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- Title
- ALTERNATE ENGINE PARAMETERS FOR MODELING OIL QUALITY
- Author
- Trammel, Jacob
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Engineering
- Description
- Oil changes in equipment is one of the most common preventative maintenance (PM) practices performed in fleet management. In addition to being a frequent cost item, the opportunity to optimize intervals could provide significant PM cost savings to...
- Title
- Comparative Analysis for Reuse & Disposal of Concrete Residuals from Hydrodemolition, Diamond Grinding, & Diamond Grooving Operations
- Author
- Albergo, Christopher
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Large quantities of concrete residual slurries, solids, and liquids are currently being produced from hydrodemolition, diamond grinding, and diamond grooving operations within North Carolina. North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and...
- Title
- DEVELOPMENT, VERIFICATION, AND VALIDATION OF AN APPLIED ELEMENT METHOD SIMULATION FRAMEWORK FOR GLASS LITE FRACTURE, FRAGMENTATION, AND DEBRIS FIELD PREDICTION
- Author
- Moss, Jonathan
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Engineering
- Description
- In the aftermath of an explosive event, forensic investigators are presented the challenge of characterizing the properties of the explosive device, including the charge size and epicenter of the detonation. Although surrounding infrastructure dam...
- Title
- DURABILITY OF PAVEMENT CONCRETE WITH REPLACEMENT OF CEMENT BY FLYASH AND PORTLAND LIMESTONE CEMENT
- Author
- Medlin, Clayton
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- The durability of concrete can be directly related to the permeability of the concrete. While the permeability is not the only characteristic that can relate to durability, it is amongst the most important predictors of service life. Lower permeab...
- Title
- Development of Bridge Management Tools for Predicting Bridge Replacement Projects
- Author
- Alar, Aidan
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- 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...
- 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
- EVALUATING CORROSIVE SITE PERFORMANCE AND POLICY WITH CONCRETE ADMIXTURES
- Author
- Violette, Keith
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- The coastline of North Carolina (NC) is home to a large number of state-owned concrete structures such as bridges that can be adversely affected by the aggressive, chloride-rich environments in which they are constructed. To delay the corrosion-re...
- 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
- EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF SODIUM CHLORIDE DEICING AND ANTI-ICING SOLUTIONS ON EXPOSED, COATED, AND REINFORCING STEEL IN HIGHWAY BRIDGES
- Author
- Diep, Thanh-tu
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Engineering
- Description
- In North Carolina, winter roadway maintenance strategies vary across the state, with some areas using brine for anti-icing pre-treatment, some using granular salts for deicing, and some using a mix of granular salts with traction enhancing materia...
- Title
- Engineering Characterization of Tire Derived Aggregate for Geotechnical Applications
- Author
- Garcia-Theran, Mauricio
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Human ecology--Study and teaching
- Description
- According to the Rubber Manufacture Association about 230.7 million scrap tires are generated in the United States every year. Reduction of scrap tire disposal, through recycling and reutilization, has become an important environmental priority. I...
- Title
- Evaluating Organizational Readiness to Implement Change Within the Workplace
- Author
- Kasana, Dipin
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Management
- Description
- Organizational change is an initiative to transition from a current state to a desired future state, where the initiatives can be either planned or unplanned, based on motivational factors. This study evaluates the impact of organizational charact...
- Title
- Hydration of Binary and Tertiary Fly ash and Quicklime Blended Cement Paste System
- Author
- Ojaruega, Akpovona
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- 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...
- 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
- Maximizing Benchmarking Initiatives in the Built Environment for Sustained Continuous Improvement
- Author
- Dodd, Justin
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Engineering, Civil engineering, Industrial management
- Description
- While continuous improvement initiatives such as benchmarking have a history of utilization for core business objectives, their successful utilization in the built environment industries, such as construction and facilities management is not nearl...
- Title
- Modeling the Thermal Characteristics of Masonry Mortar Containing Recycled Materials
- Author
- Laney, Morgan
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Power resources
- Description
- As the building industry in the United States rapidly expands, the reuse of recycled demolition waste aggregates is becoming increasingly more important. Currently, the building industry is the largest consumer of natural resources. The constant u...
- Title
- OPTIMIZING THE MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE CAPABILITIES OF DOT PRODUCT EVALUATION PROGRAMS
- Author
- Kasana, Dipin
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Engineering
- Description
- State transportation agencies (STAs) implement countless transportation products that are identified, evaluated, and accepted through a Product Evaluation Program (PEP). Through an effective PEP, STAs can ensure the continuous availability of high...
- Title
- Performance of Portland cement concrete containing chemically beneficiated high loss on ignition fly ashes with air entrainment
- Author
- Ojo, Taye
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- The use of fly ash as a partial replacement of Portland cement in concrete production has been widely accepted and has been proven to be a successful practice that enables production of economical durable concrete. However, following the Clean Air...
- Title
- RAPID AND DYNAMIC LOAD TESTING OF INSTRUMENTED PZ27 STEEL SHEET PILES
- Author
- Rice, Corey
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Pile foundations are typically used for structures underlain by weaker soils in order to increase the soil resistance and, subsequently, the axial capacity. In bridge abutments, sheet piles are typically used as facing elements for soil retention ...
- Title
- Sensitivity Analysis of Production Variables of Geopolymer Cement Concrete to Mechanical and Durability Characteristics
- Author
- TREJO, MARIA
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Geopolymer cement is an alternative binder manufactured from fly ashes that can fully replace portland cement in traditional reinforced concrete applications. As a viable material for precast components, geopolymer features very rapid strength dev...
- 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 ...