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Title: A Study on Soil-Structure Interaction of Axially Loaded Sheet Piles
Author: Sylvain, Matthew
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering
Description: Sheet piles are geotechnical structural elements often used in canals and rivers for soil retention and scour protection. Short span bridge abutment design in North Carolina and the U.S., for locations near bodies of water, typically uses sheet pi...

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: 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: Engineered Water Repellency for Frost Heave Mitigation: Decoupling the Relative Influence Of Matric and Osmotic Suction
Author: Abiodun, Uduebor
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Geotechnical engineering, Materials science
Description: This dissertation, stemming from a substantial research endeavor funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (Award #1928813), stands as an essential exploration of Engineered Water Repellency (EWR) in mitigating frost heave. Combining laborato...

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: Engineering characterization of waste derived geopolymer cement concrete for structural applications
Author: Tempest, Brett
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Sustainability
Description: Geopolymer cements provide an alternative to the Portland cement used to manufacture structural concrete. The material commonly used to produce geopolymers is fly ash, which is found in the waste stream of power generation facilities. Therefore, r...

Title: Evaluation of the lateral response of micropiles via full scale load testing
Author: Babalola, Michael
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Geotechnical engineering, Design
Description: Micropiles are a relatively new deep foundation technology in the United States. As an alternative to driven piles or drilled shafts, micropiles can provide substantial support while minimizing cost, environmental impact, and harmful construction ...

Title: Experimental and Computational Study of Performance of Highway Embankments
Author: Hassani, Mehrdad
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Geotechnical engineering
Description: Highway embankments require careful selection of the borrow material and construction practices. Most highway agencies in North America specify the soil selection criteria based on gradation or Atterberg limits. Furthermore, current construction p...

Title: Geotechnical Controls on Organo-Silane Modification of Soils and Coal Combustion Fly Ash
Author: Keatts, Matthew
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Geotechnical engineering
Description: 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...

Title: Insitu Determination of Residual Soil Shear Strength Parameters Using the Standard Penetration Test with Torque
Author: Cottingham, Marcus
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering
Description: Residual soils are found throughout the world and often behave differently than transported soils. Residual soils are identified as materials developed from the insitu weathering of rock that has remained in the location of its origin as opposed t...

Title: LABORATORY EVALUATION OF THE UNCONFINED COMPRESSION STRENGTH OF POLYMERIC FIBER REINFORCED SOILS
Author: Kral, Robert
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Soil science, Geotechnical engineering
Description: Geosynthetic fiber reinforced soil can be used to remediate weak, near-surface soils. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact that the geofibers had on the unconfined compressive strength (UCS) of various soil types. To distinguish t...

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: Mechanical and Physical Characterization of Recycled PET Bales for Use as Lightweight Fill Material
Author: Garbini, Jacob
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering
Description: Waste generation rates are increasing so there is a need to determine alternative methods of dealing with waste to accommodate a sustainable future. Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) plastic represents a large portion of the domestic waste generate...

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: Recycled Brick Masonry Aggregate Concrete: Use of Recycled Aggregates from Demolished Brick Masonry Construction in Structural and Pavement Grade Portland Cement Concrete
Author: Cavalline, Tara
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering
Description: Reuse of construction waste as aggregates is becoming increasingly popular for a number of environmental and economic reasons. In this study, structural- and pavement-grade portland cement concrete (PCC) mixtures were developed using crushed recyc...

Title: STUDY OF CO2 INJECTION AT CITRONELLE OIL FIELD USING LUMPED MASS MODELING AND FIELD DATA VALIDATION
Author: Liu, Yangguang
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Geophysics
Description: Carbon sequestration in geological formation is an ongoing effort of the research community to address the issue of curbing excessive anthropogenic CO2 emissions. This dissertation focuses on the development of a theoretical framework in establish...

Title: Slope Stability Analysis of Embankment Fill Material from North Carolina Coastal Region
Author: McGovern, Ashley
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Geotechnical engineering
Description: This research involved a comprehensive experimental program was carried out to study compaction characteristics and associated engineering properties of test soils from three actual NCDOT highway projects located within the coastal geologic region...