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- Title
- Modeling the Effects of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems on Driver Behavior
- Author
- Gouribhatla, Raghuveer
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Transportation
- Description
- About 38,000 fatalities are reported every year in the United States and traffic crashes (referred to as crashes) are the leading cause of deaths among people up to 54 years. Additionally, economic loss due to crashes is estimated equal to $380 mi...
- Title
- FULL-SCALE TESTING AND NUMERICAL MODELING OF A MULTISTORY MASONRY STRUCTURE SUBJECTED TO INTERNAL BLAST LOADING
- Author
- Zapata, Brian
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Physics, Civil engineering
- Description
- As military and diplomatic representatives of the United States are deployed throughout the world, they must frequently make use of local, existing facilities; it is inevitable that some of these will be load bearing unreinforced masonry (URM) str...
- Title
- Does Planning Build Resilience in Hydraulic Fracturing Communities?
- Author
- Underwood, Catherine
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Sustainability, Social sciences--Research, Land use--Planning
- Description
- Despite its long history in the United States and abroad, the unconventional drilling industry, and specifically hydraulic fracturing technology, remain controversial. While the competing demands of energy from oil and gas are contrasted with envi...
- 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
- DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF TRANSMISSION POLE STRUCTURES UNDER BLASTING INDUCED GROUND VIBRATION
- Author
- Dai, Kaoshan
- Date Created
- 2009
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Structural integrity of electric transmission poles is crucial for the reliability of power delivery. In some areas where blasting is used for mining or construction, these structures are endangered if they are located close to blasting sites. Thr...
- Title
- Short Term Ex-ante Load Forecasting
- Author
- Li, Yike
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Statistics
- Description
- Short-term load forecasting (STLF) is a conventional process at power companies to serve for better decision-making in their daily operations. Weather factors play a key role in STLF. In practice, an online STLF system typically requires the use o...
- Title
- Integrated Facade Simulator: Dynamic Tool to Study The Impact of Solar Radiation on Human Facade Interaction
- Author
- Hosseinzadeh Zarrabi, Amir
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Scandinavian literature
- Description
- Today, people are spending more than 90% of their time indoors, that has a great influence on their well-being and visual and thermal satisfaction. In addition, the building sector, as a major urban infrastructure, consumes about 40% of global pro...
- Title
- The impact of connected and autonomous vehicles on the performance of superstreets
- Author
- Liu, Shaojie
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Transportation, Human ecology--Study and teaching
- Description
- Connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) are a type of emerging technology that has promising potentials in improving many aspects of the existing transportation infrastructure, including operations, safety, and the environment. With the capabilit...
- Title
- Development of a Survival Based Framework for Bridge Deterioration Modeling with Large-scale Application to the North Carolina Bridge Management System
- Author
- Goyal, Raka
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- This dissertation presents the development and implementation of a comprehensive automated software framework for probabilistic bridge deterioration modeling that takes into account the time dependent nature of deterioration as well as the impact ...
- Title
- BULLWHIP EFFECT IN PRICING IN VARYING SUPPLY CHAIN STRUCTURES AND CONTRACTS USING A GAME THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
- Author
- Adnan, Ziaul Haq
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Industrial engineering, Operations research, Commerce
- Description
- Bullwhip effect in Pricing (BP) refers to the amplified variability of prices in a supply chain. When the amplification takes place from the upstream (i.e. supplier’s side) towards the downstream (i.e. retail side) of a supply chain, this is refer...
- Title
- An Examination of the Impact of Urbanization on Stream Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function
- Author
- ROUX, ANTHONY
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Ecology, Human ecology--Study and teaching, Entomology
- Description
- The "Urban Stream Syndrome" is a term that refers to a group of predictable negative impacts to stream ecosystems due to the alteration of the natural hydrologic regime that is associated with urbanization. These negative impacts include increases...
- Title
- A MULTI-PHYSICS STUDY ON GAS DIFFUSION AND CHEMICAL REACTIONS IN CEMENT MATERIAL WITH CO2 SORPTION
- Author
- Wang, Peng
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Environmental engineering
- Description
- Emission control and storage of carbon dioxide (CO¬2) from fossil fuel combustion is an emerging and frontier research area to counter likely global climate changes. Although the carbon dioxide separation techniques are quite mature, there is stil...
- Title
- BIOKINETIC PROCESSES OF EXTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDE (EPS) STABILIZATION OF SURFACE SOILS AGAINST DUST GENERATION
- Author
- Zebulun, Humphrey
- Date Created
- 2009
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Environmental engineering
- Description
- Extracellular polysaccharide produced by a oligotrophic and nonpathogenic bacteria, Arthrobacter viscosus, promises to be an effective alternative to the use of chemical substances in dust control on exposed soil surfaces. The feasibility of this ...
- Title
- ADVANCED CONSIDERATIONS IN LIDAR TECHNOLOGY: APPLICATION ENHANCEMENT, INSPECTION WORKFLOW IMPLEMENTATION AND DATA COLLECTION QUALITY MANAGEMENT
- Author
- Bian, Haitao
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Bridge inspection is a critical topic in infrastructure management and is facing unprecedented challenges as the public is concerned more about bridge safety after a series of bridge failures. LiDAR based remote sensing is recommended as a way in ...
- Title
- ALPINE AND SUBALPINE LANDSCAPE RESPONSE TO POST-GLACIAL CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS: A COMPARISON OF NEW LANDSCAPE AND CLIMATE RECORDS
- Author
- Johnson, Bradley
- Date Created
- 2010
- Subjects--Topical
- Geomorphology, Paleoclimatology
- Description
- Post-glacial interactions between climate, landscapes, and soils remain poorly understood, especially in alpine and sub-alpine areas. Here, I aim to increase understanding of the dynamic interactions between climate, landscape evolution, and soil ...
- Title
- Applying Travel Time Reliability Measures in Identifying and Ranking Freeway Bottlenecks at the Network Level
- Author
- Gong, Linfeng
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Transportation
- Description
- The continuing growth of traffic congestion on U.S. roadways has become an increasing concern for both travelers and transportation agencies. According to the Texas Transportation Institute’s estimate, the total financial cost of congestion in the...
- 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...
- Title
- ENHANCED REMOVAL OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM OOCYSTS AND CRYPTOSPORIDIUM-SIZED MICROSPHERES FROM RECREATIONAL WATER THROUGH FILTRATION
- Author
- Lu, Ping
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering, Environmental sciences
- Description
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Cryptosporidium species are the cause of cryptosporidiosis, which has symptoms such as watery diarrhea, dehydration, fever, nausea, body fatigue, and abdominal cramps. Infants, the elderly, and people with severely compromised immune systems are m...
- Title
- ENGINEERED WATER REPELLENCY FOR INFILTRATION CONTROL IN COAL FLY ASH
- Author
- Feyyisa, Jenberu
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Environmental engineering
- Description
- In 2014 approximately 47% of the 190 million short tons of coal combustion product (CCP) was recycled. As a construction material, coal fly ash (CFA) finds considerable use as a partial replacement for Portland cement, as structural fill, and as a...
- Title
- Finite Element Modeling of A Pier-On-Bank Bridge Scour
- Author
- Chavan, Vidya Subhash
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Scour is a critical condition change for a bridge hydraulic system, especially during storms and subsequent flooding. Caused by swiftly moving water, scours remove sand and soil, creating holes surrounding a bridge pier compromising the integrity ...