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  • Munition Mobility in Mixed Grain (Sand and Cobble) Environments

    Creator:
    Paskoski, Jessica
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    Nearly 24% of Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) containing military munitions are in the nearshore coastal zone with approximately 30% of those sites containing heterogeneous sediment compositions of gravel-sand. Previous exploration in munition mobility was performed on beaches of sandy or muddy bottoms leaving the influence of heterogeneous sediment properties...
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    Masters Thesis
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    capable of being in so many places at once! I would also like to thank my second advisor, Dr. Gabriel

  • Wave runup : Physics, variability, and societal impacts

    Creator:
    García Medina, Gabriel
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    The U.S. Pacific Northwest is home to one of the most extreme wave climates in the world with waves of 10 m in height arriving to the coast approximately each year. With an average water temperature of 12℃, the beaches in the region are too cold to go on a...
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    Dissertation
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    upon request. Gabriel Garćıa Medina, Author ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First, I thank my advisor H. Tuba

  • Nearshore wave predictions along the Oregon and southwest Washington coast

    Creator:
    García-Medina, Gabriel
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    This thesis contains a manuscript describing the implementation of a high resolution wave forecasting model for the coasts of Washington and Oregon. The purpose of this project was to advance the wave predictive capabilities of the states of Oregon and the southwest part of Washington by including the effects of...
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    . _____________________________________________________________________ Gabriel García-Medina, Author ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I want to thank my advisor Dr. H

  • Evaluation of alternative information signs in Oregon

    Creator:
    Neill, Justin Michael
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    The number of international inbound tourists to the United States has risen steadily. To serve these and other tourists best, traffic signs need to communicate information correctly across a potential language barrier. Of particular interest is the traffic sign intended to communicate directions to Tourist Information centers. While the general...
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    Masters Thesis
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    95.7% of the driving simulator subjects comprehending the sign correctly. The “i” Sign alternatives

  • Structural Response of High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced Cementitious Composites: Evaluation, Simulation, and Sensitivity Analysis

    Creator:
    Khlef, Feras L.
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    The constitutive behavior of high-performance fiber-reinforced cementitious composites (HPFRCCs) under mechanical loading is characterized by significant tensile properties that play an essential role in the structural response of several applications in structural engineering. The significance of tensile properties of HPFRCCs in structural engineering is the focus of three manuscripts presented...
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    Dissertation
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    conducting the study. The study is conducted in two phases (i) sensitivity analysis at the material level

  • Soil-bridge interaction during long-duration earthquake motions

    Creator:
    Romney, Kyle T.
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    Earthquake engineering analyses are often performed using shallow, crustal earthquake motions (e.g., 1940 El Centro). However, large areas of the world are subject to subduction zone earthquake motions (e.g., the Pacific Northwest). A subduction zone earthquake motion is characterized by its long duration (e.g., strong shaking lasts for more than...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Engineering Dean of the Graduate School I understand that my thesis will become part of the permanent

  • High Strength Reinforcing Bars : Concrete Shear Friction Interface Behavior

    Creator:
    Nielson, Drew R.
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    Use of high-strength steel (HSS) reinforcing bars could provide constructability and economic benefits for the construction of structures, reducing the initial and ultimately the life-cycle cost of bridge and building structural elements. This thesis summarizes work performed in a research project on the use of HSS reinforcing bars for concrete...
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    Masters Thesis
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    along a concrete-concrete interface. The twenty specimens included five specimens of: (i) #4 ASTM A706

  • An Agent-Based Simulation for Emergency Warning Dissemination in a Multiplex Social Network

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    Koll, Charles D.
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    The variety of natural disasters provide different sets of characteristics and properties with unique challenges. One significant difference between hazard types is prewarning lead time, the amount of time individuals have from a potential warning to the disaster occurring. Rapid onset disasters may not provide an official warning about a...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , identifying approximate probabilities which are significantly affected by the broadcast process. I develop an

  • U(VI) transport in subsurface materials: is two-site, one-species modeling sufficient?

    Creator:
    Harrington, Stephanie J.
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    Uranium adsorption to Hanford sediment was studied for various pH, total inorganic carbon concentrations, and total U(VI) concentrations. Both batch and transport studies were done in an attempt to understand the adsorptive trend of U(VI) on Hanford sediment, and the changes in adsorption as both pH and total inorganic carbon...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Environmental Engineering Dea'ii of thqiI'adu'ate School I understand that my thesis will become part of the

  • Power Output Calculations for an Array of Point-absorber Wave Energy Converters

    Creator:
    García-Castaño, Manuel
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    This study presents a methodology for power take off (PTO) forecasting for an array of heave wave energy converters (WECs). Based on spectral data obtained directly from the National Data Buoy Center, representative realistic sea states are generated at the location of the WECs, and by using two wave-structure interaction...
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    ____________________________________________________________________ Dean of the Graduate School I understand that my thesis will become part of the