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Peer-reviewed publications

Featured.

  • Reyes-Suárez, J.C., Buitrago, M., Barros, B., Mammeri, S., Makoond, N., Lázaro, C., Riveiro, B. & Adam, J.M. Latent resistance mechanisms of steel truss bridges after critical failures. Nature 645, 101–107 (2025).
    Gold Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09300-8

Peer-reviewed publications of the Pont3 project.

  • Justo, A., Lamas, D., Sánchez-Rodríguez, A., Soilán, M., & Riveiro, B. (2023). Generating IFC-compliant models and structural graphs of truss bridges from dense point clouds.  Automation in Construction, 149, 104786.
    Gold Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2023.104786
  • Lamas, D., Justo, A., Soilán, M., Cabaleiro, M., & Riveiro, B. (2023). Instance and semantic segmentation of point clouds of large metallic truss bridges. Automation in Construction, 151, 104865.
    Gold Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2023.104865
  • Rodríguez-Antuñano, I., Martínez-Sánchez, J., Cabaleiro, M., & Riveiro, B. (2023). Anticipating the collapse of urban infrastructure: a methodology based on Earth Observation and MT-InSAR. Remote Sensing, 15(15), 3867.
    Gold Open Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15153867
  • López S, Makoond N, Sánchez-Rodríguez A, Adam JM, Riveiro B. (2023) Learning from failure propagation in steel truss bridges. Eng Fail Anal, 152, 107488.
    G    reen Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2023.107488
  • Barros, B., Conde, B., Cabaleiro, M., Solla, M., & Riveiro, B. (2023). Multi-objective optimization-based model calibration of masonry bridges. Case Studies in Construction Materials, 19, e02306.
    Gold Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2023.e02306
  • Cabané, A., Pelà, L., Roca, P. (2024) Laboratory and in-situ mechanical characterisation of masonry components by comparing destructive and minor destructive testing techniques. Construction and Building Materials, 411, 134474.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.134474
  • Barros, B., Conde, B., Riveiro, B., & Morales-Nápoles, O. (2024). Gaussian Copula-based Bayesian network approach for characterizing spatial variability in aging steel bridges. Structural Safety, 106, 102403.
    Gold Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strusafe.2023.102403
  • Lamas, D., Justo, A., Soilán, M., & Riveiro, B. (2024). Automated production of synthetic point clouds of truss bridges for semantic and instance segmentation using deep learning models. Automation in Construction, 158, 105176.
    Gold Open Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11093/5438
  • Cruz, Y., Cabaleiro, M., Conde, B., Barros, B., & Riveiro, B. (2024). Methodology for the Integration of Structural Health Assessment of Masonry Bridges into HBIM. International Journal of Architectural Heritage, 1-23.
    Green Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/15583058.2024.2342950
  • Porcu M.C., Buitrago M., Calderón P.A., Garau M., Cocco M.F., Adam J.M. Robustness-based assessment and monitoring of steel truss railway bridges to prevent progressive collapse. J Constr Steel Res 2025;226:109200.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2024.109200
  • López S., Barros B., Buitrago M., Morales-Nápoles O., Adam J.M., Riveiro B. Reliability-based structural assessment of steel truss bridges subjected to failure scenarios. Eng Struct 2025;341:120850.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2025.120850
  • López S, Barros B, Buitrago M, Adam JM, Riveiro B. Reliability-based vulnerability assessment of steel truss bridge components. Struct Saf 2025;117:102623.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strusafe.2025.102623
  • Adam JM, Makoond N, Riveiro B, Buitrago M. Risks of bridge collapses are real and set to rise — here’s why. Nature 2024;629:1001–3.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-01522-6

Talks and conferences

Talks related to the project and presentations at international conferences.

  • European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring (EWSHM 2022). Oral presentation. Palamà, R., Luzi, G., Barros-González, B., Riveiro-Rodríguez, B., Breschi, M. Stability Monitoring of Bridges via Dual Frequency Terrestrial Radar Measurements. Palermo, Italy. 4-7 July 2022. Published in Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 254 LNCE, pp. 876-884. (2023) DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-07258-1_88.

  • Xth edition of the ReUSO – Documentation, Restoration and Reuse of Heritage. Oral presentation. Buitrago, Manuel; Caredda, Giacomo; Bertolesi, Elisa; Maria Cristina Porcu; Calderón García, Pedro Antonio; Adam, Jose M. SHM for failure propagation detection in steel truss bridges. Porto, Portugal. 2-4 November 2022.

  • Conference Construtec. Invited speech. Adam, Jose M. Estructuras robustas para evitar la propagación de fallos. Madrid, Spain, 16 November 2022.

  • International workshop on Digital Tools for Built Heritage diagnosis and monitoring (DT4BH). Invited speech. Belén Riveiro. Applications of laser scanning in the evaluation of ageing bridges. LE STUDIUM-University of Orléans, France. 19-20 April, 2023

  • Conference at the School of Civil Engineers in Madrid Invited speech. Adam, Jose M. Propagación de fallos en edificios y puentes ante eventos extremos. Madrid, Spain, 27 April 2023.

  • COMPDYN 2023 9th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. Oral presentation. Chanalisa Salvi, Carlos Moutinho,  Borja Conde, Manuel Cabaleiro, Elsa Caetano. Monitoring of a Railway Bridge Recurring to Costumized Sensors. Athens, Greece, 12-14 June 2023.

  • Aula de Verano VII Aula de Verano Blas Cabrera – Introducción a la investigación, la docencia y la innovación científica 2023. Invited speech. Belén Riveiro. Escaneado Láser 3D: yendo más allá de la geometría. Organizado por el Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación y por la Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo. Santander, Spain. 7-11 August 2023.

  • 10th European Conference on Steel and Composite Structures (Eurosteel 2023). Oral presentation. Sánchez-Rodríguez, Ana; López, Santiago; Makoond, Nirvan; Buitrago, Manuel; Riveiro, Belén; Adam, Jose M. Preventing failure propagation in steel truss bridges. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 12-14 September, 2023.

  • EUROSTRUCT 2023 2nd Conference of the European Association on Quality Control and Structures. Oral presentation. Belen Riveiro, Óscar Bouzas, Brais Barros, Borja Conde, Manuel Cabaleiro, Ana Sánchez Rodríguez, Pedro Arias-Sánchez. Model updating of in-service bridges using multidisciplinary research – case studies in Spain. Vienna, Austria. 25-29 September 2023.

  • EUROSTRUCT 2023 2nd Conference of the European Association on Quality Control and Structures. Oral presentation. Guido Luzi, Riccardo Palamà, Brais Barros-González, Belén Riveiro-Rodríguez. Dual FrequencyReal Aperture Radar Monitoring of a Railway Bridge. Vienna, Austria. 25-29 September 2023.

  • 11th European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring. Oral presentation. S. Gonen, L. Garcia-Ramonda, A. Cabané, A. Drougkas, P. Roca, R. Chacón, L. Pelà. A framework for condition survey and structural health monitoring of masonry arch bridges. Postdam, Germany, June 10 – 13, 2024.

  • 12th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management IABMAS. Oral presentation. R. Chacón, C. Ramonell, H. Posada, L. Pelà, L. Garcia-Ramonda, S. Gönen, A. Cabané. Material characterization for HBIM data structures on masonry arch bridges. Copenhagen, Denmark. 24-28 June 2024.

  • 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Invited Speech to Special Session, speaker L. Pelà. L. Garcia-Ramonda, S. Gonen, P. Roca, R. Chacón, G. Ferrandino, M. Petracca, G. Camata, L. Pelà. Numerical and experimental analysis of collapse mechanism in a historical masonry arch bridge. Milán, Italy, June 30 – July 5, 2024.

  • 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Oral presentation. S. Gonen, A. Camacho-Sanchez, L. Garcia-Ramonda, R. Chacón, P. Roca, L. Pelà. Optimal sensor placement study for modal parameter identification of a historical masonry arch bridges. Milán, Italy, June 30 – July 5, 2024.

  • 18th IB2MAC – International Brick and Block Masonry Conference. Oral presentation. A. Cabané, L. Garcia-Ramonda, A. Drougkas, S. Gönen, E. Cuadros-Rojas, P. Roca, R. Chacón, L. Pelà. Inspection and mechanical characterisation of materials in a historical masonry arch bridge. Birmingham, UK. 21-24 July 2024.

  • 18th IB2MAC – International Brick and Block Masonry Conference. Oral presentation. Cabané, L. Pelà, P. Roca. Experimental testing of solid fired clay bricks in compression: Comparison of different bearing surface treatments. Birmingham, UK. 21-24 July 2024.

  • 3er Congreso de Dinámica Estructural (DinEst 2024). Oral presentation. Reyes-Suárez, Juan Camilo; Buitrago, Manuel; Barros-González, Brais; Adam, Jose M. Dynamic evaluation of a scaled-down bridge subjected to member removals. Sevilla, Spain, 12-13 September 2024.

Database and datasets

Database of the Pont3 project with information about truss and masonry bridge failures. Downloadable, reusable, and citable datasets from simulations and experiments are here available.

  • Database of past progressive collapse of bridges

    https://zenodo.org/record/8154618

    Database of past progressive collapse of truss bridge structures, including contextual information, geometrical information, structural information, damage and propagation information, collapse and consequences information.
    Supplement to the journal article entitled “Learning from failure propagation in steel truss bridges” (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2023.107488).

  • Latent resistance mechanisms of steel truss bridges after critical failures – Experimental dataset

    https://zenodo.org/records/15658671

    Dataset containing all records collected by sensors (displacement transducers and strain gauges) during a series of experimental tests involving the removal of different components from a scaled-down steel truss bridge specimen.

    Supplement to the journal article entitled “Latent resistance mechanisms of steel truss bridges after critical failures” (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09300-8)

Theses

Ongoing and completed PhD theses carried out in the context of the Pont3 project

  • Ángel Santiago López Marroquín (expected year of defence 2025). Risk and reliability-based assessment of in-service bridges. PhD Thesis, Universidade de Vigo. Supervised by Belén Riveiro Rodríguez; Jose M. Adam. (Ongoing).

  • Javier Grandío González (expected year of defence 2025). Development and validation of methods for the evaluation of terrestrial transport infrastructure using Deep Learning techniques. PhD Thesis, Universidade de Vigo. Supervised by Belén Riveiro Rodríguez; Pedro Arias Sánchez. (Ongoing).

  • Juan Camilo Reyes Suárez (expected year of defence 2026). Assessment of the robustness of steel truss bridges to locate and anticipate local failures and prevent progressive collapse. PhD Thesis, Universitat Politècnica de València. Supervised by Jose M. Adam; Manuel Buitrago (Ongoing).

  • Safae Mammeri (expected year of defence 2026). Development of applications for structural assessment of in-service bridges. PhD Thesis, Universidade de Vigo. Supervised by Belén Riveiro Rodríguez; Brais Barros González. (Ongoing).

  • Yago Cruz Cadaya (expected year of defence 2026). HBIM methodologies for the structural health assessment of historical structures. PhD Thesis, Universidade de Vigo. Supervised by Borja Conde; Manuel Cabaleiro. (Ongoing).

  • Fernando Nunes Cabaleiro (expected year of defence 2026). Contributions to the experimental and numerical analysis of steel girder clamps-based connections. PhD Thesis, Universidade de Vigo. Supervised by Manuel Cabaleiro; Borja Conde. (Ongoing).

  • Viktoria Hrabinova (expected year of defence 2027). Experimental analysis and Structural Health Monitoring of masonry arch bridges to anticipate failure propagation. PhD Thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Supervised by Luca Pelà; Larisa Garcia-Ramonda. (Ongoing).

  • Oguzhan Gumus (expected year of defence 2028.) Holistic approach based on structural health monitoring to anticipate failure propagation of ageing masonry arch bridges. PhD Thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Supervised by Luca Pelà; Semih Gönen. (Ongoing).

  • Brais Barros González (defence in October 2023). Methodologies for finite element modeling, calibration and damage prediction in aging bridges using experimental dynamical data. PhD Thesis, Universidade de Vigo. Supervised by Belén Riveiro Rodríguez; Borja Conde Carnero. (Completed).

  • Óscar Bouzas Rodríguez (defence in October 2023). New methodologies for the representation and assessment of the structural condition of historical bridges. PhD Thesis, Universidade de Vigo. Supervised by Borja Conde Carnero; Manuel Cabaleiro Núñez. (Completed).

  • Andrés Justo Domínguez (defence in July 2023). Development of infrastructure information models according to open standards and automatic parametrization from geomatic data. PhD Thesis, Universidade de Vigo. Supervised by Belén Riveiro Rodríguez; Ana Sánchez Rodríguez. (Completed).