Department of Engineering

Paul Fidler

Publications

  • Wang, S., Huseynov, F., Casero, M., OBrien, E.J., Fidler, P., McCrum, D.P. (2023) A novel bridge damage detection method based on the equivalent influence lines – Theoretical basis and field validation. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 204 (2023) 110738. doi:10.1016/j.ymssp.2023.110738.
  • Fidler, P.R.A., Huseynov, F., Bravo-Haro, M., Vilde, V., Schooling, J.M., Middleton, C.R. (2022). Augmenting an existing railway bridge monitoring system with additional sensors to create a bridge weigh-in-motion system and digital twin. Presented at SHMII-11: 11th International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure August 8-12, 2022, Montreal, QC, Canada. doi:10.17863/cam.86738 (Accepted version).
  • Huseynov, F., Fidler, P.R.A., Bravo-Haro, M., Vilde, V., Schooling, J.M., Middleton, C.R. (2022). Setting up a real-time train load monitoring system in the UK using Bridge Weigh-In Motion technology - A case study. Presented at SHMII-11: 11th International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure August 8-12, 2022, Montreal, QC, Canada. doi:10.17863/CAM.93865 (Accepted version).
  • Vardanega, P.J., Webb, G.T., Fidler, P.R.A., Huseynov, F., Kariyawasam, K.K.G.K.D. & Middleton, C.R. (2022). 32 - Bridge monitoring. In: Pipinato, A. (ed.) Innovative Bridge Design Handbook: Construction, Rehabilitation andMaintenance (Second Edition). Butterworth-Heinemann: Oxford, UK, pp. 893-932. [ISBN: 978-0-12-823550-8] doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-823550-8.00023-8 (published online 10 September 2021)
  • Acikgoz, S., Fidler, P.R.A., Pascariello, M,N., Kechavarzi, C., Bilotta, E., DeJong, M.J., Mair, R.J. (2021). A Fibre-optic Strain Measurement System to Monitor the Impact of Tunnelling on Nearby Heritage Masonry Buildings, International Journal of Architectural Heritage. doi:10.1080/15583058.2021.1884318.
  • Fidler, P.R.A., Vardanega, P.J., Hoult, N.A., Middleton, C.R. (2021). Long-term monitoring of the Humber Bridge Hessle anchorage chamber In: Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Life-Cycle Sustainability and Innovations. Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS 2020), June 28-July 2, 2020, Sapporo, Japan (held online April 11-18 2021), (Yokota, H., Frangopol, D.M. eds.) Taylor & Francis. London. ISBN: 9780429279119 doi:10.1201/9780429279119-242
  • Luna-Navarro, A., Fidler, P., Law, A., Torres, S., Overend, M. (2021). Building Impulse Toolkit (BIT): A novel IoT system for capturing the influence of façades on occupant perception and occupant-façade interaction. Building and Environment 193 (2021) 107656. doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.107656.
  • Kariyawasam, K., Middleton, C., Talbot, J., Fidler, P., Haigh, S., Madabhushi, G. (2021). On the potential for using bridge natural frequencies to detect scour: an experimental study with a field sensor deployment and geotechnical centrifuge modelling In: IABSE Congress – Resilient technologies for sustainable infrastructure - Proceedings (Abu, A. ed.). September 2-4, 2020, Christchurch, New Zealand (held online February 3-5 2021). doi:10.2749/christchurch.2021.0293 [Local copy].
  • Kariyawasam, K.K.G.K.D., Fidler, P.R.A., Talbot, J.P., Middleton, C.R. (2019). Field Assessment of Ambient Vibration-Based Bridge Scour Detection. 12th International Workshop on SHM, Stanford, 10–12 Sep. 2019. doi:10.12783/shm2019/32137.
  • Rodenas-Herráiz, D., Xu, X., Fidler, P.R.A., and Soga, K. (2019). Power-efficient piezoelectric fatigue measurement using long-range wireless sensor networks. Smart Materials and Structures. 28 (2019) 005004 (17pp). doi:10.1088/1361-665X/ab2c46.
  • Kariyawasam, K.K.G.K.D., Fidler, P.R.A., Talbot, J.P. and Middleton, C.R. (2019). Field Deployment of an Ambient Vibration-Based Scour Monitoring System at Baildon Bridge, UK In: International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction 2019 (ICSIC): Driving data-informed decision-making. 8-10 July 2019. (DeJong, M.J., Schooling, J.M., Viggiana, G.M.B. eds.) ICE Publishing, London. pp. 711-719. ISBN: 978-0-7277-6466-9. doi:10.1680/icsic.64669.711. [Presentation]
  • Carrigan, T.D., Fidler, P.R.A., Talbot, J.P. (2019). On the Derivation of Rail Roughness Spectra from Axle-box Vibration: Development of a New Technique In: International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction 2019 (ICSIC): Driving data-informed decision-making. 8-10 July 2019. (DeJong, M.J., Schooling, J.M., Viggiana, G.M.B. eds.) ICE Publishing, London. pp. 549-557. ISBN: 978-0-7277-6466-9. doi:10.1680/icsic.64669.549. [Presentation]
  • Jans-Singh, M., Fidler, P.R.A., Ward, R.M. and Choudhary, R. (2019). Monitoring the Performance of an Underground Hydroponic Farm In: International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction 2019 (ICSIC): Driving data-informed decision-making. 8-10 July 2019. (DeJong, M.J., Schooling, J.M., Viggiana, G.M.B. eds.) ICE Publishing, London. pp. 133-141. ISBN: 978-0-7277-6466-9. doi:10.1680/icsic.64669.133. [Presentation]
  • Middleton, C.R., Fidler, P.R.A., Jackson, A. Smith, A.J.R. and Bellis, G. (2018). Automated Upper and Lower Bound Solutions for the Ultimate Flexural Capacity of Concrete Slabs In: The Concrete NZ Conference 2018. 11-13 October 2018. Hamilton, New Zealand.
  • Fidler, P.R.A., Hartley, S., Talbot, J.P. (2017). Project VIMTO: a new system for the vibration and impact monitoring of tram operations. In: Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure Conference 2017 (Structural Health Monitoring in Real-World Application). 5-8 December 2017. (Chan, T. and Mahini, S. eds.) Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. Paper No. RS13-2, pp. 1029-1039. ISBN: 978-1-925553-05-5. doi:10.17863/CAM.15237 [Local copy].
  • Jia, Y., Yan, J., Du, S., Feng, T., Fidler, P., Middleton, C. Soga, K., Seshia, A.A. (2017). Real world assessment of an auto-parametric electromagnetic vibration energy harvester. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 19 pp. doi:10.1177/1045389X17740964.
  • Webb, G.T., Vardanega, P.J., Hoult, N.A., Fidler, P.R.A., Bennett, P.J. and Middleton, C.R. (2017) Analysis of Fiber-Optic Strain-Monitoring Data from a Prestressed Concrete Bridge. Journal of Bridge Engineering ASCE, 22(5) 05017002 doi:10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0000996.
  • Middleton, C.R., Fidler, P.R.A. and Vardanega, P.J. (2016) Bridge Monitoring: A practical guide. ICE Publishing, London. ISBN: 978-0-7277-6059-3.
  • Rodenas-Herráiz, D., Soga, K., Fidler, P. and de Battista, N. (2016) Wireless Sensor Networks for Civil Infrastructure Monitoring: A Best Practice Guide. ICE Publishing, London. ISBN: 978-0-7277-6151-4.
  • Xu, X., Fidler, P.R.A., Rodenas-Herráiz, D., Li, W., Kumar, V., Birks, J., and Yan, J. (2016) Monitoring on the performance of temporary props using wireless strain sensing. In: Transforming the Future of Infrastructure through Smarter Information: Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction, 27-29 June 2016. (Mair, R.J., Soga, K., Jin, Y., Parlikad, A.K., Schooling, J.M. eds.) ICE Publishing, London, pp. 203-208. doi:10.1680/tfitsi.61279.203. [Local copy]
  • Xu, X., Nawaz, S., Fidler, P., Rodenas-Herráiz, D., Yan, J., and Soga, K. (2016) Wireless sensor monitoring of Paddington Station Box Corner. In: Transforming the Future of Infrastructure through Smarter Information: Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction, 27-29 June 2016. (Mair, R.J., Soga, K., Jin, Y., Parlikad, A.K., Schooling, J.M. eds.) ICE Publishing, London, pp. 209-214. doi:10.1680/tfitsi.61279.209. [Local copy]
  • Vardanega, P.J., Webb, G.T., Fidler, P.R.A., Middleton, C.R. (2016). Assessing the potential value of bridge monitoring systems. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Bridge Engineering 169(2), 126-138. doi:10.1680/jbren.15.00016.
  • Jia, Y., Yan, J., Feng, T., Du, S., Fidler, P., Soga, K., Middleton, C.R., Seshia, A.A. (2015). A vibration powered wireless mote on the Forth Road Bridge. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 660 012094 doi:10.1088/1742-6596/660/1/012094.
  • Vardanega, P.J., Webb, G.T., Fidler, P.R.A., Middleton, C.R. (2015). Bridge Monitoring. In: Innovative Bridge Design Handbook: Construction, Rehabilitation and Maintenance, Edited by Pipinato A., Chapter 29: pages 759-775, Butterworth Heinemann., ISBN: 978-0-12-800058-8 doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-800058-8.00029-3.
  • Nawaz, S., Xu, X., Rodenas-Herráiz, D., Fidler, P., Soga, K., Mascolo, C. (2015). Monitoring A Large Construction Site Using Wireless Sensor Networks. Proceedings of the 6th ACM Workshop on Real World Wireless Sensor Networks. RealWSN '15. Seoul, South Korea: ACM New York, NY, USA. pp. 27-30. doi:10.1145/2820990.2820997.
  • Middleton, C., Vardanega, P., Webb, G., and Fidler, P. (2014). Smart infrastructure - are we delivering on the promise? Paper presented at 6th Australian Small Bridges Conference, Sydney, Australia. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.1463.5288.
  • Webb, G.T., Vardanega, P.J., Fidler, P.R.A., and Middleton, C.R. (2014). Analysis of Structural Health Monitoring Data from Hammersmith Flyover. Journal of Bridge Engineering ASCE, 19(6) 05014003 doi:10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0000587.
  • Fidler, P.R.A., Vardanega, P.J., Long, P.J.G., Webb, G.T., Stehle, J.S. and Middleton, C.R. (2013). Construction monitoring constraints and challenges: a feasibility and laboratory study. In: Proceedings the 6th International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (CD-ROM) Y.L. Xu, S. Zhu et al. eds., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. 9pp. [$] [CORE copy]
  • Hada, A., Soga, K., Middleton, C.R., Hoult, N.A., Fidler, P.R.A., Bennett, P.J., Leung, K., Bachir, A. (2011). Condition Monitoring System for Railway Structures in Hammersmith, Ninth World Congress on Railway Research, Lille, France.
  • Bennett, P.J., Soga, K., Wassell, I.J., Fidler, P.R.A., Abe, K., Kobayashi, Y. and Vanicek, M. (2010). Wireless sensor networks for underground railway applications: case studies in Prague and London. Smart Structures and Systems, Vol. 6, No. 5_6 619-639. doi:10.12989/sss.2010.6.5_6.619.
  • Hoult, N.A., Fidler, P.R.A., Hill, P.G. and Middleton, C.R. (2010). Wireless Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges: Present and Future. International Journal of Smart Structures and Systems, 6(3). 277-290. doi:10.12989/sss.2010.6.3.277
  • Hoult, N.A., Fidler, P.R.A., Hill, P.G. and Middleton, C.R. (2010). Long-term Wireless Structural Health Monitoring of the Ferriby Road Bridge. ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, 15(2), 153-159. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0000049.
  • Hoult, N.A., Fidler, P.R.A., Bennett, P.J., Middleton, C.R., Pottle, S., Duguid, K., Bessant, G., McKoy, R. and Soga, K. (2010). Large-scale WSN Installation for Pervasive Monitoring of Civil Infrastructure in London. Proceedings of the Fifth European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring. Pp. 214-219. ISBN: 978-1-60595-024-2.
  • Hoult, N.A., Bennett, P.J., Stoianov, I., Fidler, P.R.A., Maksimović, Č., Middleton, C.R., Graham, N.J.D. and Soga, K. (2009). Wireless Sensor Networks: creating 'Smart Infrastructure'. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering, 162(3), 136-143. doi:10.1680/cien.2009.162.3.136. Awarded the 2010 Telford Gold Medal
  • Bennett, P.J., Kobayashi, Y., Hoult, N.A., Fidler, P.R.A. and Soga, K. (2009). Wireless Sensor Networks for Underground Railway Applications: The Light at the End of the Tunnel? 7th International Workshop on SHM, Stanford, 9–11 Sep. 2009, 8pp. [$]
  • Hoult, N.A., Bennett, P.J., Fidler, P.R.A., Middleton, C.R., and Soga, K. (2009). Smart Infrastructure: Pervasive WSNs for a more Sustainable Europe, 4th International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure, Zurich, Switzerland. 8pp. [$]
  • Hoult, N.A., Fidler, P.R.A. and Middleton, C.R. (2009). Wireless Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges: Current Challenges and Future Innovations. Proceedings of the 7th AustRoads Bridge Conference, 26-29 May 2009, Auckland, New Zealand. 12pp.
  • Hoult, N.A., Fidler, P.R.A., Wassell, I.J., Hill, P.G. and Middleton, C.R. (2008). Wireless Structural Health Monitoring at the Humber Bridge. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Bridge Engineering, 161(BE4), 189-195. doi:10.1680/bren.2008.161.4.189.
  • Hoult, N.A., Fidler, P.R.A., Middleton, C.R. and Hill, P.G. (2008). Turning the Humber Bridge into a smart structure. In: Proceedings of the Fourth International IABMAS Conference, eds. Koh, H.M. and Frangopol, D.M.. Seoul, Korea, July 13-17 2008 pp 1402-1409. doi:10.1201/9781439828434.ch169.
  • Fidler, P.R.A., Froggatt, T.G., Morley, M.J., Green, A.J., Greveson, E.J. and Long, P.J.G. (2005). MDP Balloon Board: An open source software & hardware system for education (Work In Progress). Paper presented at the Seventh Real-Time Linux Workshop, 2-4th November 2005, University of Lille, Lille, France.