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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 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: 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: 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...

Title: DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF TRANSMISSION POLE STRUCTURES UNDER BLASTING INDUCED GROUND VIBRATION
Author: Dai, Kaoshan
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering
Description: Structural integrity of electric transmission poles is crucial for the reliability of power delivery. In some areas where blasting is used for mining or construction, these structures are endangered if they are located close to blasting sites. Thr...

Title: Determination and Evaluation of Inputs for Portland Cement Concrete Pavement to Support Local Calibration of MEPDG for North Carolina
Author: Blanchard, Edward
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Civil engineering
Description: The Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) is a state-of-the-practice tool that is used for the analysis and design of pavements, using mechanical and statistical models that have been developed over the past several decades for the p...

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...