Automated openand closed-loop control systems can enhance the performance of irrigation delivery systems. This paper examines the response of the canal test cases developed by the ASCE task committee on canal automation algorithms to a particular anticipatory open-loop control technique, gate stroking. The performance of the ideal gate-stroking solution is compared with the performance of an ap...

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In this paper, a novel approach to the characterization of structural damage in civil structures is presented. Structural damage often results in subtle changes to structural stiffness and damping properties that are manifested by changes in the location of transfer function characteristic equation roots (poles) upon the complex plane. Using structural response time-history data collected from ...

Modeling parameters (MP) of reinforced concrete columns are a critical component performance-based seismic assessment methodologies because in these approaches damage is estimated based on element deformations calculated using non-linear models. To ensure model fidelity and consistency results, methods ASCE 41, ACI 369.1, 374.3R prescribe modeling calibrated experimental data. This paper introd...