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Dynamic Properties Of Compacted Soils Using Resonant Column With Self-contained Bender Elements
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2008-08-08)A comprehensive series of resonant column and bender elements tests were simultaneously performed in the developed RC/BE apparatus. RC/BE tests were conducted on compacted specimens of poorly graded sand (SP) and high ... -
Development Of A Freeway Incident Rating System
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2008-09-17)A freeway incident rating system is proposed to classify incidents in terms of their disruptive potential to cause delays, fuel wastage, secondary accidents, and other adverse operational impacts. A two-dimensional rating ... -
Building Pressure Tests Of Fiber-reinforced Foam-based Lightweight Concrete Precast Wall Panels
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2008-09-17)Instrumentation and procedures for building pressure tests were designed as a means of providing new wind pressure test methods for full-scale building models. Fiber-reinforced foam-based lightweight concrete precast ... -
Effects Of Calcium-based Treatment On Organic Soil Behavior
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2008-09-17)Organic soils are found in many places around the world. Organic soils undergo large secondary settlements depending on the amount of organic matter present in the soil Organic soil is a mixture of finely divided particles ... -
Subsurface Investigations Using High Resolution Resistivity
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2008-09-17)Electrical resistivity imaging has been proved to be well suited to produce images of subsurface conditionsbecause of the ability of the technique for detecting resistive features and discriminating subtle resistivity ... -
Applications Of GIS For Mapping And Tracking Underground Infrastructure
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2009-09-16)The main objective of this research is to apply Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for construction and renewal of underground infrastructures. As a first step, a suitability analysis to determine location of existing ... -
Failure Analysis Of A Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Wall Using Finite Element Program Plaxis
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2009-09-16)Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) retaining walls have been increasingly used in many federal, state and private projects over the last 20 years. MSE walls are reliable, constructible, and cost effective. However, failure ... -
Capacity Of Two-sided Type C On Freeway With Four Lanes
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2009-09-16)Weaving segments are categorized based on weaving length, configuration, number of lanes, free flow speed and weaving ratio. All these parameters affect weaving capacity. One of the objectives of this research was to extend ... -
Development Of Brownfield Database Using GIS
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2009-09-16)Brownfields are abandoned, idled or underutilized industrial or commercial sites where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by actual or perceived environmental contamination. Brownfields may be as small as a vacant ... -
Comparative Damage Of Different Truck Configurations On Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2009-09-16)This study estimated the damage done by trucks with 35 different configurations on a typical structure of a Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement. The configurations were proposed by New York Department of Transportation, the ... -
Measured And Theoretical Response Of Perpetual Pavement Structures
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2009-09-16)The Kansas Perpetual Pavement experiment includes the construction of four pavement sections on the US-75 highway designed according to the perpetual pavement concept. The sections were instrumented with strain gauges and ... -
Adsorption Curve Fits For Landfill VOCs On Bituminous Coal Based And Coconut Shell Based Activated Carbon
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2009-09-16)This study explores adsorption as a method of controlling hazardous gas emissions from Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (MSWL). In particular, the hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) para, meta, and ortho-xylene, ethylbenzene ... -
Clay Mineral Quantification Using Gravemetric Analysis
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2009-09-16)The current procedure used by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to determine the type of stabilizer is based mainly on the Plasticity Index (PI) and the gradation of the soil. This method of stabilization does ... -
Construction Cost Of Underground Infrastructure
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2009-09-16)Renewal of aging underground infrastructure is a major challenge that municipalities inNorth America face every day. Traditional replacement or renewal of these underground utilitiesuses open-cut excavation methods that ... -
The Effect Of Displacement Control Loading Histories On Genral Connecting Surfaces Using Finite Element Analysis
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2009-09-16)Displacement loading history provided by the AISC Seismic Provision 2002 is commonly used for experimental testing and analytical modeling of beam-to-column steel connection to stimulate the seismic effect. However, the ... -
Performance Of Large Scale Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete Deep Beam With Single Opening Under Monotonic Loading
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2009-09-16)The design of complex, discontinuous stress trajectory regions (D-regions) is complex in natureand cumbersome to design. The performance of a large scale steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC)deep beam with single opening ... -
Development And Benefits Of A LEED Project Management Database
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2010-03-03)The U.S. Green Building Council is a non-profit community of industry leaders working to make green buildings available to everyone. The documentation process for achieving Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design ... -
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. ... -
Durability Studies On Stabilization Effectiveness Of Soils Containing Different Fractions Of Montmorillonite
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2010-03-03)Stabilization of clays with additives like lime and cement has been practiced for several years and worked well in improving the subgrades. Though this practice is used widely, there were cases where the treated subgrades ... -
Long Term Durability Studies On Chemically Treated Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Materials
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2010-03-03)Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) is a well known construction material which has been used in Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) to reduce material costs and stabilizing the pavements for several years. It has been reported that out ...