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COMPARISON OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COSTS OF TRENCHLESS CURED-IN-PLACE PIPE RENEWAL METHOD WITH OPEN-CUT PIPELINE REPLACEMENT FOR SANITARY SEWERS
(2019-09-03)The development of underground infrastructure, environmental concerns, and economic trends is influencing society, resulting in the advancement of technology for more efficient, environment-friendly, and cost-effective ... -
COMPARISON OF GROUND MOVEMENTS DURING TRENCHLESS TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS FOR PIPE AND BOX INSTALLATIONS BY NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
(2018-05-07)Trenchless Technologies (TTs) are alternatives or methods of choice for the construction and renewal of buried pipe or box with little or no surface disruption. Specifically, TTs are used when other traditional methods, ... -
Comparison Of Measured And Predicted Response Of Six MnRoad Asphalt Test Sections
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2013-03-20)The study, sponsored by MnRoad, aimed to compare the measured and predicted values of strains and stresses for six cells 33, 34, 35, 77, 78 and 79 of the third MnRoad experiments. Cells 33, 34 and 35 were constructed for ... -
COMPARISON OF METHANE PRODUCTION FROM HOUSEHOLD WASTE
(2016-05-11)Anaerobic digestion is a biochemical process in which various microorganisms transform complex organic compounds to methane, along with carbon dioxide, water vapor and a small amount of other trace gases in absence of ... -
Comparison of Moduli of Kansas
(Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, 2010)Currently, hot-mix asphalt (HMA) mixture design and pavement structural design are not fully integrated, although Superpave® asphalt mixture design is somewhat project specific. The objective of this study was to compare ... -
Comparison Of Post-tensioned Cast In Place Concrete And Steel-concrete Composite Bent Caps
Civil engineering projects are conditioned not only by the technology available but also by resources availability as well as budget and construction time. Special conditions applicable to particular projects can also ... -
Comparison Of Prestressed Concrete Girders With Debonded Strands And Harped Strands
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2014-07-14)TxDOT standards follow a design that uses depressed strands for the prestressed concrete I-Girders. A new design criteria using debonded strands for prestressed concrete girders that is widely used in Europe is being ... -
Comparison Of The Installation Of Strand With Steel Bar Tendons In Anchored Drilled Shaft Wall
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2014-07-14)Anchored drilled shaft walls are common in construction nowadays in the U.S. The use of either strand tendons or steel bar tendons as anchors in construction is approved. However, there is no information from a construction ... -
Comprehensive neural network forecasting system for ground level ozone in multiple regions
(2015-12-07)A comprehensive neural network daily maximum 8 hour-ozone forecasting model was developed based on five years of data (2010-2014) collected from 50 monitoring sites from the Dallas Fort Worth, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, ... -
Comprehensive Studies On Deep Soil Mixing And Lightweight Aggregates Applications To Mitigate Approach Slab Settlements
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2011-03-03)Bridge approach settlement is a common problem to the Transportation Departments nationwide. This uneven transition causes inconvenience to passengers and increases the cost of maintenance and repair of the distressed ... -
A Comprehensive Study Of Recycled Concrete Aggregates As A Drainable Base Layer For Pavements
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2009-09-16)The use of recycled materials in construction is becoming increasingly popular due to the shortage of raw materials. Coupled with the environmental concerns surrounding the quarrying of natural minerals, waste materials ... -
Computational benchmarks in simulation of cyclic performance of steel connections using three dimensional nonlinear finite element method
(I-manager PublicationsCenter for Structural Engineering Research Simulation Laboratory, University of Texas at Arlington, 2012)The presented manuscript is intended to introduce accurate computational benchmarks to predict the hysteresis behavior of beam-column steel connections by means of a 3D non-linear finite element analysis. In this study, ... -
Concrete Breakout Strength of Post-Installed Anchors within Fiber Reinforced Concrete
(2018-05-14)This study investigates the effects of Polypropylene fibers on the concrete breakout of post-installed screw anchor bolts. Concrete anchors were installed within concrete specimens of differing amounts of Polypropylene ... -
Concrete Chloride Ingress: Effect Of FRP Type, Layers And Epoxy
The main objective of this research is to reduce the chloride ingress in concrete due to the effects of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) type, layers and Epoxy. It has been established from previous researches that FRP wrap ... -
Condition Assessment Of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Strengthening Of Bridge Components
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2014-12)Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP) is a newly developed composite type of material which have many advantages over conventional materials (concrete and steel) like light weight, non-corrosive nature, design flexibility and ... -
Conditional Bias-Penalized Kalman Filter for Improved Estimation and Prediction of Extremes
(2017-08-18)Kalman filter (KF) and its variants are widely used for real-time updating of model states and prediction in environmental sciences and engineering. Whereas in many applications the most important performance criteria may ... -
Construction Cost Of Underground Infrastructure
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2009-09-16)Renewal of aging underground infrastructure is a major challenge that municipalities inNorth America face every day. Traditional replacement or renewal of these underground utilitiesuses open-cut excavation methods that ... -
Continuum-scale investigation of evaporation from bare soil under different boundary and initial conditions: An evaluation of nonequilibrium phase change
(Wiley; American Geophysical Union, 2015-09-03)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Evaporation and condensation in bare soils govern water and energy fluxes between the land and atmosphere. Phase change between liquid water and water vapor is ... -
Corrosion Potentials Of Lightweight Concrete Wrapped With Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP)
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2014-03-12)The purpose of this research was to investigate the effects of Fiber Reinforced Polymer wraps on corrosion protection of lightweight concrete. Many studies have been undertaken for normal density concrete, but there are ... -
Coupled Thermally-Enhanced Bioremediation and Renewable Energy Storage System: Conceptual Framework and Modeling Investigation
(MDPI, 2018-09-20)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: This paper presents a novel method to couple an environmental bioremediation system with a subsurface renewable energy storage system. This method involves treating ...