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Predictive Maintenance Optimization Framework For Pavement Management
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Author
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Kumar, Amit
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil engineering, Transportation
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Description
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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...
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Quality Assurance of Bridge Deck Concrete Overlays using Surface Resistivity Testing
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Author
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Dillworth, David
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil engineering
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Description
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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...
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Freeze-Thaw Durability Specification for Highway Concrete
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Author
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Ocampo, Joseph
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil engineering
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Description
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The Super Air Meter (SAM) is a new method of testing that correlates to how well concrete can resist damage from freeze-thaw stresses. This test is a modified Type B pressure meter that undergoes a set of sequential pressure steps. The equilibrium...
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Development of Early-Age and Shrinkage Specifications for Durable Concrete
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Author
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McEntyre, Memoree
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil engineering
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Description
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Historically, concrete strength has been one of the primary properties specified to ensure concrete quality. As the construction industry advances, owners and major stakeholders are increasingly desiring longer lasting, durable concrete pavements ...
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Development of Bridge Management Tools for Predicting Bridge Replacement Projects
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Author
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Alar, Aidan
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil engineering
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Description
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One of the responsibilities of the NCDOT is the prioritization of highway bridge replacement projects throughout the North Carolina transportation system. The Priority Rating Index (PRI) is a multi-criteria formula that is currently used to provid...
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Title
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Comparative evaluation of link travel time from different technologies and sources
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Author
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Pinnamaneni, Rahul Chowdary
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Date Created
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2014
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil engineering, Transportation--Planning
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Description
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Accurate travel time information is required to efficiently plan and effectively manage transportation network. Technologies and data sources such as Bluetooth detectors and INRIX offer the potential to continuously collect the data and use it for...
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Title
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Guidance for Use of Construction and Industrial Waste By-products in Concrete
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Author
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Bansal, Akshay
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil engineering
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Description
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This thesis presents a study to synthesize the published literature regarding the use of construction and industrial waste by-product as cement or aggregate in concrete, and aims to incorporate this knowledge along with findings of an agency and i...
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Title
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IMPACT OF FIXED FIREFIGHTING SYSTEMS ON ROAD TUNNEL RESILIENCE
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Author
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Jha, Anurag
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Engineering, Civil engineering
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Description
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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...
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Hydration of Binary and Tertiary Fly ash and Quicklime Blended Cement Paste System
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Author
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Ojaruega, Akpovona
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil engineering
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Description
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The hydration kinetics in blended cementitious systems with fly ash are quite different from those in conventional cementitious systems. The pozzolanic nature of fly ash not only reduces the rate of hydration in cement-fly ash blends, but also rea...
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Title
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HYDROGEN POWER FOR LIGHT RAIL OPERATION: OPERATIONAL FEASIBILITY AND PRACTICAL APPLICABILITY
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Author
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Washing, Edward
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Date Created
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2014
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil engineering, City planning, Renewable energy sources
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Description
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As urban areas continue to grow and become denser, transit will be vital in the success and progress of metropolitans. Light rail, particularly in the United States, has become a popular mode of transportation that efficiently and reliably moves p...
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Title
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Geotechnical Controls on Organo-Silane Modification of Soils and Coal Combustion Fly Ash
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Author
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Keatts, Matthew
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Date Created
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2014
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil engineering, Geotechnical engineering
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Description
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Organo-silane (OS) surface modification works by chemically altering the surface of silica based materials and rendering them hydrophobic (waterproof). Limited research is present in the literature addressing the use of OS modified soils as an inf...