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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 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 ... -
Impact Of A Pre-combustion Retrofit Device On Vehicular Emissions: A Case Study
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2007-08-23)Vehicular emissions are a major cause of air pollution in the cities worldwide. Increased numbers of vehicles and the vehicle miles traveled by them every year means that the emissions are going to have a detrimental effect ... -
Impact Of Lateral Swell Pressure On Retaining Structure Design Using Expansive Cohesive Backfill
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2008-08-08)Since cohesive soils are difficult to drain once becoming saturated, in order to reduce lateral earth pressures exerted by saturated cohesive soils on retaining structures, retaining wall designs most always specify use ... -
The Impact Of Lime Dosage On Odor Reduction Of Biosolids
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2014-12)The amount of boisolids production is increasing due to developing cities and the mitigation of biosolids odorants is a key role to have a successful biosolids land application program. The objective of this study is to ... -
IMPACT OF WEATHER FACTORS ON GO-AROUND OCCURRENCE
(2016-05-10)A “go-around” occurs when an aircraft, which is on final approach, aborts it landing due to unsatisfactory conditions. Go-arounds have a significant impact on the capacity of the airports and pose a serious concern at large ... -
IMPACT OF WET-DRY CYCLE ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF EXPANSIVE CLAY UNDER LOW OVERBURDEN STRESS
(2016-09-16)The seasonal variation in the water content termed as drying-wetting cycle is one of the most important environmental factor that may cause the degradation of strength for expansive clay. Highway embankment within the north ... -
IMPACTS OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL DELAY IN IRAQ
(2020-01-06)The construction industry is considered one of the most important industries in Iraq. It is well known that most construction projects in this country can experience missed deadlines and cost overruns or both. The main ... -
IMPACTS OF GEOTECHNICAL ASPECTS IN TUNNELING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
(2018-05-07)In tunneling project, different type of methods is conducted to do the project. Knowing geotechnical aspects of tunnel project is unavoidable and crucial in early stage of project especially before contract to have efficient ... -
Impacts Of Signal Synchronization On Vehicular Emissions - An On-board Measurement Case Study
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2007-08-23)Nearly 56% of total nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions are produced by mobile sources. Transportation and air quality managers at the state and regional level have the responsibility of developing and evaluating Transportation ... -
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DUPLICATE SHEAR TESTER
(2018-02-15)Rutting in the asphalt concrete layer is a major distress in flexible pavements caused by the permanent shear deformation in asphalt mixes. The shear deformation is induced by heavy truck axis during hot summer days. Rutting ... -
Improving Analysis Of Heavy To Extreme Precipitation Using Conditional Bias-penalized Optimal Estimation
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2014-03-10)Precipitation estimation is a very important topic from the societal perspective as heavy precipitation can cause flooding from which loss of lives and damage to properties can occur. In current practice, a number of spatial ... -
Improving Productivity Of Tunnel Boring Machines
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2013-07-22)Tunneling with tunnel boring machines (TBMs) is one of the most mechanized and sophisticated processes within the construction industry. However, there are risks when venturing down several hundred feet where the conditions ... -
Improving the Rainfall and Flood Frequency Analyses Using Stochastic Storm Transposition Method
(2015-12-14)Reproduction and realization of historical rainfall events provides foundations for flood and rainfall frequency analyses and the advancement of meteorological studies. Stochastic storm transposition (SST) is a method for ...