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Enhancing understanding of mineral accessible surface area to improve simulation of mineral reaction rates in porous media 

QIN, Fanqi (2021-07-19)
Geological formations have great potential for large scale carbon sequestration, where the CO2 is mineralized through geochemical reactions. These reactions are rather complex and can potentially alter the formation ...

Ensuring Safe Drinking Water for the Northern Corridor of Haiti Through Expanded Testing Services 

Ogisma, Lonege (2022-12-01)
Due to the lack of potable piped water, drinking water access is a concern in Haiti. Families often gather water for household use from private wells, springs, and rivers. These local water sources are often of unknown or ...

Evaluating alternatives for the implementation of Curve Number in SWMM for an urbanized watershed 

Xiao, Han (2022-11-27)
Modeling hydrological abstraction, particularly infiltration, in urbanized areas is a complex task. Without field validation data, researchers and engineers often rely on readily available methodologies on semi-empirical ...

Evaluation of Laboratory and Field Produced Cold Recycled and Full Depth Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Materials 

Allain, David (2021-05-18)
Cold recycling (CR) and full depth reclamation (FDR) are sustainable processes of recycling existing pavement materials to construct stronger stabilized base layers. The recycled asphalt pavement’s materials vary in ...

Evaluation of Nondestructive Test Methods for Concrete Bridge Deck Condition Assessment 

Coleman, Zachary (2021-07-14)
To facilitate locating subsurface concrete bridge deck defects and determining their corresponding severity, departments of transportation are switching to nondestructive test (NDT) methods. However, the difficulty in ...

Evaluation of Nondestructive Testing Methods to Assess the Condition of Concrete Bridge Decks 

Jetzel, Christian (2021-08-02)
Bridges are critical parts of the transportation infrastructure in the United States and throughout the world. During their lifecycle, reinforced-concrete bridge decks can experience distresses and defects in the form of ...

Evaluation of Pile Load Testing State of Practice for ALDOT Projects 

Russell, Carl-Franklin (2021-12-01)
A database of driven piles taken from archives of the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) was created for the purpose of evaluating the pile load testing state of practice for ALDOT. The dataset was derived from ...

Evaluation of Shear Tab Connections as Supplemental Energy Dissipators 

WU, HONGYANG (2022-11-04)
As structural engineering practice moves from life-safety to functional recovery after a significant seismic event, taking advantage of structural components to enhance the energy dissipation of a structure will be important. ...

Experimental Testing and Analysis of S50 Beam with Finite Element Modeling of Splice Connection 

Chitty, Hunter (2021-12-08)  ETD File Embargoed
Large Area Maintenance Shelters, LAMS, are commonly used as deployable shelters by the US Air Force to store and maintain equipment. This work is specific to the LAMS located at Tyndall Air Force Base manufactured by ...

Exploring Targeted Long-Distance Travel Survey Sampling Frame Approaches to Support Travel Survey Collection 

Fisher, Mitchell II (2022-08-05)
Long-distance travel continues to grow in economic, environmental, and infrastructural importance. To inform policy, infrastructural funding, and travel demand forecasting, detailed travel survey findings are needed at the ...

Finite Element Modelling of Large Area Maintenance Shelters and Comparison to Experimental Results 

Norred, Culver (2021-08-16)  ETD File Embargoed
Large area maintenance shelters (LAMS) are used as temporary structures by the United States Air Force to provide shelter for helicopters, tanks, wheeled vehicles, and aircraft. There are several different brands of LAMS ...

Forensic Analysis of a Large Volume Rack Building Impacted by Hurricane Michael (2018) 

Roberts, Jonathan (2021-12-02)  ETD File Embargoed
Metal building systems (MBS) are extremely common and frequently used in commercial, industrial, and warehouse applications thus serving critical roles in local economies. Damage sustained to these buildings through extreme ...

FULL-SCALE MECHANISTIC AND PERFORMANCE INVESTIGATION OF A FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT WITH A STABILIZED FOUNDATION 

Nakhaei, Mostafa (2021-06-21)
The current study aimed to develop a mechanistic understanding of the behavior of flexible pavements with stabilized foundations through full-scale testing, instrumentation, and simulation. In pursuit of this objective, a ...

Identifying Effectiveness of Engineering Traffic Control Devices for Wrong-Way Driving from the Driver Behaviors Perspective 

Song, Yukun (2023-01-09)  ETD File Embargoed
This dissertation aims to identify the effectiveness of engineering traffic control devices for wrong-way driving (WWD) from a driver behavior perspective, which contains two tasks: i) WWD fatal crash analysis, and ii) ...

Impact of overloaded vehicles on bridges 

Stawska, Sylwia (2021-08-03)  ETD File Embargoed
Excessive weight and a growing number of overloaded vehicles can cause an accelerated consumption of bridge service life. Therefore, there is a need to control the operation of heavy traffic. This study considered the ...

Improvements in Construction Stormwater Treatment using Flocculants 

Kazaz, Billur (2022-05-03)  ETD File Embargoed
Construction stormwater runoff constitutes an increased risk for downstream water bodies if unmanaged sediment-laden discharge exits a construction site. Federal and state regulations emphasize the significance of erosion ...

Improvements in Stormwater Detention Technologies through Large-Scale Testing Techniques 

Schussler, Jaime (2022-05-05)
Due to urbanization and a changing climate, stormwater management has become increasingly discussed, regulated, and researched. In many areas of the United States, one effect of climate change has taken form in more intense ...

Improving the Performance of Reinforced Concrete Decks in California 

Hurtado, Pablo E. (2022-12-02)  ETD File Embargoed
The poor performance observed over the years starts at the very early age of the bridge, like in California. The literature review suggests that restraining effects on the deck may cause excessive early-age transverse ...

Innovative Applications of Naturalistic Driving Data for In-Depth Analysis of Freeway Interchange Deceleration Lane Design and Work Zone Mobility 

Xu, Dan (2021-11-29)
This dissertation investigates two innovative applications of the Second Strategic Highway Research Program Naturalistic Driving Study (SHRP 2 NDS) data: (1) freeway interchange deceleration lane design and (2) work zone ...

Laboratory Evaluation of Heat Exchange Between Superheated Virgin Aggregate and Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Material 

Gatiganti, Surendra Chowdari (2021-07-27)  ETD File Embargoed
The most common method of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) material processing in the production of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) in the United States is by using cold feed recycling. Superheating the virgin aggregates by hot gas ...