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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 ... -
Regional Prioritization Of Corridors For Traffic Signal Retiming
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2007-08-23)Every three to four years, the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) funds signal retiming projects to improve air quality in the Dallas-Fort Worth region. As sufficient funds are not available to retime all ... -
Regression Model For Prioritization Of Corridors When Retiming Traffic Signals
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2008-04-22)Traffic signals are used by transportation engineers to safely and efficiently manage vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian traffic on roadways. However, to maintain the effectiveness of traffic signals, traffic signals should ... -
The Relation Between Freeway Average Speed And Speed Noise
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2014-09-17)A significant amount of energy could be saved by applying traffic management policies. Many factors affect the fuel consumption rate, and the most important traffic-related ones include variables such as speed, number of ... -
REMAINING SERVICE LIFE ESTIMATION AND PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE SEWER PIPELINE SYSTEMS
(2019-08-26)The serviceability and structural performance of reinforced concrete pipes could deteriorate for many reasons. The loss in structural capacity and other structural operations may drastically affect the surrounding environment, ... -
Removal Of Carbonyl Sulfide Using Compost Biofilter: Measurement Of Removal Rates And Elimination Capacity In Conjunction With Hydrogen Sulfide
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2007-08-23)A lab study using biofiltration was conducted using three PVC columns as biofilters, with hardwood chips and compost as the media. Previous research determined the removal efficiency of carbonyl sulfide alone. (Nawal, 2004) ... -
Repair Of Impact-damaged Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girder Using Glass FRP Rebar
Overpass girders are risked by the impact of the traffic, over height vehicle, travelling under the structure, creating a hazard for the drivers over and under the bridge.When a bridge girder is damaged the repair solution ... -
Resilient Moduli Properties Of Compacted Unsaturated Subgrade Materials
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2013-03-20)According to the new Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) and 1993 AASHTO flexible pavement design guide, Resilient Modulus (MR) has been used extensively as an important material property in structure design ... -
Resilient Properties Of Unsaturated Base Materials
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2012-07-25)A pavement system basically consists of a surface layer, a base course, a subbase (optional) and the subgrade. As per MEPDG and 1993 AASHTO flexible pavement design guide Resilient Modulus (MR) is used as the primary input ... -
Reuse of Recycled Plastic for Subgrade Treatment
(2022-12-19)Disposal of solid waste becomes a global issue due to it contains a large amount of non- degradable polymers and may lead to many environmental issues. With the scarcity of space for landfilling and due to ever increasing ... -
Role Of Coarse Soil Fraction On Resilient Moduli Properties Of Clayey Soil
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2014-07-14)As one of the major methods of soil stabilization used in the present, mechanical stabilization improves a native soil by admixing a coarse and/or fine material. This method of soil stabilization aims to reach a composition ... -
SAFETY ASPECTS OF BICYCLISTS IN A CONNECTED VEHICLE ENVIRONMENT
(2016-05-31)The revival in the number of bicyclists, bike infrastructure investments and bike policies in the U.S. in the last two decades has escalated the importance of bicycling as a mode of transportation. With the proliferating ... -
Selecting A Shaft/pit Construction Method For Trenchless Technology
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2012-07-25)The word shaft describes a vertical access point that is created by excavating, vertical boring, or blasting required before the start of tunneling or boring operations. Most trenchless technologies require entry shafts ... -
SERVICE LIFE PREDICTION AND RISK ANALYSIS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE GRAVITY FLOW PIPES USING RELIABILITY THEORY
(2019-05-15)Reinforced concrete pipes are susceptible to different types of deteriorations that threaten their structural capacity and serviceability. Failure of these structures or losing parts of their operational capabilities may ... -
Settlement Analysis Of Drilled Shaft Foundation On Natural And Lime-treated Compressible Clayey Soil
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2014-12)Drilled shaft foundations are primarily used to support structures such as bridge piers, buildings, and transmission towers. The main advantage of a drilled shaft foundation is that it transfers loads to the stronger ... -
Shear Investigation of Polypropylene Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Beams
(2017-02-14)This study investigates the effect of macro-synthetic polypropylene fibers on the shear strength and failure behavior of longitudinally reinforced concrete beams with and/ or without transverse reinforcement. Eight large-scale ... -
SLOPE STABILIZATION AND PERFORMANCE MONITORING OF I-35 AND SH-183 SLOPES USING RECYCLED PLASTIC PINS
(2015-12-01)The United States earth retaining structure market exceeds 170 million square feet annually and there are over 50 different retaining systems to select from which are unique in design and construction. Depending on the ... -
Smart Speed Bumps
The research underscores the need and importance of traffic calming devices and provides the basis for designing and building a device for traffic calming in neighborhoods with high pedestrian traffic, particularly children. ... -
Stated Preference Modeling And Analysis Of Managed Lanes
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2007-08-23)The thesis deals with the Managed Lanes demand estimation problem in the state of Texas. Managed Lanes are a general type of High Occupancy Toll roads, whose lane management and operational features may be dynamically ... -
Statistical Analysis Of Compressive Strength Of Clay Brick Masonry Prisms
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2007-08-23)The Specification for Masonry Structures section of the current governing masonry design document in the U.S., reported by the Masonry Standards Joint Committee (MSJC), contains tables that can be used to determine the ...