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Development Of An Accident Model For Construction Industry
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2011-07-14)
Safety has always been a persistent problem in the construction industry. Construction accidents are a major concern for the construction industry and the researchers. In spite of the role of many construction accident ...
Design Of Short Drilled Shaft Foundations In High-plasticity Clay Under Inclined Loading
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2011-07-14)
Drilled shaft foundations are primarily used to support structures such as bridge piers, towers, buildings, transmission towers, and roadway cable barriers. Generally, the main characteristics of drilled shafts are to ...
Performance Evaluation And Finite Element Analysis Of Fiber Reinforced Precast Concrete Underground Structures
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2013-03-20)
This study aimed at evaluating the performance of BASF Synthetic and Steel fibers as alternative reinforcements in concrete pipes. A total of 93 synthetic fiber and 60 steel fiber reinforced pipes were produced and tested ...
Leachate Recirculation Modeling Using Vertical Wells In Bioreactor Landfills
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2014-09-17)
Municipal solid waste (MSW) is made up of household and commercial waste. Total MSW generated in USA in 2009 was 243 million tons and 54.3% of this waste generation was landfilled (EPA, 2009). MSW buried in landfills ...
Anaerobic Processes for Waste Treatment and Energy Generation
(InTech, 2011-08-23)
A Refined Approach To Identifying And Quantifying Clay And Non -clay Minerals In Expansive Soils
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2014-07-14)
Expansive soils exhibit substantial swelling and shrinkage due to moisture fluctuations. Predicting this volume change behavior of expansive soils has been a major challenge to the engineers in the past few years. One of ...
Pseudo-probabilistic User Equilibrium Assignment In Travel Corridor Networks Containing Managed Facilities
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2011-03-03)
Throughout the years, transportation organizations and agencies have been unable to keep up with increasing demand for roadway facilities. Similarly, traditional public-sector funding such as motor fuel taxes is falling ...
Impact Of Transit-oriented Infrastructure Investments on Property Valuations
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2012-04-11)
The population explosion of the second half of the last century brought about increased human activity. Much of the attendant increased access to activities has been facilitated by the incredible technological advances in ...
Effectiveness Of Public Private Partnership For Infrastructure Projects
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2011-07-14)
Public Private Partnership (PPP) has over the years proven to be a good procurement method for Infrastructure projects. The partnership combines the efficiency, expertise, and innovation etc. of the private sector as well ...