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- Title
- FULL-SCALE TESTING AND NUMERICAL MODELING OF A MULTISTORY MASONRY STRUCTURE SUBJECTED TO INTERNAL BLAST LOADING
- Author
- Zapata, Brian
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Physics, Civil engineering
- Description
- As military and diplomatic representatives of the United States are deployed throughout the world, they must frequently make use of local, existing facilities; it is inevitable that some of these will be load bearing unreinforced masonry (URM) str...
- 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
- Production of volatile fatty acids by fermentation of anaerobic mixed liquor for enhanced biological phosphorus removal
- Author
- Tremblay, Sonia
- Date Created
- 2005, 2005, 2005
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Eutrophication, Sewage disposal plants
- Description
- Full-scale demonstration testing was conducted to evaluate a side-stream anaerobic mixed liquor fermentation process for internal generation of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) in a biological nutrient removal (BNR) process. The trials were performed a...
- Title
- Puerto Rico Grid Resilience Assessment Using Binomial Analysis Following Hurricane Maria Considering Storm Effects
- Author
- Ng, Yenki
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Hurricane Maria was proven to be a very devastating storm in recent history. Ranked as the third costliest storm in the United States, Maria accumulated up to $90 billion in damages and accounted for at least 3,000 deaths. These deaths were primar...
- Title
- Prediction of Defect Hotspots for Highway Maintenance Management: A Multi-asset Machine Learning Approach
- Author
- Karimzadeh, Arash
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Transportation, Artificial intelligence
- Description
- Given multiple budget and revenue constraints that the transportation sector encounters, predictive analytics enables maintenance agencies to make effective decisions, prioritize maintenance tasks, and provide efficient life-cycle planning. To thi...
- Title
- Quality Assurance of Bridge Deck Concrete Overlays using Surface Resistivity Testing
- Author
- Dillworth, David
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Through years of heavy usage, critical transportation components such as bridge decks are repeatedly subjected to stresses from freeze-thaw cycles, chemical attack and the physical loads. These continual stresses and deterioration mechanisms actin...
- Title
- Quantification of Profile Measurement Data
- Author
- Javidpour, Farid
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Mathematics, Civil engineering
- Description
- Parts with complicated freeform shapes have been attracting more attention in industrial applications in recent decades. In most systems, the functional performance of these parts is directly related to the conformity of their profile with the des...
- 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
- QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF USE OF PORTLAND LIMESTONE CEMENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA CONCRETE PAVEMENTS
- Author
- Chimmula, Rohit Reddy
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Production of portland cement contributes significantly to global carbon emissions. In order to reduce the carbon footprint of concrete and to construct more sustainable highway infrastructure, blended cements are increasingly being utilized in pa...
- 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
- Freeze-Thaw Durability Specification for Highway Concrete
- Author
- Ocampo, Joseph
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- The Super Air Meter (SAM) is a new method of testing that correlates to how well concrete can resist damage from freeze-thaw stresses. This test is a modified Type B pressure meter that undergoes a set of sequential pressure steps. The equilibrium...
- 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
- Development of a Survival Based Framework for Bridge Deterioration Modeling with Large-scale Application to the North Carolina Bridge Management System
- Author
- Goyal, Raka
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- This dissertation presents the development and implementation of a comprehensive automated software framework for probabilistic bridge deterioration modeling that takes into account the time dependent nature of deterioration as well as the impact ...
- Title
- Development, Verification, and Validation of a Hybrid Testing Framework for Latticed Structures with Nonlinear Geometric Effects
- Author
- Tedeschi, Michael
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanics, Engineering, Civil engineering
- Description
- Hybrid simulation is an increasingly popular experimental method for structural dynamics research, as it offers the realism and exploratory power of full-scale testing at a fraction of the cost and size by resolving a structural system into comple...
- 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
- Development of Early-Age and Shrinkage Specifications for Durable Concrete
- Author
- McEntyre, Memoree
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Historically, concrete strength has been one of the primary properties specified to ensure concrete quality. As the construction industry advances, owners and major stakeholders are increasingly desiring longer lasting, durable concrete pavements ...
- 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...
- Title
- Development of Distress and Performance Models of Composite Pavements for Pavement Management
- Author
- Fang, Xiazhi
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Information science
- Description
- Roadway systems in the United States have become huge assets that need massive resources to maintain and operate. To meet the long-term performance goal, government agencies developed pavement management systems (PMSs) to help them manage roadway ...
- 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...