Category: CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS

NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF TURBULENT-DRIVEN SECONDARY FLOW Abstract Secondary flows of second type (also known as turbulent secondary flows) are one of the most important mechanisms responsible for sediment transport …

NUMERICAL STUDIES OF SEISMICALLY INDUCED SLOPE DEFORMATION USING SMOOTHED PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMICS METHOD ABSTRACT There has been growing interest in improving current procedures for estimating seismically-induced deformations of natural and …

NUMERICAL AND ANALYTICAL MODELING OF CONCRETE  CONFINED WITH FRP WRAPS. Abstract   This thesis is intended at studying and comparing empirical models that have been proposed for the modeling …

NOVEL PERFORMANCE TESTS FOR  EVALUATION OF ALKALI-SILICA REACTION ABSTRACT Alkali-silica reaction (ASR) is a leading cause of premature concrete deterioration, resulting in cracks that develop in concrete structures. ASR …

NETWORK ANALYSIS OF ROAD CRASH FREQUENCY USING SPATIAL MODELS ABSTRACT Despite the evident spatial character of road crashes, limited research has been conducted in road safety analysis to account …

NON-DESTRUCTIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF ASPHALT CONCRETE MIXTURES THROUGH RESONANT COLUMN TESTING ABSTRACT   Asphalt concrete is a multiphase viscoelastic composite material; hence its mechanical properties change with frequency of the …

MULTI-RESOLUTION ANALYSIS OF  DISRUPTIONS IN DIFFERENT URBAN NETWORK CONFIGURATIONS  UNDER VARYING INFORMATION SCENARIOS ABSTRACT Urban networks are suffering more congestion than ever. Aside from recurrent congestion resulting from bottlenecks …

MODIFIED MECHANISTIC-EMPIRICAL AIRFIELD UNBONDED CONCRETE OVERLAY TRAFFIC PREDICTION MODEL ABSTRACT Unbonded concrete overlays, one rehabilitation technique applied to rigid pavements, offers benefits by taking advantage of the existing rigid …

MODELING THE INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES ON PENNSYLVANIA HIGHWAYS ABSTRACT Crash Modification Factors (CMFs) are typically used to quantify the effects of road safety countermeasures by estimating the …

MODELING SAFETY EFFECTS OF GEOMETRIC DESIGN CONSISTENCY ON TWO-LANE RURAL ROADWAYS USING MIXED EFFECTS NEGATIVE BINOMIAL REGRESSION ABSTRACT   Previous research has examined the relationship between roadway safety and …

MID-RISE BUILDING PROGRESSIVE COLLAPSE FINITE ELEMENT MODELING WITH CONSIDERATION OF OCCUPANT EGRESS ABSTRACT   A progressive collapse is characterized by initial local damage to a structural element leading to …

METHODOLOGY FOR HURRICANE DAMAGE ESTIMATION TO GLAZING SYSTEM TOWARDS PROBABILISTIC LOSS ASSESSMENT ABSTRACT   Hurricanes can cause extensive damage to the building and the envelope systems of commercial buildings …

MESHFREE VISCOELASTIC MODELING: TOWARD NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF PRINTING CONCRETE STRUCTURES Abstract The conventional way of construction in building industry has many disadvantages, for example, the environmental pollution, massive energy …

MEDIUM-RANGE ENSEMBLE FLOOD FORECAST INUNDATION MAPS: THE CASE OF THE TIDAL DELAWARE RIVER NEAR PHILADELPHIA ABSTRACT   We investigate the ability to enhance flood inundation medium-range (0-7 days) forecast …

MANY-OBJECTIVE GROUNDWATER MONITORING NETWORK DESIGN USING BIAS-AWARE ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTERING, EVOLUTIONARY OPTIMIZATION, AND VISUAL ANALYTICS Abstract This dissertation contributes the ASSIST (Adaptive Strategies for Sampling in Space and Time) …

MATERIAL DESIGN AND PROPERTIES OF GEO POLYMER MORTAR FOR APPLICATIONS IN 3DPRINTING ABSTRACT The objective of this research was to design a 3D printable alkali-activated metakaolinbased geopolymer formula and …

MANAGING STABLE WATERWAYS AT BRIDGES IN THE MID-ATLANTIC Abstract In this study, a methodology is developed for creating stable channel transitions at bridge stream intersections. A methodology is developed …