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Title
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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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EVALUATING CORROSIVE SITE PERFORMANCE AND POLICY WITH CONCRETE ADMIXTURES
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Author
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Violette, Keith
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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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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...
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Engineering Characterization of Tire Derived Aggregate for Geotechnical Applications
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Author
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Garcia-Theran, Mauricio
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Date Created
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2015
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil engineering, Human ecology--Study and teaching
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Description
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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...
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Evaluating Co-Creation In Collaborative Drawing Using Creative Thinking Modes
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Author
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Algarni, Ali
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Computer science
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Description
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Co-creation is a form of collaboration in which partners share, improve and blend ideas together to develop a creative product. It helps to share ideas and solve problems in a creative manner. Several co-creativity research works have focused on g...
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Evaluating Corrosive Site Performance, Service Life, and Policy of Coastal Bridges
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Author
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Al-Salihi, Taiseer
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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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Many state-owned concrete structures, such as bridges, line the coast of North Carolina (NC), and these structures are vulnerable to corrosion and degradation in the aggressive, chloride-rich environments where they were built. The North Carolina ...
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Evaluating Organizational Readiness to Implement Change Within the Workplace
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Author
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Kasana, Dipin
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Management
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Description
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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...
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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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Load Rating for North Carolina Legal Vehicles
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Author
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Weiger, Jason
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil engineering
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Description
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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...
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Modeling the Thermal Characteristics of Masonry Mortar Containing Recycled Materials
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Author
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Laney, Morgan
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Date Created
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2014
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Subjects--Topical
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Power resources
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Description
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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...
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Optimized Aggregate Gradation Concrete Mixtures with Cementitious Material Reduction
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Author
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Theilgard, Peter
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil engineering, Materials science
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Description
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Optimized aggregate gradation concrete mixtures with reduced cementitious materials are emerging in concrete mixture design in an effort to reduce costs and CO2 emissions while improving the concrete’s durability characteristics. Optimizing the ag...
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RAPID AND DYNAMIC LOAD TESTING OF INSTRUMENTED PZ27 STEEL SHEET PILES
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Author
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Rice, Corey
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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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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 ...
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INITIAL CONSTRUCTION IRI AND NETWORK IRI
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Author
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Fang, Xiazhi
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Date Created
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2014
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil engineering
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Description
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The main objectives of this study are to develop the relationship between initial IRI and network IRI and to predict service lives of pavements. The raw data used in this research, including IRI, pavement ages, Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT),...
