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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 ... -
General Response Of Kneading-compacted Unsaturated Silty Sand Under Drained And Undrained True Triaxial Testing
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2007-08-23)A comprehensive series of 36 drained and 36 undrained true triaxial tests was accomplished to investigate the stress-strain-strength behaviour of kneading-compacted unsaturated silty sand (SP-SM) under multi-axial stress ... -
Geohazard Potential Of Rainfall Induced Slope Failure On Expansive Clay
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2013-03-20)Each year, rain induced slope failures cause significant damages in highway infrastructures and environments, as well as tragic losses of human lives around the world. Rainfall-induced slope failure is a common problem in ... -
Group Assignment and Annual Average Daily Traffic Estimation of Short-term Traffic Counts Using Gaussian Mixture Modeling and Neural Network Models
(2016-09-13)The grouping of similar traffic patterns and cluster assignment process represent the most critical steps in AADT estimation from short-term traffic counts. Incorrect grouping and assignment often become a significant ... -
Group Resistance Of Recycled Plastic Pin In Sustainable Slope Stabilization
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2014-07-14)Slope failure is a common phenomenon in areas with slope constructed on high plasticity clay and shallow slope failure is predominant in North Texas. The cumulative maintenance cost of minor slides is equal or greater than ... -
HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS AND BIOLOGICAL TOXINS PRODUCTIONS; FROM INTEGRATED MONITORING APPROACH TO ON-SITE SOLAR PHOTOCATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION
(2016-12-20)Occurrence of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) worldwide has caused concern to environmental and health authorities because of their potential to generate and release biological toxins. In particular, microcystins (MCs) produced ... -
HPFRC and RC Slab-Beam-Column Connections under Extreme Earthquake Loading and Further Improvement of Novel Double-Beam-Coupling Beams
(2018-12-10)The work presented in this dissertation is divided into two parts. Each part has drawn its own results. Reinforced concrete (RC) buildings resist a strong earthquake through structural foundations, diaphragms, and ... -
Hydraulic Performance Evaluation Of Different Recirculation Systems For ELR / bioreactor Landfills
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2013-07-22)The major aspect of bioreactor landfill is the addition of liquid and recirculation of collected leachate back into the waste mass through the subsurface Leachate Recirculation System (LRS). The leachate recirculation ... -
Hydraulic Performance Evaluation of Evapotranspiration Cover Systems
(2016-12-07)Although alternative covers such as the evapotranspiration (ET) landfill cover system promise to provide equivalent or greater performance than conventional cover systems, uncertainties remain on the performance of these ... -
HYDROCARBON POOL FIRE PERFORMANCE OF FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER (FRP) STRENGTHENED AND THERMALLY INSULATED BRIDGE GIRDERS
(2016-12-15)Highway bridges encounter various extreme load hazards, such as earthquake, flood, blast, collision, wind and fire during their design lives. The effect of accidental, natural or man-made fire on bridges is one of the least ... -
Hydrocarbon Pool Fire Performance of Reinforced Elastomeric Bearing Pads
(2017-08-09)Bearing pads are used as support for bridge girders to transfer the reaction forces to the substructure. They are designed to accommodate high axial loads from girder, shear deformations due to lateral thermal expansion ... -
HYDRODYNAMIC FORCES ON STREAM-CROSSING BRIDGES – CONSIDERATION OF FLOW PARAMETERS, BRIDGE GEOMETRY, AND DEBRIS
(2022-05-16)This thesis examines the interaction of flood flow with bridge superstructures by considering the effects of the flow parameters, bridge geometry, debris, and bridge substructures. The hydrodynamic forces are expressed by ... -
HYDROLOGIC & HYDRAULIC ANALYSES TO RE-ESTABLISH TRIGG BRANCH’S JURISDICTIONAL CHANNEL TO PRE-DAM CONDITION USING HEC-HMS & HEC-RAS MODELS
(2020-12-08)Birds strikes are the most prevalent cause of airplanes strikes, and retention ponds near airports are one of the most attractive spots for both immigrant and domestic wildlife USDA (2017). Since the Trigg Lake, water ... -
IDENTIFICATION OF LEGAL AND POLICY BARRIERS TO TIMELY POST-DISASTER RECONSTRUCTION AND STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT FOR EFFECTIVE RECOVERY PROCESSES IN UNITED STATES
(2019-05-02)Communities resilient to disasters have the ability to return to the normal state quickly and with the least possible delay; however, the causes of delays in the post-disaster recovery phase remain an important concern. ... -
IDENTIFICATION OF PHASE-BASED KEY PERFORMANCE FACTORS AND THEIR BEST PRACTICES IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
(2018-08-09)Delay and cost overrun in construction projects are two widespread problems arousing practitioners’ and scholars’ concerns as poor time and cost performance lead construction projects to failure. It is estimated that more ... -
Identification of Resilience Dimensions and Development of a Decision-Making System to Measure the Resilience Level of Highway Networks
(2021-12-21)Local as well as national economy and safety depend on the network characteristics of the transportation infrastructures. Destruction of transportation infrastructures causes the direct cost of the reconstruction as well ... -
IDENTIFICATION OF THE MANAGEABLE CONSTRUCTION REWORK INDICATORS AND RELATED SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES
(2019-05-08)In construction projects whether small or large scale, in the design and construction phases, contractors and owners face numerous reworks which finally leads to schedule delays and cost overruns. Although studying the ... -
Identifying Issues Impacting Productivity Of Box Jacking Projects
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2013-03-20)Jacking is a trenchless construction technique used for installing underground pipeline system. Jacking method is more widely used for upgrading under capacity culverts and drainage structures under roads and railroad ...