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ELECTRO-ELASTICITY SENSING IN AXIALLY-LOADED CONCRETE USING RECYCLED STEEL RESIDUALS AS FUNCTIONAL FILL
Title
ELECTRO-ELASTICITY SENSING IN AXIALLY-LOADED CONCRETE USING RECYCLED STEEL RESIDUALS AS FUNCTIONAL FILL
Author
Scott, David
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Materials science, Civil engineering
Description
Self-sensing concrete is embedded with electrostrictive materials that provides indications of strain based on variations in electrical conductivity, or its inverse, resistance. Previous works includes embedded material that vary in size from nano...
MODELING RISK AND THE EFFECT OF AN INCREASE IN FREEWAY POSTED SPEED LIMIT ON CRASHES IN SPEED-CHANGE LANES
Title
MODELING RISK AND THE EFFECT OF AN INCREASE IN FREEWAY POSTED SPEED LIMIT ON CRASHES IN SPEED-CHANGE LANES
Author
Tagar, Synthia
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Transportation, Statistics
Description
Providing adequate design standards and capacity of speed-change lane is important for merging and diverging traffic to safely complete their maneuvers. Short speed-change lanes limit the ability of merging vehicles (/diverging vehicles) to reach ...
Mitigating Consequences of Flooding in a Typical Boiling Water Reactor Similar to Fukushima Daiichi Plant in Japan
Title
Mitigating Consequences of Flooding in a Typical Boiling Water Reactor Similar to Fukushima Daiichi Plant in Japan
Author
Salehi, Kombiz
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Management
Description
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant experienced a major accident on March 11, 2011, which was caused by a seismic event of 9.0 magnitude on the Richter scale followed by a tsunami wave of about 15 meters. This combination resulted in the los...
Modeling the Effect of a Road Construction Project on Travel Time at Link-Level
Title
Modeling the Effect of a Road Construction Project on Travel Time at Link-Level
Author
Kukkapalli, Venu Madhav
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Transportation, Statistics
Description
Drivers observe variation in travel time due to congestion and delay on existing transportation facilities. A road construction project has a significant effect on travel time, leading to increased congestion, delay, and driver frustration. The ef...
Modeling the Influence of Land Use Developments within the Vicinity of the Link and Network Characteristics on Travel Time
Title
Modeling the Influence of Land Use Developments within the Vicinity of the Link and Network Characteristics on Travel Time
Author
Mane, Ajinkya
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Transportation, Statistics, Geodesy
Description
From the year 2000 to the year 2010, the total population in the United States increased by 12.1%. About ~80% of the total population resides in the urban areas. The growth in the urban population influenced the urban sprawl, congestion, and, subs...
Optimal variable speed limit control for mixed traffic flows in a connected and autonomous vehicle environment
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 ...
Structural Identification and Vibration-Based Damage Detection Using Interval Arithmetic and Contractor Programming
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 ...