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Title
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A Study on Soil-Structure Interaction of Axially Loaded Sheet Piles
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Author
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Sylvain, Matthew
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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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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...
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Active Cyber Defense Planning and Orchestration
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Author
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Islam, Md Mazharul
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Computer science
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Description
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The overwhelming number of recent data breaches reported that hundreds of terabytes of highly sensitive information, including national, financial, and personal, have been stolen from different organizations, indicating a clear asymmetric disadvan...
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Automated formal analytics for smart grid security and resiliency
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Author
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Rahman, Mohammad
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Date Created
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2015
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Subjects--Topical
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Computer science, Sports administration
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Description
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Smart grid is the modernization of the legacy electric power system in which cyber computing and communications are integrated with the physical world of power systems. A smart grid provides efficient and cost-effective management of the grid by a...
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Constitutive Modeling and Dynamic Impact Analysis of Bighorn Sheep Horn
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Author
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Li, Zheng
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering
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Description
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Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) is known for its giant spiral horns that can sustain impact loading at a speed up to 5.5 m/s during ramming without causing severe damage or head concussion. The bighorn sheep horn is composed of a keratin-based bio...
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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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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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MULTI-SCALE FINITE ELEMENT MODELING OF MULTI-PLY WOVEN FABRICS UNDER BALLISTIC IMPACTS
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Author
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Palta, Emre
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering, Mechanics, Engineering
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Description
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High-strength fiber reinforced woven fabrics are broadly utilized for their high strength-to-weight ratios and good flexibility to provide ballistic protection in security applications such as soft body armor equipment or protective layering of mi...
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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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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA AND MEASURES FOR PRIORITIZATION OF BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECTS
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Author
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Lane, Kelsey
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Engineering
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Description
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State highway agencies (SHA) are tasked with maintaining, repairing, and replacing bridges to support the travelling public. These agencies need to develop programs that prioritize candidate projects in a manner that ensures that bridges are selec...
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Title
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Predicting costs for bridge replacement projects
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Author
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Phillips, Patrick
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Engineering
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Description
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) uses historical highway bridge records to make cost-effective decisions on which maintenance, repair, or replacement action is appropriate for a deficient bridge. The current method for estim...
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Thermal Performance of Precast Concrete Connections Exposed to Fire
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Author
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Blackstone, Jonathan
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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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Today, most structural design for fire is governed by the International Building Code. Prescriptive code has proven to be efficient and simple to employ for structural design purposes. However, critical connecting elements in structures can be lef...
