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- Title
- Laboratory Validation and Initial Field Evaluation of a Vibration-Based Technique for Condition Assessment of Timber Utility Poles
- Author
- Dulin, Steven
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Engineering, Civil engineering
- Description
- Timber is the most common material used for the utility poles that support the transmission and distribution lines of the electrical grid in the United States. Timber is well-suited for use in utility poles but is subject to decay from fungi and o...
- Title
- MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND MODELING OF FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION WASTEWATER SEQUESTERED IN THE ALKALI-ACTIVATED FLY ASH MATRIX
- Author
- Ghaempanah Tajabadi, Morteza
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Materials science, Civil engineering, Environmental engineering
- Description
- Geopolymers can be categorized as synthetic zeolitic monoliths. The amorphous structure of this material is developed by dissolution of an aluminate and silicate-rich source, like fly ash, in a highly alkaline solution and then interlinking and cr...
- Title
- MODELING CRASH RISK AT RAIL-HIGHWAY AT GRADE CROSSINGS
- Author
- Sharma, Soumya
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)'s Web Based Accident Prediction System (WBAPS) is used by federal, state and local agencies to get a preliminary idea on safety at a rail-highway grade crossing. It is an interactive and user friendly tool...
- Title
- MOISTURE AND HEAVY METAL STABILIZATION FOR COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUALS USING SODIUM POLYACRYLATE
- Author
- Annamraju, Sai Sahithi
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Environmental engineering, Geotechnical engineering
- Description
- Due to the recent (2015) federal regulations pertaining to disposal of coal combustion residuals (CCR) from electric utilities, methods to dewater the CCR impoundments, establish structural stability, and mitigate the leaching of heavy metals from...
- Title
- Modeling Bicycle-Vehicle Crash Frequency on Urban Roads
- Author
- Mukoko, Kanya
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Transportation, City planning
- Description
- Bicyclists and motorists make mistakes that contribute to traffic crashes involving bicyclists on urban roads. The likelihood of a bicyclist being severely injured or killed daily in traffic crashes is creating fear, anxiety, and becoming a potent...
- Title
- Modeling Freeway Level-of-Service based on Travel Time and Travel Time Reliability
- Author
- Imran, Md. Shah
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Transportation, City planning
- Description
- The assessment of operational performance is a challenge for the local transportation agencies and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) due to the dynamic nature in traffic movement. As demand approaches to the capacity of a roadway (or of t...
- Title
- Modeling and Identifying Factors Associated with Fatal Crashes Involving Vehicles with Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
- Author
- Gajera, Hardik
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Recent advancements in vehicular technology are expected to enhance traffic safety by either warning the drivers or by automating the tasks related to driving to reduce the human driver’s involvement. The driver warning systems (DWSs) are designed...
- Title
- Optimized Aggregate Gradation Concrete Mixtures with Cementitious Material Reduction
- Author
- Theilgard, Peter
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Materials science
- Description
- Optimized aggregate gradation concrete mixtures with reduced cementitious materials are emerging in concrete mixture design in an effort to reduce costs and CO2 emissions while improving the concrete’s durability characteristics. Optimizing the ag...
- Title
- PERFORMANCE OF DRILLED SHAFT FOUNDATIONS SUPPORTING COASTAL MAST ARM TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND HIGHWAY SIGN STRUCTURES
- Author
- Rodriguez, Carlos
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Mast arm traffic signals and cantilever highway signs have an inverted L-shaped structure and this geometry results in high loading demand to their support foundations when subjected to high wind loading. This MS thesis is motivated by an NCDOT re...
- Title
- PHARMACEUTICALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT: PREVIOUSLY UNRECOGNIZED SOURCES IN WATER RESOURCES
- Author
- NETH, NICOLE
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Environmental engineering, Water resources development--Management
- Description
- It is known that wastewater treatment plants are one of the major routes through which pharmaceuticals enter the environment. The following work investigated the effect of previously unrecognized sources of pharmaceuticals that enter water resourc...
- Title
- POST-DISASTER INVESTIGATION OF STRUCTURES IN EASTERN INDIA AT VISAKHAPATNAM AFTER VERY SEVERE CYCLONE HUDHUD
- Author
- ALHAIDER, IBRAHEEM
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- This thesis reports a systematic post-disaster assessment of structures after the Very Severe Cyclone (VSC) Hudhud in eastern India during October 2014, which is the strongest storm event to hit any Indian city. Started as a tropical storm in the ...
- Title
- POST-DISASTER INVESTIGATION OF STRUCTURES IN THE PHILIPPINES (LEYTE AND EAST SAMAR) AFTER SUPER TYPHOON HAIYAN
- Author
- CALVO, JOSEPH
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- This thesis reports the procedures, logistics and findings of an assessment of damaged structures following Super Typhoon Haiyan (also known as Hurricane Yolanda) in the Philippines. The investigation project entailed the coordination of the logis...
- Title
- PREDICTING THE UNLOADING BEHAVIOR OF MONOTONICALLY AND LATERALLY LOADED SLENDER PILES USING THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD AND P-Y CURVES
- Author
- Hubbard, Peter
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- The use of p-y curves is heavily engrained into geotechnical engineering practice. However, even with the prevalent use of p-y curves, these are only used to model the loading portion and not the unloading of a load test or loading demand in the f...
- Title
- Performance of Portland cement concrete containing chemically beneficiated high loss on ignition fly ashes with air entrainment
- Author
- Ojo, Taye
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- The use of fly ash as a partial replacement of Portland cement in concrete production has been widely accepted and has been proven to be a successful practice that enables production of economical durable concrete. However, following the Clean Air...
- Title
- Puerto Rico Grid Resilience Assessment Using Binomial Analysis Following Hurricane Maria Considering Storm Effects
- Author
- Ng, Yenki
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Hurricane Maria was proven to be a very devastating storm in recent history. Ranked as the third costliest storm in the United States, Maria accumulated up to $90 billion in damages and accounted for at least 3,000 deaths. These deaths were primar...
- Title
- RAPID AND DYNAMIC LOAD TESTING OF INSTRUMENTED PZ27 STEEL SHEET PILES
- Author
- Rice, Corey
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Pile foundations are typically used for structures underlain by weaker soils in order to increase the soil resistance and, subsequently, the axial capacity. In bridge abutments, sheet piles are typically used as facing elements for soil retention ...
- Title
- REGIONAL ANALYSIS OF RENEWABLE TRANSPORTATION FUELS – PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
- Author
- Liu, Xiaoshuai
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Power resources, Environmental economics, Human ecology--Study and teaching
- Description
- The transportation sector contributes more than a quarter of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Replacing fossil fuels with renewable fuels can be a key solution to mitigate GHG emissions from the transportation sector. Particularly, we have foc...
- Title
- Removal of Cryptosporidium-Sized Microspheres from Swimming Pool Water with Regenerative Media Filters
- Author
- Lamb, Graham
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering
- Description
- Cryptosporidium is a chlorine-resistant protozoan parasite that infects an estimated 823,000 Americans annually. The most common mode of transmission for Cryptosporidium is ingesting contaminated recreational water from treated (chlorinated) aquat...
- Title
- SPATIAL AND SITING ANALYSIS OF SUSTAINABLE BIOMASS BASELOAD POWER GENERATION FOR NIGERIA
- Author
- Akinde, Adedolapo
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Power resources, Environmental management
- Description
- A new dawn in Nigeria’s power generation landscape requires renewable energy development. Episodic power supply, and too frequent outages characterizes the centralized power grid in Nigeria, thus frustrating efforts towards economic development. T...
- Title
- STRUCTURAL IDENTIFICATION OF A FULL-SCALE TIED ARCH BRIDGE SPAN USING GENETIC ALGORITHMS
- Author
- Salas Zamudio, Neal
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Fostered by advancements in computational capabilities and the development of low-cost structural health monitoring systems, structural identification has emerged as a promising experimental technique offering contributions to several applications...