Category: CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS

VIABILITY OF EMBEDDED ULTRASONIC SENSORS FOR STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING OF CONCRETE CRACKING ABSTRACT Concrete infrastructure is an integral part of a transportation system. Concrete is used in many bridges and …

WATER FOOTPRINT OF CITIES: A REVIEW AND PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH ABSTRACT Cities are hotspots of commodity consumption, with implications for non-local water resources. Water flows virtually into cities through …

THE USE OF FLUIDIZED BED ASH AND CEMENT KILN DUST FOR ENVIROMENTAL RECLAMATION ABSTRACT   The goal of this research is to determine the appropriate proportions for a grout …

USING REAL-TIME SPEED DATA TO QUANTIFY IMPACTS OF WEATHER ON TRAVEL SPEEDS ABSTRACT Travel speed is an essential criterion for evaluating motorists’ driving experiences and the traffic conditions they …

THE UTILIZATION OF RECLAIMED WASTE-TO-ENERGY AGGREGATES AS LIGHTWEIGHT SAND IN CONCRETE MASONRY UNITS AND PRECAST CONCRETE ABSTRACT In the United States, solid waste is being generated and disposed of …

ULTRA-HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETE: EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTARY CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS AND THEIR PROPORTIONS ABSTRACT   Ultra-High Strength concrete (UHSC) is a new type of concrete known for its superior mechanical properties …

STATISTICALLY-BASED AIR BLAST LOAD FACTORS BASED ON IMPRECISE PARAMETER STATISTICS FOR REINFORCED CONCRETE WALL ABSTRACT   The determination of acceptable air blast load factors for Load and Resistance Factor …

THE VIABILITY OF PARTIALLY POST-TENSIONED CONCRETE MEMBERS  IN AN AGGRESSIVE ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING CYCLIC LOADING ABSTRACT Partially prestressed concrete offers several advantages over fully prestressed designs including increased ductility, increased …

STRAIN-RESPONSE CHARACTERIZATION FOR UNBONDED CONCRETE OVERLAYS SUBJECTED TO HEAVY AIRCRAFT GEAR WITH MULTIPLE AXLES ABSTRACT Concrete pavement performance, with regard to fatigue life, has previously been studied using strain …

THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF EFFECTIVE DENSITY AND PORE FLUID INDUCED DAMPING IN SATURATED GRANULAR MATERIALS ABSTRACT   In current geotechnical engineering research and practice, two assumptions are generally …

STREAMBANK CRITICAL SHEAR STRESS ESTIMATIONS USING SSURGO AND EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS Abstract:   Sedimentation of waterways is a growing problem.  Sediment is the largest pollutant to the Chesapeake Bay, which …

THREE ­DIMENSIONAL MODELING OF WOOD MOMENT CONNECTIONS ABSTRACT Small-scale wooden moment connections were tested under cyclic loading. These tests investigated the influence of the addition of fiber reinforcement and …

STREAMFLOW RESPONSE TO LAND-COVER CHANGE IN SOUTHERN MEXICO: PROJECTIONS OF WATER BALANCE IN THE TULIJÁ RIVER WATERSHED Abstract   Vegetation plays a crucial part in the water distribution within …

THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELLING OF HYDRODYNAMICS AND MORPHODYNAMICS AROUND IN-STREAM STRUCTURES Abstract In-stream structures include both engineered structures and naturally formed ones. Examples of engineered in-stream structures are bridge piers, …

STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE OF A HYBRID GLASS FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER BRIDGE DECK SYSTEM ABSTRACT   A lightweight composite bridge deck system was developed as part of a Highway for LIFE …

TIME-DEPENDENT DAMAGE BASED TENSION STIFFENING IN REINFORCED CONCRETE ABSTRACT   Deflection control is an important criterion for design of reinforced concrete structures. Deflection control becomes critical for lightly reinforced …

SUBSURFACE UTLITY ENGINEERING FOR HIGHWAY PROJECTS: A STUDY OF UTILITY IMPACT RATING AND BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS ABSTRACT   Accurate locations of buried utility infrastructures are very important for utility owners, …