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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: DETERMINATION OF COMPOSITE PAVEMENT DISTRESSES IN NORTH CAROLINA
Author: Sands, Thomas
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering
Description: Composite pavements have gained popularity in the last fifty years due to their smooth riding surface and heavy capacity substructure. A systematic method of determining the triggering distress is lacking. With a triggering distress found, the mai...

Title: Development of Distress and Performance Models of Composite Pavements for Pavement Management
Author: Fang, Xiazhi
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Information science
Description: Roadway systems in the United States have become huge assets that need massive resources to maintain and operate. To meet the long-term performance goal, government agencies developed pavement management systems (PMSs) to help them manage roadway ...

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: IMPACT OF FIXED FIREFIGHTING SYSTEMS ON ROAD TUNNEL RESILIENCE
Author: Jha, Anurag
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Civil engineering
Description: This thesis investigates the impact of different fixed firefighting systems (FFFS) on road tunnel resilience. The road tunnel and fire protection communities are considering a uniform approach for considering the benefits of an integrated design f...

Title: Internally Cured Concrete Mixtures and Specifications for Highway Infrastructure
Author: Leach, Jacob
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering
Description: Internal curing is a relatively simple approach to reduce the shrinkage and cracking potential of concrete mixtures, accomplished by placing reservoirs of water within the concrete to provide additional moisture to facilitate hydration of the ceme...

Title: LEACHABILITY AND SORPTIVITY OF INCINERATED BIOSOLID ASH
Author: Boivin, William
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Environmental geology
Description: The byproduct of incinerated biosolids (biosolid ash) was evaluated for land application through laboratory and field testing of leachability and sorption capacity. Field testing involved vacuum lysimeters that were installed to monitor the leacha...

Title: Load Rating for North Carolina Legal Vehicles
Author: Weiger, Jason
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering
Description: Bridge load rating is the process by which the continued health and capacity of bridges are determined by state authorities. This process was established after the collapse of the Silver Bridge over the Ohio River due to overloading resulted in 46...

Title: MODELING CRASH RISK DUE TO TRAFFIC RULE VIOLATIONS FOR EDUCATION, ENFORCEMENT AND ENGINEERING COUNTERMEASURES
Author: Penmetsa, Praveena
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Transportation
Description: With 1.3 million deaths, motor vehicle crashes contributed to 2.2% of the total deaths in the world during 2012. Traffic rule violations are the major reason for the occurrence of crashes and fatalities world-wide. Education, enforcement and engin...

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: 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...