties of Wires in Suspension Bridge Cables, Betti, R. Smyth A.W., Testa, R.B., Duby, P. and West, A.C., Structural Materials Technology: A Nondestructive Testing Conference, Atlantic City, 2000.
  41. Detection of Cracks with Closure, Testa, R.B., Zhang, W., Smyth, A.W., and Betti, R., Structural Materials Technology: A Nondestructive Testing Conference, Atlantic City, 2000.
  42. System Identification and Damage Detection of a Long-Span Suspension Bridge based on its Dynamic Response to Major Earthquake Excitations, 12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Auckland, New Zealand, Oct. 2000, A.W. Smyth, S.F. Masri, A.M. Abdel-Ghaffar and R.N. Nigbor.
  43. An Overview of Several Nonlinear System Identification Approaches for detecting Structural Changes, International Conf. of Monitoring and Control of Marine and Harbour Structures, Genoa, Italy 1999, S.F. Masri, A.W. Smyth, and A.G. Chassiakos.
  44. An Efficient Parametric Identification Method for the Detection of Changes in Nonlinear Systems, 1st Romanian-American Workshop on Structural Engineering, (Information Processing for Damage Assessment), 1999, A.W. Smyth, S.F. Masri, A.G. Chassiakos, & T.K. Caughey.
  45. On-Line Parametric Identification of MDOF Non-Linear Hysteretic Systems, ASCE 13th Engineering Mechanics Conference, A.W. Smyth, S.F. Masri, and A.G. Chassiakos, Baltimore, June, 1999
  46. A Compact Probabilistic Representation of Nonstationary Input Processes for MDOF Analytical Random Vibration Studies, Proceedings of the Sixth Pan-American Congress on Applied Mechanics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January, 1999, S.F. Masri, A.W. Smyth.
  47. Probabilistic Representation of Dynamic Forces for Structural Control Applications, Proceedings of the Second World Conference on Structural Control, Kyoto, Japan, June, 1998, S.F. Masri, A. Smyth, and M.I. Traina.
  48. Robust Neural Control of Unknown Structures, Proceedings of the 12th Engineering Mechanics Conference, ASCE, 1998, La Jolla, CA, 1998, A.G. Chassiakos, E.B. Kosmatopoulos, S.F. Masri, and A.W. Smyth.
  49. Detection of Structural Changes through Nonlinear System Identification Approaches, Asian Pacific Workshop on Seismic Design and Retrofit of Structures, 1998, S.F. Masri, A.W. Smyth and A.G. Chassiakos.
  50. Probabilistic Representation and Transmission of Earthquake Ground Motion Records in the Los Angeles Region, Proceedings of the 11th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Acapulco, Mexico, 1996, S.F. Masri and A. Smyth.
  51. Adaptive Identification for the Control of Systems Incorporating Hysteretic Elements, Proceeding of the conference on Micro-Intelligence and Micro-Robotics, 1995, Sendai, Japan, S.F. Masri, A. Smyth, A.G. Chassiakos.
  52. On-line Identification for the Control of Inelastic Structures, Proceedings of XIXth International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Kyoto, Japan, 1996, S.F. Masri, A. Smyth, A.G. Chassiakos, and T.K. Caughey.