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  • Improving Safety of the Platform-Train-Interface Through Operational and Technical Mitigation Strategies

    Creator:
    Anderson, Dylan
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    The purpose of this study is to provide background information and examples of best practices relating to platform-train-interface (PTI) safety. The research and information obtained for this manuscript has been in association with the A-40 project funded by the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) of the National Academies. The purpose...
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    Operational and Technical Mitigation Strategies

  • A portable geographic information system used to develop an integrated facility management support system for a military installation

    Creator:
    Kennedy, David R. (David Richard)
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    The combination of increased training tempo due to military base closures and the reduction in military budgets have placed a severe burden on the infrastructure at many military installations and emphasized the need for an integrated facility management support system. This research involved linking existing facility, environmental, and operational data...
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    . Presently, no known military installations have an integrated facility management support system linking

  • Construction risks allocation : optimal risk allocation decision support model

    Creator:
    Alsalman, Ali Abdullah
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    It has been suggested that projects in the construction industry are subject to risks more than other industries. However, there is often little parity in allocation of risks in the construction industry. Usually, project participants allocate risks by aversion where owners tend to shift risks to the primary contractor, who...
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    Dissertation
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    main categories: behavioral, technical, and organizational barriers. Lack of an efficient risk

  • Engineering design and analysis of pipe ramming installations

    Creator:
    Meskele, Tadesse
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    The trenchless technology known as pipe ramming for construction of culverts and buried pipes under roadways or other infrastructure has gained significant popularity due to its cost-effectiveness and ability to alleviate surface disruptions associated with open-cut trenching. Although the experience with pipe ramming is increasing, there has been remarkably little...
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    technical guidance available for engineers to appropriately specify aspects of a pipeline or culvert

  • Shrinkage study of high performance concrete for bridge decks

    Creator:
    Fu, Tengfei
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    In the field of civil infrastructure, bridge desks are typically constructed using high performance concrete (HPC). Concrete bridge decks demand qualities such as low permeability, high abrasion resistance, superior durability, and long design life. Over decades of field and laboratory experience, many HPC bridge decks have been found to be...
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    of highly cracking resistant HPC is not clearly established either in the technical literature or

  • The seismic geotechnical modeling, performance, and analysis of pile-supported wharves

    Creator:
    McCullough, Nason J.
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    This dissertation presents the results of a research effort conducted to better understand the seismic performance and analysis of pile-supported wharves. Given the limited number of well-documented field case histories, the seismic performance of pile-supported wharves has been poorly quantified, and the analysis methods commonly employed in engineering practice have...
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    of this research clearly highlighted the need for analysis validation studies, and note the

  • Influence of expansive soils on structures in the Eugene area

    Creator:
    Bonell, John Alexander
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    Expansive soils in Eugene, Oregon present a problem to residents, consultants, contractors, and the city government. During the years 1977 to 1979, the nature and extent of the problem was identified, including an outline of the local occurrence of expansive soils and possible engineering solutions to the most often encountered...
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    , soil scientists, engineers, and some non-technical people who have encountered structural damage

  • Alkali-silica reaction in concrete containing recycled concrete aggregates

    Creator:
    Adams, Matthew P.
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    Using recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) as a replacement for natural aggregate in new concrete is a promising way to increase the overall sustainability of new concrete. This has been hindered, however, by a general perception that RCA is a sub-standard material due to the lack of technical guidance, specifically related...
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    of technical guidance, specifically related to long-term durability, on incorporating RCA into new

  • Amplification of solitary waves along a vertical wall

    Creator:
    Li, Wenwen
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    Reflection of an obliquely incident solitary wave at a vertical wall is studied experimentally in the laboratory wave tank. Precision measurements of water-surface variations are achieved with the aid of laser-induced fluorescent (LIF) technique and detailed temporal and spatial features of the Mach reflection are captured. During the development stage...
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    analyze validation of the theory; note that substantial discrepancies exist from previous (both numerical

  • Review of guidelines for the design of tsunami vertical evacuation buildings

    Creator:
    Cawley, Jessica Grace
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    Tsunamis have the potential to inflict severe damage and loss of life in coastal communities. Structures known as vertical evacuation buildings provide an alternative evacuation site for communities living in relatively flat, coastal regions with inadequate sources of high ground for evacuation. Design of these structures balances risk and economy,...
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    requires both technical and social design considerations. The design must be ductile enough to resist