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Determination Of Practical Esals Per Truck Values On Indiana Roads, Sedat Gulen, John Nagle, John Weaver, Victor Lee Gallivan Jan 2000

Determination Of Practical Esals Per Truck Values On Indiana Roads, Sedat Gulen, John Nagle, John Weaver, Victor Lee Gallivan

JTRP Technical Reports

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has been using ESAL (Equivalent Single Axle Load) values for pavement design. The current ESAL values were obtained in the late 1970. However, truck deregulation and higher allowable maximum loads have increased the 1970's values. Updated ESAL values are needed for better road designs. The 1998 and 1999 traffic data from the all Weight-in-Motion (WIM) stations were obtained and used to compute updated ESAL values for multiple unit trucks (Class 9/F-9) and single unit trucks (Class 5, 6 and 7). Statistical analyses indicated that average ESAL values for 1998 and 1999 are statistically the …


Development Of Closed Loop System Evaluation Equipment And Procedures, Eric J. Nelson, Montasir Abbas, Gary E. Shoup, Darcy M. Bullock Jan 2000

Development Of Closed Loop System Evaluation Equipment And Procedures, Eric J. Nelson, Montasir Abbas, Gary E. Shoup, Darcy M. Bullock

JTRP Technical Reports

Modern traffic control systems are complex entities whose performance should be thoroughly quantified prior to deployment. However, many of the advanced features available with this control equipment, such as preemption and real-time control strategies, are typically proprietary in nature, and therefore not incorporated into standard simulation models. Since it is not desirable for the engineer to learn in a field environment, under live traffic conditions, this research presents a rational procedure for evaluating and validating such control strategies in a laboratory setting. This document explores three aspects of traffic signal systems, which include the advanced control settings for single controller …


Evaluation Of Scour And Stream Stability By Using Caesar, Huey-Long Chen, A. Ramachandra Rao, Dennis A. Lyn, A. G. Altschaeffl Jan 2000

Evaluation Of Scour And Stream Stability By Using Caesar, Huey-Long Chen, A. Ramachandra Rao, Dennis A. Lyn, A. G. Altschaeffl

JTRP Technical Reports

The performance of an expert system (CAESAR for Catalog and Expert Evaluation of Scour Risk and River Stability) for an initial evaluation of scour and stream stability was assessed. Three alternative scour indices are used to compare with the evaluation results of CAESAR. These scour indices include the Observed Streambed Scour index, the INDOT Potential Streambed Scour Index, and the Simon Potential Streambed Scour Index. Ten bridges in Indiana are selected for evaluation in this study. The scour indices and the field inspection information required by CAESAR are retrieved from the USGS data base. In general, the results show that …


Field Implementation Of Bioremediation At Indot Facilities-Phase I, Loring F. Nies, Brett Robert Baldwin, Matthew B. Mesarch Jan 2000

Field Implementation Of Bioremediation At Indot Facilities-Phase I, Loring F. Nies, Brett Robert Baldwin, Matthew B. Mesarch

JTRP Technical Reports

Bioremediation is often the most cost-effective and successful technique available for the remediation of soils and groundwater contaminated with organic pollutants (e.g. petroleum). The goal of bioremediation is to stimulate naturally occurring microorganisms to biodegrade the contaminants to harmless products. To be in compliance with EPA regulations all underground fuel storage tanks must have spill, leak and corrosion protection. Many older obsolete tanks had deteriorated to the extent that petroleum products had leaked into the environment. In the past, petroleum contaminated soils were typically excavated, followed by landfilling of the contaminated material. The continued use of landfills for disposal of …


Effect Of Fine Aggregate Angularity On Asphalt Mixture Performance, Chih-Jen Lee, Thomas D. White, Terry R. West Jan 2000

Effect Of Fine Aggregate Angularity On Asphalt Mixture Performance, Chih-Jen Lee, Thomas D. White, Terry R. West

JTRP Technical Reports

Superpave aggregate qualification includes the fine aggregate angularity (FAA). Fine aggregate angularity levels used in the Superpave system are below 40, 40 to 45 and above 45. The higher values are specified for layers near the surface and for higher traffic levels. The objective of this study was to address the effect of fine aggregate angularity on asphalt mixture rutting performance. A total of 18 mixtures were designed according to the Superpave volumetric design criteria. A surface mixture utilizing a partially crushed 9.5mm coarse aggregate and a single PG 64-22 binder were utilized. The poor quality coarse aggregate was used …


Indiana Lane Merge System - Warrants For Use, Andrzej P. Tarko, Shyam Venugopal Jan 2000

Indiana Lane Merge System - Warrants For Use, Andrzej P. Tarko, Shyam Venugopal

JTRP Technical Reports

The entry to a work zone is critical for traffic smoothness and safety because of the discontinuation of one or more lanes. The Indiana Lane Merge System (ILMS) was designed to implement dynamic lane change control at work zone entries by encouraging drivers to switch lanes well upstream of the discontinuous lane taper, thereby reducing the number of aggressive lane changes at the taper. At the time of this research, the ILMS had not been implemented on a large scale at rural freeway work zones. The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) wanted to do a complete safety and capacity evaluation …


Indot Training Needs Study, Ray E. Eberts, Jodi S. Goodman, Bob G. Mccullouch, Kumares C. Sinha Jan 2000

Indot Training Needs Study, Ray E. Eberts, Jodi S. Goodman, Bob G. Mccullouch, Kumares C. Sinha

JTRP Technical Reports

During the strategic plan development process, the INDOT staff identified a list of possible training needs, which included suggestions for workshops, certification procedures, training sessions for interpersonal communication, computer skills, and video conferencing, as well as more specific topics such as hazardous areas and clean up of contaminated soil. This study’s objective is to assess current and future training needs at INDOT on a comprehensive basis, as well as analyze current and future trends in order to fulfill the INDOT strategic goals and objectives.


Monitoring Of Long-Term Performance Of Highway Bridge Columns Retrofitted By Advanced Composite Jackets In Indiana, Ming-Hung Teng, Elisa D. Sotelino, Wai-Fah Chen Jan 2000

Monitoring Of Long-Term Performance Of Highway Bridge Columns Retrofitted By Advanced Composite Jackets In Indiana, Ming-Hung Teng, Elisa D. Sotelino, Wai-Fah Chen

JTRP Technical Reports

The service life of highway bridges is limited by the deterioration of their substructure components. In the U.S., it is estimated that more than 240,000 (about 40%) of the highway bridges are functionally or structurally deficient. Repairing these deteriorated bridges using traditional methods is usually time-consuming and expensive. Furthermore, these methods are such that they can cause a number of problems, such as being a threat to public safety and severe traffic disruption. Thus, it is important that new safer and more efficient methods be developed. Fiber Reinforced Plastics (FRP) have a great potential to provide such a solution. Due …


Wireless Local Area Network For Its Communications Using The 220 Mhz Its Spectral Allocation, J. V. Krogmeier, Ness Shroff Jan 2000

Wireless Local Area Network For Its Communications Using The 220 Mhz Its Spectral Allocation, J. V. Krogmeier, Ness Shroff

JTRP Technical Reports

The objective of this project was to design a radio architecture using the ITS spectral allocations in the 220-222 MHz Land Mobile band which provides a multi-mode operation optimized for point-to-point, mobile, and multiple access communications. A radio performance goal was to achieve greater than 3 bits/second/Hz transmission efficiency for mobile applications, and greater than a 5 bits/second/Hz transmission efficiency for point-to-point applications. An additional important goal of this project was to explore potential ITS applications of the modem technology particularly as applied to an application in sensor telemetry concentration. The fixed point modem will be deployed for remote surveillance …


Life And Evolution In Computers, Melanie Mitchell Jan 2000

Life And Evolution In Computers, Melanie Mitchell

Computer Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

This paper argues for the possibility of 'artificial life' and computational evolution, first by discussing (via a highly simplified version) John von Neumann's self-reproducing automaton and then by presenting some recent work focusing on computational evolution, in which 'cellular automata', a form of parallel and decentralized computing system, are evolved via 'genetic algorithms'. It is argued that such in silico experiments can help to make sense of the question of whether we can eventually build computers that are intelligent and alive.


Formulation And Characterization Of Acrylic Bone Cement., Lujia Bu Jan 2000

Formulation And Characterization Of Acrylic Bone Cement., Lujia Bu

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Rna Secondary Structure: Prediction, Three-Dimensional Modeling, And The Significance Of Alternate Folds., Tricia Elgavish Jan 2000

Rna Secondary Structure: Prediction, Three-Dimensional Modeling, And The Significance Of Alternate Folds., Tricia Elgavish

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Of Human Frontal Eye Fields., Srinivas Kidambi Jan 2000

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Of Human Frontal Eye Fields., Srinivas Kidambi

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


In Vivo Aging Of Ultra -High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Total Joint Components., Hallie Elizabeth Placko Jan 2000

In Vivo Aging Of Ultra -High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Total Joint Components., Hallie Elizabeth Placko

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Patient Satisfaction: An Analysis Of The Effects Of Perceived Waiting-Time On The Evaluation Of Outpatient Health Care Services., Charles Zabada Jan 2000

Patient Satisfaction: An Analysis Of The Effects Of Perceived Waiting-Time On The Evaluation Of Outpatient Health Care Services., Charles Zabada

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Feedlots -- Rural America's Sewer, Marilyn Lee Nardo Jan 2000

Feedlots -- Rural America's Sewer, Marilyn Lee Nardo

Animal Law Review

Over one billion tons of animal waste is produced each year in the United States by animal feedlot operations (AFOs). In 1995 alone, 63.5 million gallons of manure spilled from AFOs. Manure spills poison rivers, lakes, and ponds, seep into groundwater, causing fishkills, human disease, and death. The United States Environmental Protection Agency, reports that AFOs are a primary factor in the impairment of forty percent of the nation's waterways. Despite these conditions, there are no federal standards for the storage, application, or management of animal waste. This Comment evaluates the existing regulation of AFOs under the Clean Water Act …


Genetic Engineering Of Domestic Animals: Human Prerogative Or Animal Cruelty?, Michelle K. Albrecht Jan 2000

Genetic Engineering Of Domestic Animals: Human Prerogative Or Animal Cruelty?, Michelle K. Albrecht

Animal Law Review

Selective breeding and genetic engineering of domestic animals represent two of science's most manipulative advancements of the last century. One of the many questions raised by these procedures is whether the suffering produced violates state anti-cruelty laws. California's animal anti-cruelty statute is one of the most comprehensive and progressive in the country. This article examines whether selective breeding and genetic engineering violate California's anti-cruelty statute, highlighting recent California case law interpreting these statutes and outlining the standard to determine when a violation has occurred. Furthermore, the article seeks to articulate policy suggestions to further the protection afforded these animals affected …


Keeping The Reformist Spirit Alive In Evidence Law Tribute, Stephen A. Saltzburg, Edward J. Imwinkelried Jan 2000

Keeping The Reformist Spirit Alive In Evidence Law Tribute, Stephen A. Saltzburg, Edward J. Imwinkelried

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Informal Aggregation: Procedural And Ethical Implications Of Coordination Among Counsel In Related Lawsuits, Howard M. Erichson Jan 2000

Informal Aggregation: Procedural And Ethical Implications Of Coordination Among Counsel In Related Lawsuits, Howard M. Erichson

Faculty Scholarship

Even when related claims are not aggregated by any formal procedural mechanism, the lawyers involved in the separate lawsuits often coordinate their efforts. Such "informal aggregation" raises important questions about the boundaries of a dispute and the boundaries of the lawyer-client relationship. As an ethical matter, the central question is whether a lawyer owes ethical duties to a coordinating lawyer's client. Looking at confidentiality, loyalty, conflicts of interest, and malpractice, Professor Erichson suggests that ethical safeguards for clients of coordinating lawyers are neither strong enough nor explicit enough to provide adequate protection, and the problem inheres in the nature of …


Legal Practice Rights Of Domestic And Foreign Lawyers In The United States , Roger J. Goebel Jan 2000

Legal Practice Rights Of Domestic And Foreign Lawyers In The United States , Roger J. Goebel

Faculty Scholarship

In the post-World War II international economy, with its enormous growth in transnational trade and investment, multinational legal practice has become a functional reality. Within the last two decades, the volume of trans-border legal practice has grown enormously in fields such as trade law, international banking and finance, international arbitration and litigation, international contractual and joint venture arrangements, transborder acquisitions and mergers, international antitrust, inter- national tax planning, and foreign investment counselling. Domestic law firms within the leading commercial nations have not only grown substantially in size, often by merger, they have also increasingly created networks of foreign branch offices, …


The Role Of Power In The Rule Of Reason, Mark R. Patterson Jan 2000

The Role Of Power In The Rule Of Reason, Mark R. Patterson

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Rumpelheimer V. Haddock: Port To Port, Joseph Sweeney Jan 2000

Rumpelheimer V. Haddock: Port To Port, Joseph Sweeney

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Gender, Self-Efficacy, Anxiety, Experience, And The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Third Edition, Short Form (Wais-Iii), Laura Jean Blalock Jan 2000

Gender, Self-Efficacy, Anxiety, Experience, And The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Third Edition, Short Form (Wais-Iii), Laura Jean Blalock

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationships between gender, self-efficacy, anxiety, experience and the WAIS-III, short form. This study investigated the hypotheses that gender differences occur on select subtests of the WAISIII, short form, that math self-efficacy, math attitudes, and math experience affect Arithmetic scores, and that motor speed affects performance on the Digit Symbol subtest. The sample consisted of 93 undergraduate students from the University of Northern Iowa (36 males, 57 females). Students completed questionnaires and were administered the WAIS-III short form individually. Males scored higher on the Arithmetic, Information, and Digit Span subtests and …


Dna Rings With Multiple Energy Minima, Patrick B. Furrer, Robert S. Manning, John H. Maddocks Jan 2000

Dna Rings With Multiple Energy Minima, Patrick B. Furrer, Robert S. Manning, John H. Maddocks

Mathematics & Statistics Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


A Comparative Analysis Of Surface Erosion And Water Runoff From Existing And Recontoured Forest Roads: O'Brien Creek Watershed, Lolo National Forest, Montana, Jennifer Hickenbottom Jan 2000

A Comparative Analysis Of Surface Erosion And Water Runoff From Existing And Recontoured Forest Roads: O'Brien Creek Watershed, Lolo National Forest, Montana, Jennifer Hickenbottom

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

In recent years more efforts have been made to return unneeded roads to natural states through obliteration or total recontouring methods. Yet, few data exist to support the road obliteration process. The purpose of this study was to assess some of the relative physical impacts of road obliteration for the O'Brien Creek (Montana) watershed. Three road treatments were chosen: recontoured road at 0 months, recontoured road at 12 months, and existing roads broken down into four segments ( cutslope, fillslope, road center and road tread). Two types of geologic formations were sampled (Bonner and Mount Shields) along with two slope …


More Truly And More Strange| [Short Stories], Elizabeth Urschel Jan 2000

More Truly And More Strange| [Short Stories], Elizabeth Urschel

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Mrs. Love| [Short Stories], Keith Dunlap Jan 2000

Mrs. Love| [Short Stories], Keith Dunlap

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Notes From The Ultrasound| A Survey Of Prenatal Testing In Montana, Benjamin J. Shors Jan 2000

Notes From The Ultrasound| A Survey Of Prenatal Testing In Montana, Benjamin J. Shors

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Japan Goes Web Crazy : E-Commerce And Online Shopping Trend [Sic] And Future In Japan, Masahisa Hanamura Jan 2000

Japan Goes Web Crazy : E-Commerce And Online Shopping Trend [Sic] And Future In Japan, Masahisa Hanamura

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Montana's Power Trip: Electric Deregulation Consumers And The Environment, Patrick Judge Jan 2000

Montana's Power Trip: Electric Deregulation Consumers And The Environment, Patrick Judge

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.