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- 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
- Prediction of Defect Hotspots for Highway Maintenance Management: A Multi-asset Machine Learning Approach
- Author
- Karimzadeh, Arash
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Transportation, Artificial intelligence
- Description
- Given multiple budget and revenue constraints that the transportation sector encounters, predictive analytics enables maintenance agencies to make effective decisions, prioritize maintenance tasks, and provide efficient life-cycle planning. To thi...
- Title
- Predictive Maintenance Optimization Framework For Pavement Management
- Author
- Kumar, Amit
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Transportation
- Description
- The development of a progressive modern highway system is essential for the enhancement of the road capacity, safety, efficiency, commerce, and national defences of a country. These highway systems consist of various integrated individual asset co...
- Title
- Production of volatile fatty acids by fermentation of anaerobic mixed liquor for enhanced biological phosphorus removal
- Author
- Tremblay, Sonia
- Date Created
- 2005, 2005, 2005
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Eutrophication, Sewage disposal plants
- Description
- Full-scale demonstration testing was conducted to evaluate a side-stream anaerobic mixed liquor fermentation process for internal generation of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) in a biological nutrient removal (BNR) process. The trials were performed a...
- 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
- QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF USE OF PORTLAND LIMESTONE CEMENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA CONCRETE PAVEMENTS
- Author
- Chimmula, Rohit Reddy
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Production of portland cement contributes significantly to global carbon emissions. In order to reduce the carbon footprint of concrete and to construct more sustainable highway infrastructure, blended cements are increasingly being utilized in pa...
- Title
- Quality Assurance of Bridge Deck Concrete Overlays using Surface Resistivity Testing
- Author
- Dillworth, David
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Through years of heavy usage, critical transportation components such as bridge decks are repeatedly subjected to stresses from freeze-thaw cycles, chemical attack and the physical loads. These continual stresses and deterioration mechanisms actin...
- Title
- Quantification of Profile Measurement Data
- Author
- Javidpour, Farid
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Mathematics, Civil engineering
- Description
- Parts with complicated freeform shapes have been attracting more attention in industrial applications in recent decades. In most systems, the functional performance of these parts is directly related to the conformity of their profile with the des...
- 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
- Recycled Brick Masonry Aggregate Concrete: Use of Recycled Aggregates from Demolished Brick Masonry Construction in Structural and Pavement Grade Portland Cement Concrete
- Author
- Cavalline, Tara
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Reuse of construction waste as aggregates is becoming increasingly popular for a number of environmental and economic reasons. In this study, structural- and pavement-grade portland cement concrete (PCC) mixtures were developed using crushed recyc...
- Title
- SAFER FOR CYCLING: EVALUATING SAFETY AND OPERATIONAL EFFECTS OF PROTECTED INTERSECTION GEOMETRIC DESIGN THROUGH MICROSIMULATION
- Author
- Preston, Abigail
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Transportation, Sustainability
- Description
- On-street bike lanes have been increasingly visible in the City of Charlotte but rarely utilized. The Charlotte Bikes bicycle program, adopted by City Council May, 2017, proposed that bicycle facilities implemented on arterials should be separated...
- Title
- SCAN-BIM-FEA A STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY INVESTIGATION IN A CURTAIN WALL
- Author
- Patil, Gouree Prakash
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Computer engineering, Agricultural engineering
- Description
- Evaluating the structural integrity of curtain walls during the life cycle of a building project can assist architects in developing better designs, inform manufacturers on the needs to produce stronger building elements, help contractors establis...
- Title
- SETTING APPROPRIATE BENEFIT/CONDITION JUMPS FOR PAVEMENT TREATMENTS
- Author
- Khan, Salman
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Transportation
- Description
- This research was conducted to determine pavement performance jumps after treatment, which are defined as the difference between pre-treatment and post-treatment Pavement Condition Rating (PCR) values. the North Carolina Department of Transportati...
- 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...
- Title
- STUDY OF CO2 INJECTION AT CITRONELLE OIL FIELD USING LUMPED MASS MODELING AND FIELD DATA VALIDATION
- Author
- Liu, Yangguang
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Geophysics
- Description
- Carbon sequestration in geological formation is an ongoing effort of the research community to address the issue of curbing excessive anthropogenic CO2 emissions. This dissertation focuses on the development of a theoretical framework in establish...
- Title
- Sensitivity Analysis of Production Variables of Geopolymer Cement Concrete to Mechanical and Durability Characteristics
- Author
- TREJO, MARIA
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Geopolymer cement is an alternative binder manufactured from fly ashes that can fully replace portland cement in traditional reinforced concrete applications. As a viable material for precast components, geopolymer features very rapid strength dev...
- Title
- Shape Factor Analysis of Granular Filter Media and Its Effects on Settling Velocity and Stratification Post-Backwash
- Author
- Matthy, Lindsay
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Research on irregularly-shaped granular filter media has been sparse. Previousstudies attempted to identify a common shape factor and incorporate it into settlingvelocity models for spherical media. This common shape factor was frequently calledsp...