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FATIGUE IMPACTS ON HDPE PIPE MATERIAL PROPERTIES
(2018-01-11)During a pipe’s life cycle, failures occur due to numerous factors such as age, loading conditions, environmental conditions, installation quality, manufacturing procedures, operation and maintenance strategies and so on. ... -
Fatigue Life Assessment Of A Critical Field Welded Connection On A Temporary Railway Bridge Span
There is a need in the railway industry for a flexible solution to the problem of service interruptions due to impacts on railway bridges from highway and other vehicle traffic. One such solution is the placement of a ... -
FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT OF PRODUCTION OF LIQUID ORGANIC FERTILIZER (LOF) FROM FOOD WASTE FOR SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT
(2021-05-04)The increasing volume of food waste is responsible for the generation of potent greenhouse gases and is resulting in the wastage of valuable resources. In all regions of the world, the percentage of food waste in municipal ... -
Feasibility of Underground Freight Transportation (UFT) in Texas
(2015-12-17)The U.S. economy is expected to double in size over the next 30 years. Truck and rail freight traffic is expected to increase by approximately 45 percent. Air freight is expected to triple in response to demand for the ... -
Feasibility Studies To Support Landfill Gas Recovery In Ghana
According to World Bank Ghana generates 0.09 kg of solid waste per person per day, where there are only 4 engineered landfills in the country. In 2010, Ghana contributed to 0.13% of global greenhouse gases emissions, 10% ... -
Field And Experimental Studies To Assess The Performance of Stabilized Expansive Clay
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2007-08-23)A vast majority of the expansive soils are montmorillonite-rich clays, over consolidated clays and shales. The swell and shrinkage movements of expansive soil cause considerable damage to structures such as buildings and ... -
Field Investigations On Performance Of Short Drilled Shafts Under Inclined Loading
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2010-07-19)In the Kaufman County area within the Texas Department of Transportation's Dallas District, several short drilled shaft foundations supporting three-cable median barrier systems wereobserved to be distressed during severe ... -
FIELD SWCC MODELING AND SOIL WATER STORAGE EVALUATION THROUGH GEOPHYSICAL TESTING
(2018-12-19)Evapotranspiration (ET) landfill cover is an emerging final cover system and offers several benefits over conventional landfill closure system. It is a cost-effective green solution for the sustainability of a landfill as ... -
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS FOR ASTM C-76 REINFORCED CONCRETE PIPES WITH REDUCED STEEL CAGE
(2016-09-13)Reinforced concrete pipes (RCP) are composite pipes which have been widely used in the industry for more than ten decades. They are generally used for sewerage, water drainage, and industrial waste water. There are two ... -
FINITE ELEMENT APPROACH ON MINIMIZATION OF CRACKS AT I-GIRDER ENDS INDUCED BY PRESTRESS
(2022-11-28)Prestressed I-girders are one of the very commonly and widely used girders for bridges. It is produced at precast plant and transported to bridge site. To produce a prestressed I-girder, strands are first pulled and ... -
Finite Element Modeling Of Prestressed Girder Strengthening Using Fiber Reinforced Polymer And Codal Comparison
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2014-03-12)Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composite materials provide effective and potentially economic solution for rehabilitating and upgrading the existing reinforced and precast concrete bridge structures that have suffered ... -
Fire Performance of Hybrid Fiber Reinforced Self-Consolidating Concrete (HFRSCC) with Glass Pozzolan
(2021-12-17)This research focuses on the effects of hybridizing self-consolidating concrete (SCC) using steel (SF) and polypropylene (PP) fibers to study their benefits post-fire exposure. In an attempt to reduce cement’s environmental ... -
Flexural Behavior of Preflex SFRC-Encased Steel Joist Composite Beams
(2019-05-06)This research investigates the behavior of encased steel composite beams within steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) in straight and preflex beams, using nonlinear analysis. ABAQUS FEA software has been adopted. Composite ... -
Flexural Behavior Of Steel Fiber Reinforced Prestressed Concrete Beams And Double Punch Test For Fiber Reinforced Concrete
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2012-07-25)Steel fibers have widely been used in the past to reinforce brittle materials in many nonstructural applications such as pavement, tunneling lining, etc. On the basis of numerous previous studies, ACI 318-11 [2011] has ... -
Flexural Load Capacity of Heat-Treated Concrete Mixed with Recycled Glass Aggregate and Glass Pozzolan
(2020-05-28)This research focuses on determining the effects of adding glass aggregate and glass pozzolan to concrete that has been exposed to high temperatures. Previous work, based on finding the recommended proportions of recycled ... -
FLEXURAL STRENGTHENING OF TWO-WAY SLABS USING CFRP EXTERNAL LAMINATES
(2021-05-07)Deterioration of reinforced concrete structures with time is a common phenomenon, which often leads to reduction in the load carrying capacity. To meet the coding requirements, strengthening of these structures is of utmost ... -
Fluorinated And Fluorocarbon Coating Of TiO₂ By Pulsed Plasma Processing: Improved Photocatalytic Oxidation Of Gaseous M-Xylene And Mercury
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2012-04-11)Titanium dioxide (TiO₂) is a preferred catalyst for photocatalytic oxidation of many air pollutants. In an effort to enhance its photocatalytic activity, TiO₂ was modified by pulsed plasma treatment. In this work, TiO₂ ... -
Formal Processes for Inspecting Bridge Deck Drains Using Lidar and Photogrammetry
(2023-05-08)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 05/04/2025** ABSTRACT: Poor-performing bridge deck drains result in water standing on the bridge deck. The standing water threatens the safety of bridge users and ... -
Framework for Determining the Pullout Resistance of Inextensible 2-Wire Soil-Reinforcing Elements Embedded in Sand
(2018-10-04)Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) has been successfully used as a commercial retaining structure since its development in 1963 by Henry Vidal (Schlosser 1990). MSE is a ground improvement system that consists of ... -
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF ULTRA-HIGH-PERFORMANCE FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE (UHP-FRC): 3D PRINTING, SIFCON, ALTERNATIVE FIBERS, SHRINKAGE CRACK CONTROL, HIGH TEMPERATURE, AND LIGHTWEIGHT
(2021-08-10)Introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in manufacturing industry also in every service industry, decreasing conventional skilled workforce and stagnated construction industry, probability and ...