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- Title
- A Comprehensive Study of Drinking Water Coagulation with Aluminum Sulfate
- Author
- Alansari, Amir
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Coagulation is usually the first and most important step in conventional drinking water treatment processes. The efficiency of all downstream processes is directly dependent on the effectiveness of the coagulation stage. Coagulants such as aluminu...
- Title
- A Contactless Non-Intrusive Approach for Machine Learning-Based Personalized Thermal Comfort Prediction
- Author
- Ashrafi, Roshanak
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Sustainability, Building
- Description
- Indoor thermal environmental conditions play a significant role in protecting occupants’ well-being. In this regard, schedule-based and predefined environmental control is one of the main reasons for the current discomfort and dissatisfaction with...
- Title
- A METHODOLOGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE AND DISTRESS MODELS FOR A PMS USING AUTOMATED DATA
- Author
- Dye, Michael
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Automated pavement data collection technologies have gained momentum due to the fact that the automated data have more detail, greater quantity, better quality, and better repeatability. A systematic method of developing performance and distress m...
- Title
- A MULTI-PHYSICS STUDY ON GAS DIFFUSION AND CHEMICAL REACTIONS IN CEMENT MATERIAL WITH CO2 SORPTION
- Author
- Wang, Peng
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Environmental engineering
- Description
- Emission control and storage of carbon dioxide (CO¬2) from fossil fuel combustion is an emerging and frontier research area to counter likely global climate changes. Although the carbon dioxide separation techniques are quite mature, there is stil...
- 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
- A study of surface modification effect of hemp fibers on the bulk material properties of hemp-poly (lactic acid) composites: thermal stability, mechanical, therm0-mechanical and biodegradability
- Author
- Oza, Shubhashini
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Sustainability, Environmental engineering
- Description
- Biocomposites made with, natural fiber and bio-based polymers, have many advantages over their synthetic counterparts including low cost, low density, high strength and biodegradability. However, some biocomposites can present problems due to high...
- Title
- ADVANCED CONSIDERATIONS IN LIDAR TECHNOLOGY: APPLICATION ENHANCEMENT, INSPECTION WORKFLOW IMPLEMENTATION AND DATA COLLECTION QUALITY MANAGEMENT
- Author
- Bian, Haitao
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Bridge inspection is a critical topic in infrastructure management and is facing unprecedented challenges as the public is concerned more about bridge safety after a series of bridge failures. LiDAR based remote sensing is recommended as a way in ...
- Title
- An Investigation on the Strength and Moisture Density Relationships of Soils Treated with Organo Silanes as a Function of Moisture and Salt Content
- Author
- Malisher, Mackenzie
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- MACKENZIE MALISHER. An Investigation on the Strength and Moisture Density Relationships of Soils Treated with Organo Silanes as a Function of Moisture and Salt Content. (Under the direction of Dr. John Daniels)Organo silanes (OS) are chemical agen...
- Title
- Applying Travel Time Reliability Measures in Identifying and Ranking Freeway Bottlenecks at the Network Level
- Author
- Gong, Linfeng
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Transportation
- Description
- The continuing growth of traffic congestion on U.S. roadways has become an increasing concern for both travelers and transportation agencies. According to the Texas Transportation Institute’s estimate, the total financial cost of congestion in the...
- Title
- BIOKINETIC PROCESSES OF EXTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDE (EPS) STABILIZATION OF SURFACE SOILS AGAINST DUST GENERATION
- Author
- Zebulun, Humphrey
- Date Created
- 2009
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Environmental engineering
- Description
- Extracellular polysaccharide produced by a oligotrophic and nonpathogenic bacteria, Arthrobacter viscosus, promises to be an effective alternative to the use of chemical substances in dust control on exposed soil surfaces. The feasibility of this ...
- Title
- Benchmarking for Action & Satisfaction in Facility Operations & Maintenance
- Author
- Dodd, Justin
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Industrial management
- Description
- While benchmarking is a well-established strategy that organizations have been using to manage performance and seek continual improvement for almost 4 decades, the field of facility management has only started using benchmarking in the last 20 yea...
- Title
- Bridge Scour Detection Using Terrestrial LiDAR and Advanced Quantification Techniques
- Author
- Shanmugam, Navanit Sri
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Scour is an important factor affecting the hydraulic structures of a bridge. Remote sensing techniques such as terrestrial LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) can help speed up the inspection process and provide high-resolution records of the exte...
- Title
- CRONBACH'S COEFFICIENT AS A PERFORMANCE MEASURE TO ASSESS LINK-LEVEL RELIABILITY
- Author
- Puvvala, Ravi Kiran
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Travel time reliability is commonly used in reference to the level of consistency in transportation service for a trip, corridor, mode or route in terms of its travel time. Typically, reliability is viewed by motorists in relation to their past ex...
- Title
- Chemical Characterization of Recycled Concrete Aggregates Using a Handheld X-Ray Fluorescence Device
- Author
- Dey, Arindam
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) are an important source of material that can be used in construction to mitigate the problems associated with use of virgin aggregates. The volume of waste generated by the construction industry is increasing at ...
- 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
- Comparative evaluation of link travel time from different technologies and sources
- Author
- Pinnamaneni, Rahul Chowdary
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Transportation--Planning
- Description
- Accurate travel time information is required to efficiently plan and effectively manage transportation network. Technologies and data sources such as Bluetooth detectors and INRIX offer the potential to continuously collect the data and use it for...
- Title
- DETERMINATION OF COMPOSITE PAVEMENT DISTRESSES IN NORTH CAROLINA
- Author
- Sands, Thomas
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Composite pavements have gained popularity in the last fifty years due to their smooth riding surface and heavy capacity substructure. A systematic method of determining the triggering distress is lacking. With a triggering distress found, the mai...
- Title
- DEVELOPING A KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY FRAMEWORK IN HIGHWAY PROJECTS USING INDUSTRIAL FOUNDATION CLASS (IFC) EXTENSION
- Author
- Shen, Zhenhua
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Computer science, Civil engineering
- Description
- Highway-project data are being accumulated at a dramatic pace with the advance of information technology; consequently, the need for discovering useful knowledge among the historical data to prevent highway-project construction delay is increasing...
- 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
- 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...