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Title: Characterization of Firebrands Generated from Selected Vegetative Fuels in Wildland Fires
Author: Bahrani, Babak
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Statistics
Description: Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) and Wildland fires cause damages to infrastructure and the environment, resulting in loss of life, property, and an increasing cost of mitigation. Firebrands are known as one of the leading fire spread mechanisms in ...

Title: Cluster-based Composite Pavement Deterioration Modeling: A Framework for Incorporating Flooding
Author: Neema, Ishan
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: Pavement networks are among the most valuable highway assets for a nation asbillions of dollars have been invested every year in construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation. These networks undergo deterioration over time due to traffic loading, ...

Title: DEVELOPMENT, VERIFICATION, AND VALIDATION OF AN APPLIED ELEMENT METHOD SIMULATION FRAMEWORK FOR GLASS LITE FRACTURE, FRAGMENTATION, AND DEBRIS FIELD PREDICTION
Author: Moss, Jonathan
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Engineering
Description: In the aftermath of an explosive event, forensic investigators are presented the challenge of characterizing the properties of the explosive device, including the charge size and epicenter of the detonation. Although surrounding infrastructure dam...

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: EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF SODIUM CHLORIDE DEICING AND ANTI-ICING SOLUTIONS ON EXPOSED, COATED, AND REINFORCING STEEL IN HIGHWAY BRIDGES
Author: Diep, Thanh-tu
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: In North Carolina, winter roadway maintenance strategies vary across the state, with some areas using brine for anti-icing pre-treatment, some using granular salts for deicing, and some using a mix of granular salts with traction enhancing materia...

Title: Energy loss due to traffic congestion
Author: Gouribhatla, Raghuveer Prasad
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Civil engineering
Description: Traffic congestion is a problem related not only to traffic characteristics but also to several other factors which are of growing concern to the society. Traffic delays lead to increased fuel consumption and there by increased energy loss. This r...

Title: Laboratory Validation and Initial Field Evaluation of a Vibration-Based Technique for Condition Assessment of Timber Utility Poles
Author: Dulin, Steven
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Civil engineering
Description: Timber is the most common material used for the utility poles that support the transmission and distribution lines of the electrical grid in the United States. Timber is well-suited for use in utility poles but is subject to decay from fungi and o...

Title: Visibility of Two-Wheeled Motorists Approaching Left Turning Vehicles Under Nighttime Conditions
Author: Spivey, Heath
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Civil engineering
Description: The number of fatal crashes on United States roadways has declined substantially since 2002, yet the number of fatalities involving two-wheeled motorists has consistently increased over the same period. Examining incidents involving a two-wheel mo...