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Title: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF GLAZING ALTERNATIVES – A CASE STUDY OF TEMPERATURE DIFFERENTIALS
Author: Adara, Mojisola
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Power resources
Description: ABSTRACTThe demand on energy consumption is ever increasing, making it necessary to develop appropriate materials that can help maintain consumption levels. Windows in a building are very susceptible to heat loss and heat gain, which cause fluctua...

Title: DISTRESS DETECTION OF ROAD IMAGES USING DEEP LEARNING
Author: Goud, Rishabh Sanjay
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering
Description: The NCDOT road survey involves capturing images of highway and later processing to determine an overall pavement performance. Terabytes of data is captured even over a small highway section, therefore, there is a need to find better solutions to p...

Title: Development of Early-Age and Shrinkage Specifications for Durable Concrete
Author: McEntyre, Memoree
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering
Description: 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 ...

Title: Development of a Surface Resistivity Specification for Durable Concrete
Author: Biggers, Robert
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: Surface resistivity testing is a state-of-the-art method of testing concrete’s ability to resist chloride ion penetration. This electrical test is performed by passing an electrical current through a saturated concrete specimen, and has recently g...

Title: EVALUATING POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS IN URBAN STREAMS BASED ON PRECIPITATION, NETWORK OF STORMWATER BMPs, AND IMPERVIOUS COVER
Author: Venugopal, Manish
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: City planning, Environmental engineering, Water resources development--Management
Description: The increase in impervious surfaces accompanying urban development in the recent decade has caused an increase in the volume of stormwater runoff and pollutant loads flowing downstream to receiving waters. In response to increased volumes of impai...

Title: EVALUATION OF CONSTRUCTION STORMWATER RUNOFF TURBIDITY: STATE-LEVEL TRENDS AND FORECAST OF FUTURE IMPACTS
Author: Manickavelu, Arunan
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Environmental engineering, Water resources development--Management
Description: Construction and development projects alter an environment from its natural state into a man-made setting. Construction land use areas have been found to contribute the highest sediment loading to urban runoff when compared to loadings from other ...

Title: Predictive Maintenance Optimization Framework For Pavement Management
Author: Kumar, Amit
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Transportation
Description: 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...

Title: TRANSPORTATION ASSET MANAGEMENT PLANNING: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF STATE DOTS TAMP REPORTS
Author: Thorat, Dhananjay
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Transportation
Description: The transportation system of a country plays a vital role in supporting the overall growth of the nation. These transportation systems are a set of complex networks of different types of assets which continuously undergo deterioration at an uncert...

Title: Using Customer Satisfaction Measurements To Build a Stronger Business Case
Author: Mambalum Mahendrababu, Monisha
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering
Description: Customer satisfaction has been talked about for centuries. While the use of it in the industry as a performance measurement tool to communicate value to the owners has come to light in the recent years, the use of customer satisfaction measurement...