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Evaluación Probabilística De La Amenaza Sísmica Regional Para Tunja, Gladys Patricia Molina Molina

Ingeniería Civil

El presente trabajo contiene la evaluación probabilística de la amenaza sísmica para la Ciudad de Tunja, que está ubicada en la cordillera Oriental colombiana a los 05º32’07” de latitud Norte y 73º22’04” de longitud oeste. Tunja se encuentra en un área propensa a la actividad sísmica; en la zona se desarrollan varios sistemas de fallas activas. Según datos históricos, en los últimos 500 años la sismicidad de Tunja y su área cercana ha sido destacada. Esta investigación se desarrolló siguiendo los procedimientos de Hanks y Cornell (1994) que permite estimar las aceleraciones pico esperadas para periodos de retorno de 475, …

Análisis De La Influencia Del Refuerzo Transversal En El Confinamiento De Columnas De Sección Circular Y Rectangular Modeladas A Escala Reducida, Jhony Armando Sanchez Sierra

Ingeniería Civil

No abstract provided.

Development Of A Mathematical Model For 3d Reconstruction Of Target Objects By Photogrammetry, Keith F. Blonquist

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This thesis outlines the development of a mathematical model which can be used to perform 3D reconstruction of a target object from surveillance images. 3D reconstruction is a common procedure in photogrammetry, but performing 3D reconstruction from surveillance images can be more difficult than typical photogrammetry applications.

Surveillance images are generally captured in an unsystematic manner because there is no control over the target that is being photographed. Surveillance images can have a wide variety of fields of view, are often captured with uncalibrated cameras, and typically the targets are objects for which there is no other a priori information. …

Investigation Of The Merging Of Two Axisymmetric Turbulent Jets, Jeffrey Smith

All Theses

A study was done to determine the converging distance of two axisymmetric turbulent jets and to compare the experimental results with the Reichardt hypothesis. This experiment consisted of measuring the velocity profiles of the two jets and manipulating the momentum ratio between the jets. Through testing, it was determined that the Reichardt hypothesis while efficient, over predicts the converging distance of the jets by up to 25% in some cases.
An Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter (ADV) was used to take measurements across the path of the jets and monitored the velocity and the turbulent kinetic energy. After observing the velocity profiles, …

P-M Characteristics Of Reinforced Concrete Sections, Paul Johnson

All Theses

This manuscript presents two parametric studies which were performed to evaluate a provision which originated in the 1994 Uniform Building Code (UBC). This provision states that if gravity-induced axial loads carried by a reinforced concrete member are greater than 35% of the pure axial load-carrying capacity (Po) of that member, then the member cannot be used as part of the lateral force resisting system (LRFS). Along with the UBC provision, the Structural Engineers Association of California's (SEAOC) Blue Book states that the value of 0.35Po corresponds to the level of axial load representing a balanced state of strain, i.e., the …

Analysis Of Speed-Related Crashes Using Event Data Recorder Data, Swathi Korpu

All Theses

Safety in general is defined as 'the absence of unintended harm to living creatures or inanimate objects' (Evans, 2004). Traffic safety is measured in terms of motor vehicle crashes. A crash is an unplanned event which results in either fatality, or injury or property damage. Of all the factors that contribute to a crash, speed is a major issue, as more than 31 percent of all fatal crashes involve speeding (NHTSA, 2007). The speed-safety relationship can be determined by knowing the effect of speed on the frequency and severity of crashes. The relationship between speed and frequency of crashes is …

Simulating Truck Lane Management Approaches To Improve Efficiency And Safety Of Highways In Knoxville, Tennessee, Adebola Adebisi Adelakum

Masters Theses

Increased globalization has caused large increases in truck traffic on the nation’s interstate system, with much additional growth expected in the coming years. This growth has elevated interest in developing new strategies to address rising levels of truck traffic, especially in dense and congested urban areas. This thesis focuses on the evaluation of several alternative lane management configurations as they compare to the current lane configuration in search of the best fit for operational improvement. This task was performed in two ways – survey and simulation. A survey of 500 long-haul truck drivers was administered in Knoxville, Tennessee, at the …

Optimal Maintenance Crew Composition And Enhancement Of Crew Productivity, Robert Schober

All Theses

The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) dedicates a large portion of its budget and other resources to the maintenance of the State's transportation infrastructure. In order to maximize the efficiency and productivity of the State's highway maintenance workforce, the SCDOT partnered with Clemson University to research the performance of these maintenance crews. The goal of this research is to identify optimal crew compositions, if possible, and to suggest potential crew productivity enhancement methods.
Data was collected from the SCDOT Highway Maintenance Management System (HMMS) and crew rankings were developed based on several pre-determined performance criteria. These rankings were then …

Analysis Of Effectiveness Of Bridges With Partial Isolation, Wenying Hu

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

A special class of seismically isolated bridges shares a common feature in that both ends of the superstructure are restrained and isolators over the columns of bridge uncouple the superstructure from the ground motions. They are defined as partial isolation bridges. From measured acceleration responses, effectiveness of full seismic isolation had been confirmed widely. However, the seismic isolation behavior in the partial isolation has not been widely observed.

The effectiveness of partial isolation is evaluated in this study. The static design procedures for linear and nonlinear partially isolated bridges are developed. Results from the static analysis of linear and nonlinear …

Application Of Structural Control For Civil Engineering Structures, Abdollah Shafieezadeh

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This study presents the application of control methods in seismic mitigation of structural responses. The study consists of two parts. In the first section, fractional order filters are utilized to enhance the performance of the conventional LQR method for optimal robust control of a simple civil structure. The introduced filters modify the state variables fed back to the constant gain controller. Four combinations of fractional order filter and LQR are considered and optimized based on a new performance criterion defined in the paper. Introducing fractional order filters is shown to improve the results considerably for both the artificially generated ground …

Generalized Event Tree Algorithm And Software For Dam Safety Risk Analysis, Anurag Srivastava

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Event tree analysis is a most commonly used method in dam safety risk analysis modeling. Available software tools for performing event tree analyses lack the flexibility to efficiently address many important factors in dam safety risk analysis. As a result of these practical limitations, spreadsheets have been used, sometimes including Visual Basic macros, to perform these analyses. However, this approach lacks generality and can require significant effort to apply to a specific dam or to modify the event tree structure. In response to these limitations, here a generalized event tree analysis tool, DAMRAE (DAM safety Risk Analysis Engine), has been …

Integrating Surface And Sub Surface Flow Models Of Different Spatial And Temporal Scales Using Potential Coupling Interfaces, Alphonce Chenjerayi Guzha

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The main objective of this research was to develop and utilize a coupled surface water groundwater model to simulate hydrological responses of watersheds. This was achieved by coupling the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) groundwater flow model, MODFLOW, and the rainfall runoff model, TOPMODEL, in one case study and coupling MODFLOW with a networked version of TOPMODEL called TOPNET in another case study. The model coupling was achieved using the InCouple approach, which utilizes Potential Coupling Interfaces (PCIs) that are abstractions from model flow diagrams that expose only those aspects of a model relevant to coupling. Coupling the rainfall-runoff models to …

The Effect Of Climate Change On The Hydrology Of A Mountainous Catchment In The Western United States: A Case Study At Reynolds Creek, Idaho, Anurag Nayak

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This research is focused on understanding the sensitivity of a hydrologic regime at the Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed (RCEW), a snowmelt dominated semi-arid mountain basin located in southwest Idaho, to climate warming.

Climate data, collected during 1962 to 2006 at many locations in the RCEW, was carefully checked, preprocessed, and corrected for errors and noise signals introduced by the instrument malfunctioning and extreme weather conditions. An Automated Precipitation Correction Program (APCP) was developed to remove mechanical errors from the weighing-recording bucket type precipitation gauge measurements. APCP produces comparable results to the manual techniques but a degree faster (few minutes against …

The Influence Of Debris Cages On Critical Submergence Of Vertical Intakes In Reservoirs, Skyler D. Allen

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This study quantifies the influence of debris cages on critical submergence at vertical intakes in reservoir configurations. Four model debris cages were constructed of light panel material. A vertical intake protruding one pipe diameter above the floor of a model reservoir was tested in six configurations: open intake pipe, a debris grate placed directly over the intake pipe, and debris cages representing widths of 1.5*d and 2*d and heights of 1.5*c and 2*c, where d is diameter of the intake and c is height of intake above reservoir floor. A selection of top grating configurations and a submerged raft configuration …

Evaluación De La Gestión De Aguas Subterráneas En Colombia, Rafael Alejandro Buitrago Rodriguez, Javier Armando Rojas Felix

Ingeniería Civil

No abstract provided.

Cultura Social En El Desarrollo De Procesos Contaminantes. Caso: Desechos Orgánicos Dispuestos Inadecuadamente En Los Aparatos Sanitarios Al Alcantarillado De Bogotá D.C. Localidad 02 Chapinero, Laura Xiomara Roa Martínez, Sandra Liliana Garzón Basto

Ingeniería Civil

No abstract provided.

Impacto Socioeconómico Generado Por La Obra Civil De Transmilenio En El Trayecto Comprendido Entre La Carrera Tercera Con Avenida Diecinueve Y Avenida Caracas Con Calle Trece, Eje Ambiental, Erika Johanna Chona, Helber Zamir Galindo Cabra

Ingeniería Civil

No abstract provided.

Impacto Socioeconómico De La Obra Civil Centro Comercial Santafé, En La Comunidad Adyacente Correspondiente A Los Barrios De La Academia, La Uribe, El Verbenal Y San José De Bavaria, En Las Localidades De Suba Y Usaquén De La Ciudad De Bogotá D.C, Ronald González Saavedra, Jorge David Montenegro López

Ingeniería Civil

No abstract provided.

Evaluación De Los Riesgos De Contaminación Del Acuífero Perteneciente Al Área Urbana Del Municipio De San Luis De Palenque Casanare, Miller Andres Perez Malagon, Jose Julian Patiño Barragan

Ingeniería Civil

No abstract provided.

Imaging Of Buried Utilities By Ultra Wideband Sensory Systems, Arun Prakash Jaganathan

Doctoral Dissertations

Third-party damage to the buried infrastructure like natural gas pipelines, water distribution pipelines and fiber optic cables are estimated at $10 billion annually across the US. Also, the needed investment in upgrading our water and wastewater infrastructure over the next 20 years is estimated by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at $400 billion, however, non-destructive condition assessment technologies capable of providing quantifiable data regarding the structural integrity of our buried assets in a cost-effective manner are lacking. Both of these areas were recently identified several U.S. federal agencies as 'critical national need'. In this research ultra wideband (UWB) time-domain radar technology …

Impacto Socio-Económico Generado Por La Implementación Del Proyecto Transmilenio En El Tramo Comprendido Entre Las Calles Trece Y Octava Sur Sobre La Avenida Carrera 30 Nqs, Juan David Rocha Monsalve, Andrés Francisco Lozano Mendoza

Ingeniería Civil

No abstract provided.

Evaluación De Parámetros Elásticos De Mezclas Artificiales De Suelos Para Modelos De Laboratorio Geolab, Natalia Eugenia Marín Riveros

Ingeniería Civil

No abstract provided.

Análisis De Alternativas En Un Modelo Hidráulico Reducido Para Mitigar La Socavación Producida Por El Río Chocho En El Club El Bosque, Luis Alberto Botía Morales, Jhon Reinaldo Jaimes Huérfano, Wilmar Francisco Roncancio Sánchez

Ingeniería Civil

No abstract provided.

Diseño De Un Puente De Una Luz Con Tablero De Losa Y Viga En Concreto Reforzado Barrio Chamblum De Istmina Choco, Jackson Samir Borja Castillo

Ingeniería Civil

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Crumb Rubber Particles On Highway Noise Reduction - A Laboratory Study, Khaldoun Shatanawi

All Dissertations

Traffic noise is a major setback to the life quality of residents living in the vicinity of highways. Over the past 40 years, much legislation has been passed to regulate sound levels to which residents are exposed. Among the many approaches adopted to alleviate the problem, crumb rubber modified asphalt has been proposed as a measure to reduce highway traffic noise.
The use of crumb rubber modified asphalt to reduce traffic noise on pavements had not been evaluated in great detail prior to this study. This research investigates the effects of crumb rubber particles on asphalt pavement noise absorption ability. …

Evaluation Of Warm Asphalt Additives On Performance Properties Of Crm Binders And Mixtures, Chandra Akisetty

All Dissertations

The Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) technologies have gained increasing popularity in recent years because of its unique property to allow the reduction in mixing and compaction temperatures of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) mixtures without compromising the quality of the mix. On the other hand, one of the reasons for utilizing the Crumb Rubber Modified (CRM) asphalt mixtures is that it increases the durability of the pavement by reducing the cracking and rutting potential of the pavement. However the CRM mixtures require a high mixing and compaction temperatures compared to the conventional HMA. Since the temperature requirements for CRM mixtures are …

Framework For The Fully Probabilistic Analysis Of Excavation-Induced Serviceability Damage To Buildings In Soft Clays, Matt Schuster

All Dissertations

In this dissertation, a framework for a fully-probabilistic analysis of the potential for building serviceability damage induced by an excavation in soft clays is established. This analysis framework is established based on the concept of a serviceability limit state where the resistance is represented by the capacity of a building to resist serviceability damage, and the loading is represented by the demand on a building due to excavation-induced ground movements. In this study, both the resistance and the loading are treated as a random variable; the resistance is characterized empirically based on a database of the observed building performance while …

Framework For Probabilistic Analysis Of Recurrent Landslides: A Case Study Of El Berrinche, Raul Flores

All Dissertations

Assessment of slope stability or landslide is a complex geotechnical problem that involves much uncertainty. To consider combined effects of the uncertainties in soil parameters and changes in pore water pressure, reliability theory may be employed. In this dissertation study, a reliability-based framework for the probabilistic analysis of recurrent landslides is developed.
Generally, the stability of a slope is analyzed deterministically with methods of limit equilibrium and a factor of safety is computed. This approach is referred to as the deterministic approach. However, a deterministic analysis alone may not be sufficient in assessing the risk level of a landslide in …

A Real-Time Traffic Condition Assessment And Prediction Framework Using Vehicle-Infrastructure Integration (Vii) With Computational Intelligence, Yongchang Ma

All Dissertations

This research developed a real-time traffic condition assessment and prediction framework using Vehicle-Infrastructure Integration (VII) with computational intelligence to improve the existing traffic surveillance system. Due to the prohibited expenses and complexity involved for the field experiment of such a system, this study adopted state-of-the-art simulation tools as an efficient alternative.
This work developed an integrated traffic and communication simulation platform to facilitate the design and evaluation of a wide range of online traffic surveillance and management system in both traffic and communication domain. Using the integrated simulator, the author evaluated the performance of different combination of communication medium and …

Crumb Rubber As A Sorption Medium For Ethylbenzene In Aqueous Solution, Carmen Grayson

All Theses

Scrap tires have always been an environmental concern. In 2005, more than 299 million scrap tires were generated in the U.S., 259 million of which were utilized in the end-use scrap tire markets such as: tire-derived fuel generation, civil engineering applications, and ground rubber applications. The different applications and usages in the scrap tire market have helped utilize up to 87% of annually generated scrap tires in the U.S. Sixteen percent of the scrap tires were utilized in civil engineering applications in 2005 because of their beneficial properties for vibration and sound control, lightweight fill, drainage and collection for underground …