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- Title
- Web-GIS Based Bridge Information Database Visualization Analytics and Distributed Sensing Framework
- Author
- Tong, Yonghong
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- The national bridge system plays very important role in society operations ensuring mobilities that can sustain social and economic growth. Recent increasingly growing concerns about the safety of existing bridges are shared by highway agencies at...
- Title
- WATER REPELLENCY EFFECT ON UNSATURATED PROPERTIES OF COMPACTED COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUALS
- Author
- Dumenu, Livingstone
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- The generation of electricity from coal-fired power plants continue to be a mainstream approach. It is estimated that about 107 million tons of coal combustion residuals (CCRs) were generated in 2017 in the US (ACAA 2018). This equal amount of CCR...
- Title
- Treatment of Algal Toxins in Drinking Water with UV-Based Advanced Oxidation Processes
- Author
- Barancheshme, Fateme
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Environmental engineering
- Description
- The occurrence of algal blooms and the possibility of production of algal toxins and contamination of drinking water resources have become a significant concern worldwide. Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are currently known as one of the most ...
- Title
- Travel Time Forecasting on a Freeway Corridor: a Dynamic Information Fusion Model based on the Machine Learning Approaches
- Author
- Qiu, Bo
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Transportation, Statistics
- Description
- Metropolitan areas suffer from frequent road traffic congestion not only during peak hours but also during off-peak periods. Currently, the increasing availability of vehicle probe data has made the real-time travel time prediction a reality. The ...
- Title
- Thermo-Mechanical Performance of Doweled Connections in Tall Timber Buildings
- Author
- Shabanian, Milad
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Innovations in engineered wood products have led to an increased interest in the design and construction of high-rise timber buildings. However, concerns arise when considering the fire safety of tall timber structures. Similar to other types of s...
- Title
- TERRESTRIAL LIDAR-BASED BRIDGE EVALUATION
- Author
- Liu, Wanqiu
- Date Created
- 2010
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Considering the over half million bridges in the US state highway system, more than 70% of which were built before 1935, it is of little wonder that bridge maintenance and management is facing severe challenges and the significant funding scarcity...
- Title
- Synthesis of Layered Double Hydroxides to Sequester Halides from Flue Gas Desulfurization Wastewater Concentrate
- Author
- Manikonda, Abhisek
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Environmental engineering
- Description
- An emerging strategy for the management of flue gas desulfurization wastewater involves volume reduction of the wastewater by concentrating to brine and then mixing the brine with fly ash and other chemical additives to form a paste suitable for l...
- Title
- Structural Identification and Vibration-Based Damage Detection Using Interval Arithmetic and Contractor Programming
- Author
- Kernicky, Timothy
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Structural identification continues to gain increased attention as an applied technique for structural health monitoring and condition assessment. However, methods for structural identification through finite element model updating that have been ...
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Optimal variable speed limit control for mixed traffic flows in a connected and autonomous vehicle environment
- Author
- Yu, Miao
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Traffic demand grows rapidly over the past decades around the world, which leads to severe traffic congestion problems. Congestion has numerous negative effects, such as wasting time of drivers and passengers, increasing delays, decreasing travel ...
- Title
- Modeling the Crash Injury Severity in Work Zone Areas on Freeways
- Author
- Miatudila, Sr., Alain
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Transportation, Statistics
- Description
- The rising frequency of crashes in work zones on American freeways is a growing issue inherently linked to the degrading state of our transportation infrastructure. As travel demand increases and our infrastructure continues to age and wear out, w...
- 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
- Modeling and Evaluating the Safety Effectiveness of Mini-Roundabouts
- Author
- Mishra, Raunak
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Transportation, Sustainability
- Description
- Mini-roundabouts are a type of roundabout characterized by a small diameter, and fully traversable central island and splitter islands. They are an alternative intersection design option in areas with constraints requiring additional land acquisit...
- Title
- Modeling Operational Performance of Urban Roads with Heterogeneous Traffic Conditions
- Author
- Kodupuganti, Swapneel Rao
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Transportation
- Description
- Several urban areas in the United States have planned for new facilities to cater to the needs of users of alternative modes of transportation (e.g., public transportation, walking, and bicycling) over the next decade. As an example, the city of C...
- 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...