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Use Of Electrical Resistivity And Multichannel Analysis Of Surface Wave Geophysical Tomography In Geotechnical Site Characterization Of Dam
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2010-03-03)Performance of geotechnical site characterization is a primary function of geotechnical engineers. Generalizations required to extrapolate conventional geotechnical boring data can limit the effectiveness of site assessments. ... -
Use of Smartphone Apps While Driving: Variations on driving performances, perceived risks and behaviors
(2023-05-19)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 05/15/2024** ABSTRACT: Distracted driving increases the crash frequencies on the road and subsequently leads to fatalities involved with crashes. As technology has evolved, ... -
Use Of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete In Structural Members With Highly Complex Stress Fields
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2012-04-11)Reinforced concrete (RC) members with significant geometric discontinuities and complex stress distributions under loading require considerable analyses and usually complicated reinforcement detailing. RC members with large ... -
Use of Ultra-High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete (UHP-FRC) for Fast and Sustainable Repair of Pavement and a New Sustainable Structural Member with Ultra-High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete (UHP-FRC) and Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Reinforcement
(2019-05-22)The first part of this research presents a new methodology, which enables streets, roads, highways, bridges, and airfields to use an advanced fiber-reinforced concrete material, which can delay or prevent the deterioration ... -
User Syndication Using Speech Rhythm
(2019-08-08)In recent years we have seen a variety of approaches to increase security on computers and mobile devices including fingerprint, and facial recognition. Such techniques while effective are very expensive. Voice biometrics, ... -
Using Lean Techniques To Reduce Waste And Improve Performance In Municipal Project Delivery
The basic concepts of lean thinking in construction projects are to reduce waste, improve communication, and promote teamwork integration through a common set of tools and techniques. With increased demand for public works ... -
Variability Of As-constructed Properties Of HMA And Their Relation To Pay Factors And Rutting Resistance: A Case Study
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2014-12)During the last decade, Texas has under gone a huge reconstruction of its major and strategic highways in order to improve transportation and prepare for future population and traffic growth. The population is estimated ... -
Vehicular Emissions Models Using Mobile6.2 And Field Data
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2007-09-17)Regression models to predict vehicular emissions for different categories of vehicles for different pollutants are presented in this thesis. Vehicular emissions are affected by numerous variables which, among others, include ... -
VISTAS: VOCATIONAL IMMERSIVE STORYTELLING TRAINING AND SUPPORT FRAMEWORK FOR AUGMENTING WORK PERFORMANCE
(2021-05-15)Training and assessment of novice workers are the most vital part of any vocational industry. Innovations in science and technology have led to the creation of new industries and occupations, enhanced productivity and ... -
Water Damage Evaluation Of Concrete Infrastructure
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2007-08-23)This study presents an experimental program to evaluate the effect of a special waterproofing material, International Chem-Crete Pavix (CCP), on the durability of concrete. The experimental program identified the concrete ... -
Water Permeability In Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FPR)-wrapped Concrete
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2013-03-20)A finite element analysis is performed using ANSYS software to analyze progress of water and its circulation in FRP wrapped concrete. This paper presents the modeling of water diffusion in FRP. Finite element programs do ...