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Evaluation Of Bond Using Frp Rods With Axisymmetric Deformations, Mesfer M. Al-Zahrani, Salah U. Al-Dulaijan, Antonio Nanni, Charles E. Bakis, Thomas E. Boothby

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This paper presents experimental results obtained with the direct pull-out test using machined and wrapped glass/vinyl ester, carbon/vinyl ester, and carbon/epoxy FRP rods with axisymmetric lugs. The typical results are given as nominal shear stress vs. free- and loaded-end slip. Experimental results obtained from strain probes used during the pull-out test are presented as shear stress vs. strain. Machined glass/vinyl ester FRP rods with embedded lengths including five and 10 lugs, and different lug widths and heights were studied. The failure mode consisted of the shearing off of the lugs without concrete damage. Four concrete mixtures with strengths ranging from …

Transforming Nature Of Place And Route 280, Peteris Ratas

Theses

This thesis studies the nature of place, which is a specific, identified location in space, in the conditions of driving in a car on a highway. This study opposes the common opinion that highways destroy identity of a specific location and they have only utilitarian role. This thesis wants to prove that on Route 280 exist a possibility for an identity of a location and that the highway is a place, but the traditional dimensions of a place are modified by high-speed travel in a car. It will analyze actual observations on Route 280.

Traditionally, space was inhabited at slow …

Ua3/9/5 Opening Faculty & Staff Convocation, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Speech delivered by WKU president Gary Ransdell at the fall convocation. He discusses freshman orientation, change, Challenging the Spirit strategic plan, budget and funding model, tuition, new buildings, technology, parking, curriculum, dormitories, Diddle Arena renovations, University Senate and employee benefits.

Optimum Lifetime Planning Of Bridge Inspection And Repair Programs, Dan M. Frangopol, Allen C. Estes

Architectural Engineering

This study proposes a general methodology for determining the optimal lifetime planning of bridge inspection and repair programs based on minimizing the expected cost while maintaining an acceptable level of reliability. For individual bridges, this methodology determines the optimum inspection technique. and the numbers and timing of inspections and repairs. The methodology is demonstrated initially on a simple structure. Then. the method is applied to the optimial planning of inspection and repair programs for an existing bridge. The proposed approach to the problem of lifetime bridge maintenance is shown to be a viable method for optimizing inspection and repair investments …

Bs News

Building Services Engineering

No abstract provided.

Against Arbitrariness: Architectural Signification In The Age Of Globalization, Rumiko Handa

Architecture Program: Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity

The theory of arbitrary signification, predominant during the last half century, considers architecture’s intrinsic properties as having little to do with its meaning. Consequently, architecture’s significance is not based on itself but assigned externally. In the age of globalization, such an assignment is often ineffective. This paper will: (1) examine the post-WWII debates between the theories of arbitrary and natural signification; (2) relate these theories to more philosophical, historicist vs. normative positions; (3) discuss the implications concerning conservation of culture, legitimacy of interpretation, and fake authenticity in construction; (4) and examine some architectural works that have brought forth natural signification …

Repair Optimization Of Highway Bridges Using System Reliability Approach, Allen C. Estes, Dan M. Frangopol

Architectural Engineering

As reliability based methods gain increased acceptance, there is greater opportunity to use scarce resources more efficiently while maintaining a prescribed level of reliability of a structure throughout its service life. The goal is to provide management decisions that will balance lifetime system reliability and expected life-cycle cost in an optimal manner. This study proposes a system reliability approach for optimizing the lifetime repair strategy for highway bridges. The approach is demonstrated using an existing Colorado State highway bridge. The bridge is modeled as a series-parallel combination of failure modes, and the reliability of the overall bridge system is computed …

Ashland Park: A Sympathetic Bungalow Environment, Clay Lancaster

The Kentucky Review

No abstract provided.

1999-06-11; Letter; Resolution For Brother Aron Davis, Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church

Letters

No abstract provided.

Review Of Gentlemen, Bourgeois, And Revolutionaries: Political Change And Cultural Persistence Among The Spanish Dominant Groups 1750-1850, By Jesus Cruz, Gary W. Mcdonogh

Growth and Structure of Cities Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Design Research: The Newsletter Of The Design Research Society No.65, Stephen Little

Design Research Newsletters (1966-1999)

No abstract provided.

Landmark Report (Vol. 18, No. 3), Kentucky Library Research Collections

Landmark Report

Newsletter published by the Landmark Association; this local group advocates the preservation, protection and maintenance of architectural, cultural and archaeological resources in Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky

Early Ottoman Architecture In Cairo, Seif Eldin Mamdouh El Rashidi

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Bs News

Building Services Engineering

No abstract provided.

Membrane Process For Biological Treatment Of Contaminated Gas Streams, Sarina J. Ergas, Leslee Shumway, Mark W. Fitch, Jeffrey J. Neemann

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A Hollow Fiber Membrane Bioreactor Was Investigated for Control of Air Emissions of Biodegradable Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). in the Membrane Bioreactor, Gases Containing VOCs Pass through the Lumen of Microporous Hydrophobic Hollow Fiber Membranes. Soluble Compounds Diffuse through the Membrane Pores and Partition into a VOC Degrading Biofilm. the Hollow Fiber Membranes Serve as a Support for the Microbial Population and Provide a Large Surface Area for VOC and Oxygen Mass Transfer. Experiments Were Performed to Investigate the Effects of Toluene Loading Rate, Gas Residence Time, and Liquid Phase Turbulence on Toluene Removal in a Laboratory-Scale Membrane Bioreactor. Initial …

Mixed Media May 6, 1999, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The May 6, 1999 issue includes letters to the editor about the last cover and regarding the article on sexual harassment from the previous issue and MM's responses, articles on the international students in RISD, Britney Spears, along with the comic "Ben" by Frenzer, "Jen" by Padamsee, "Frenzer" by Tim, "Cat or Squirrel?" by Tailipo and Meg Han Frogginet, "Die" by Paul Hayes, event notices, and other announcements.

Mixed Media May 2, 1999, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The May 2, 1999 issue includes a letter to the editor from the former editor of Mixed Media about the complaints, a response to that letter, articles on the sexual harassment occured between two RISD employees, the sexual harassment problem at RISD and students' opinions on it, gun control in response to the Columbine School shooting, and a lack of facilities in the Illustration department, along with the comics "Ben" by Frenzer and "Die" by Paul, poems, event notices, and other announcements. The issue also includes the paper doll series, …

Farmhouses That Became Boarding Houses In The Catskill Mountains Of New York State, Virginia Scheer

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In this thesis the author uses oral histories to study vernacular architecture, analyzing the changes in the way people in the Catskills have used buildings, specifically farm dwellings, to make a living, first as farmers and then as proprietors of boarding houses. The Catskills region in upstate New York is well known for its dairy farms and also for its resorts, but little has been researched to trace continuities and discrepancies between the rural residents and urban visitors. Boarding on farms in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries showed continuity between the two groups: recent immigrants who lived in …

Architecture Leading To A Meaningful Place, Maria M. Agostini

Architecture Thesis Prep

"Properties such as light, scale, and proportion form spaces that effect out perception of a place, but light is most important. The creation of a space and the sequence to reach an area, according to these properties, will affect positively the contemplative state of mind of an individual or a community. The application of said properties, but most importantly light, through the construction of view, forms, materials, textures, and the use of colors will create a narrative that will encounter and achieve individually or collectively a contemplative state of mind.'

Big Water Redevelopment Phase Iii, Natalie Robins

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Big Water, Utah is a small town located just north of the Arizona border in an area of unique scenic character. The town is strategically located as a gateway to outdoor recreation opportunities. It lies between Lake Powell, the newly designated Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, and the Paria Wilderness. See Figure 1 for an aerial photograph of Big Water and the surrounding area. The region expects growth in the coming years, through both increased tourism and development. Current residents of the area requested planning assistance from the Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning Department of Utah State University. The assistance …

Brigham City, Utah: Main Street District Improvements, Ross Swanson

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

This report is the documentation for a design strategy of Brigham City, Utah's Main Street Historic District (MSD). The purpose of the project is to develop a strategy that can be used to guide future physical improvement to the MSD. The strategy developed in this report provides specific goals to reinforce MSD' s district identity, and enhance the pedestrian and public parking networks inside the MSD. Successful implementation of these goals will assure that the MSD will maintain a commercial and social importance for the city.

This report gives a brief overview of the events that have led to the …

1999.1 - Nasher Sculptural Centre Dallas, Martin Price

School of Architecture Student Projects - Archive

Selected design work from the 1999 spring semester, Studio Martin Price, School of Architecture, The University of Texas at Arlington.

Conceptual Education Master Plan For The Utah Botanical Center: Part One: Natural Resources, Gregory J. Wright

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The purpose of this study was to assess the needs of four potential target audiences that would be using the Utah Botanical Center (UBC) for educational purposes. The target audiences included school children, college students, nursery and landscape industry, and the general public. The UBC is relocating to a larger site that has wetlands and ponds. The UBC has taken this opportunity to define its mission and goals. Part of its mission is to broaden its educational programming from horticulture based to programming including natural resource conservation topics. This study provides recommendations regarding what educational topics should be covered at …

Evaluation Of A Collaborative Model Using A Case Study Analysis Of Watershed Planning In The Intermountain West, Gary Bentrup

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Planning methods that involve collaboration are gaining popularity and currently being applied in a variety of resource management issues . Based on current planning theory, researchers have proposed a conceptual collaborative model for environmental planning and management . This thesis evaluates the usefulness of the model to describe the range of factors important for the establishment and operation of collaboration in environmental planning. This iterative model suggests that collaboration emerges from a series of antecedents and then proceeds sequentially through problem setting, direction setting, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation phases. The evaluation was based on three case studies of watershed-based …

Bs News

Building Services Engineering

No abstract provided.

Mixed Media April 22, 1999, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The April 22, 1999 issue includes articles on NATO's recent actions, the Kosovo War, the planned cancellation of the scriptwriting workshop, and man's evolution, along with the comics "Ben" by Frenzer, 3x4 by Evan Larson, "Die" by Paul, game "Name that Affliction" by Cristina Spiridakis, event notices, and other announcements. The issue also includes a paper doll series featuring RISD President Roger Mandle.

Mixed Media April 15, 1999, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The April 15, 1999 issue starts with a letter to the editor about the final "obituary" column of the past issue and editor's response to the letter, and includes articles on the new sponsors of some of the departments, a Soul Coughing concert and other music-related items, the RISD ten year plan, the senior illustration show, along with the comics "You Know You're at RISD When:.." by dianeleeper, "Die" by Paul, "Pigboy and the Pope" by Tito Hoffmann, and "Ben" by Frenzer, illustrations by Brie, event notices, and other announcements.

In Response, Chip Young

Architecture Thesis Prep

"The thesis is architecture (host of program, activity, and event) as a catalyst to disrupting urban boundaries. The goal is to create an architectural response to contemporary urban developemt that has created boundaries and decreased the dynamism of 'city'."

A Quantitative Method For Estimating Probable Public Costs Of Hurricanes, Michael R. Boswell, Robert E. Deyle, Richard A. Smith, E. Jay Baker

City and Regional Planning

A method is presented for estimating probable public costs resulting from damage caused by hurricanes, measured as local government expenditures approved for reimbursement under the Stafford Act Section 406 Public Assistance Program. The method employs a multivariate model developed through multiple regression analysis of an array of independent variables that measure meteorological, socioeconomic, and physical conditions related to the landfall of hurricanes within a local government jurisdiction. From the regression analysis we chose a log–log (base 10) model that explains 74% of the variance in the expenditure data using population and wind speed as predictors. We illustrate application of the …

Community Design Center 1998-2000, Syracuse University

School of Architecture - All Scholarship

This short publication documents a community development project within Syracuse that involved the School of Architecture students from 1998 - 2000