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Impact Of Climate Change On Storms And Coastal Morphodynamics, Kelsey Perez
Impact Of Climate Change On Storms And Coastal Morphodynamics, Kelsey Perez
Honors Undergraduate Theses
Storms have been impacting coastal morphodynamics directly due to its intensifying effects over the years. Climate change has caused an exponential impact on storms and therefore morphodynamic changes in the coasts. A specific land that has constantly been threatened is Dauphin Island, a barrier island in Alabama. Over time, it has experienced a total land loss of 100 ft of shoreline over the past of 3 decades and an overall 16% land loss of the island due to the intensifying effects of storms due to a changing climate. In this study, we use Hurricane Ivan as an example. In order …
Residential Dwelling Design And Construction Planning, Jodi Beery
Residential Dwelling Design And Construction Planning, Jodi Beery
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
This report presents a step-by-step guide in building a hypothetical residential dwelling in Wayne County, Ohio. The project begins with the initial site investigation phase, which gathers general information about the physical site of proposed construction as well as the requirements of the governing body of the area; applications for permits and inspections for example. Next, phase is the site design which includes creating plans for the building footprint, pavement areas, and utility locations. The next phase in the design will be the building plans which will include floor plans and associated material lists for the construction of the home. …
Improving Pedestrian Safety Using Video Data, Surrogate Safety Measures And Deep Learning, Shile Zhang
Improving Pedestrian Safety Using Video Data, Surrogate Safety Measures And Deep Learning, Shile Zhang
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
The research aims to improve pedestrian safety at signalized intersections using video data, surrogate safety measures and deep learning. Machine learning (including deep learning) models are proposed for predicting pedestrians' potentially dangerous situations. On the one hand, pedestrians' red-light violations can expose the pedestrians to motorized traffic and pose potential threats to pedestrian safety. Thus, the prediction of pedestrians' crossing intention during red-light signals is carried out. The pose estimation technique is used to extract features on pedestrians' bodies. Machine learning models are used to predict pedestrians' crossing intention at intersections' red-light, with video data collected from signalized intersections. Multiple …
Remediation Of Roadway Runoff Nutrients: Querying Sources Delivery Mechanism, Efficacy Of Stormwater Best Management Practices, And Stormwater Routing Through Karst Geology, Mohammad Shokri
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
Stormwater road runoff is a widespread non-point source of contaminants such as nutrients, which endangers water bodies, especially in vulnerable karst areas such as Florida. While roadside vegetated filter strips (VFSs) and stormwater basins are generally accepted best management practices (BMPs) for stormwater management, uncertainties about VFS nutrient removal are reported and stormwater basins are concerned of facilitating contaminant transport. In this dissertation, the application and efficacy of engineered infiltration media was tested as a subgrade for the enhanced nutrient removal from roadway runoff. Results of field-scale laboratory testing indicated that a VFS with engineered biosorption activated media (BAM) outperformed …
Seismic Soil-Structure Interaction Effects In Tall Buildings Considering Nonlinear-Inelastic Behaviors, Jaime Mercado
Seismic Soil-Structure Interaction Effects In Tall Buildings Considering Nonlinear-Inelastic Behaviors, Jaime Mercado
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
Soil-structure interaction (SSI) effects are relevant for the seismic analysis of tall buildings on shallow foundations since the dynamic behavior of structures is highly affected by the interaction between the superstructure and supporting soils. As part of earthquake-resistant designs of buildings, considering SSI effects in the analysis provides more realistic estimates of its performance during a seismic event, particularly when both the structure and soil undergo large demands that can compromise serviceability. Oversimplifications of structural or soil modeling in the analysis introduces variability and biases in the computed seismic response. The main goal of this dissertation is to investigate the …
Impact Of Preferential Flow, Source Water Connectivity, And Agricultural Management Practices On Sediment And Particulate Phosphorus Dynamics In Midwestern Tile-Drained Landscapes, Saeid Nazari
Theses and Dissertations--Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
Tile drainage is recognized as a significant transporter of sediment and particulate phosphorus (PP) in the Midwestern U.S., leading to proliferation of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs). Numerous studies have focused on Dissolved Reactive Phosphorus (DRP) and Nitrogen (N) flux dynamics in tile-drained landscapes; however, the impact of preferential flow and agricultural management practices on fate and transport of sediment and PP has remained poorly understood. The overarching objective of this study was to improve understanding of sediment P delivery in tile-drained landscapes. This dissertation focuses on four studies. In the first study, forms and flow pathway dynamics of total phosphorus …
Evaluation Of Liquid Ice Melting Additives For Winter Maintenance Applications, Erin Lammers-Staats
Evaluation Of Liquid Ice Melting Additives For Winter Maintenance Applications, Erin Lammers-Staats
Theses and Dissertations--Civil Engineering
Winter weather can often pose difficulties for transportation agencies as they work to clear roads of snow and ice quickly so that motorists can travel safely and efficiently. Kentucky has made efforts to maximize efficiency within its winter maintenance program by focusing on optimized equipment usage and personnel time management. This study’s objective was to evaluate novel anti-icers and calculate how their performance compared to the current performance of brine and calcium chloride mixture. New brine additives claim to offer better results, but there is very little guidance about how to systematically evaluate new anti-icers. The author developed a testing …
Geophysical Techniques Used For The Analysis And Prediction Of Soil Strength And Mechanical Behavior, Matthew A. Hurley
Geophysical Techniques Used For The Analysis And Prediction Of Soil Strength And Mechanical Behavior, Matthew A. Hurley
Theses and Dissertations--Civil Engineering
Determining soil properties involves extensive laboratory testing of samples at discrete timing and location. Non-destructive analysis methods, such as electrical and seismic, presents alternatives to means of gathering soil properties accompanied with increased flexibility due to spatial and temporal applications. This research examined the ability of seismic wave data to predict soil behavior such as stress-strain and pore pressures using a modified version of Duncan and Chang (1970). Friction angle predictions were also analyzed using shear wave velocity and a modified form of the Santos and Gomez-Correria (2001) equation. This research also analyzed the use of electrical data to predict …
An Approach To Mapping The Development Of Professional Skills In A Structural Engineering Programme, Patrick Crean, Dervilla Niall, Una Beagon, Aimee Byrne, Darren Carthy, Caitríona De Paor, Louise Lynch
An Approach To Mapping The Development Of Professional Skills In A Structural Engineering Programme, Patrick Crean, Dervilla Niall, Una Beagon, Aimee Byrne, Darren Carthy, Caitríona De Paor, Louise Lynch
Conference Papers
Engineers of the future will be presented with complicated, complex problems and their role in the development of sustainable solutions to global problems will become even more critical. Recent literature highlights the need for the development of a set of professional skills in order to address these challenges. These skills include technical, non-technical and attitudinal skills. This paper describes a case study of a whole-of-programme review of teaching and assessment of professional skills in a structural engineering programme. In a systematic process, lecturing staff mapped the modules they teach against a set of professional skills, which were distilled from literature …
The Roles Of Groundwater Table In Catchment Hydrology, Lili Yao
The Roles Of Groundwater Table In Catchment Hydrology, Lili Yao
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
The main goal of this dissertation research is to investigate catchment hydrological processes including infiltration and saturation excess runoff generation with consideration of groundwater table. For the infiltration process, an infiltration Péclet number was proposed to quantify the relative effects of gravity and capillary force on the evolution of infiltration capacity in the special case of the presence of a shallow water table, and a power law functional form of Time Compression Approximation was developed whose exponent was found to vary with the Péclet number. For the saturation excess runoff process, a new probability distribution model based on the SCS …
High-Temperature Performance Of Ambient-Cured Alkali- Activated Binder Concrete, Kruthi Kiran Ramagiri, Darshan Chauhan, Shashank Gupta, Arkamitra Kar, Dibyendu Adak, Abhijit Mukherjee
High-Temperature Performance Of Ambient-Cured Alkali- Activated Binder Concrete, Kruthi Kiran Ramagiri, Darshan Chauhan, Shashank Gupta, Arkamitra Kar, Dibyendu Adak, Abhijit Mukherjee
Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations
Owing to their lower carbon footprint and efficient performance compared to portland cement (PC), alkali-activated binders (AAB) show promising potential as an alternative to PC. The present paper investigates the high-temperature performance of AAB concrete through compressive and bond strength tests. Four different AAB concrete mixes with varying proportions of fly ash: slag (100:0, 70:30, 60:40, and 50:50) cured under ambient conditions are exposed to elevated temperatures. The mechanical performance of AAB concrete is corroborated with microstructural changes. The results show that AAB concrete with fly ash: slag ratio of 70:30 exhibits the best mechanical performance after exposure to elevated …
Chaos Game Optimization Method For Weight Minimization Of Steel Truss Structure, Eain Kyi Thar
Chaos Game Optimization Method For Weight Minimization Of Steel Truss Structure, Eain Kyi Thar
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
The research proposes the so-called chaos game optimization (CGO) method to perform the optimal sizing design of steel truss structures under applied loading regimes. The optimization problem aims at the minimization of the total weight (directly related to the cost function) of the designed structure subjected to the constraints describing the intrinsic structural responses complying with limit-state specifications. The CGO approach is based on the underlying chaos theory that establishes the primary patterns as fractals in responses to the systems representing them as self-organized dynamical systems. The fractal is generated as an initial Sierpinski triangle (i.e., search space of solution …
Nitrate And Phosphate Removal From Denitrification Bioreactors Using Woodchips, Steel Chips And Agricultural Residue Media, Abdoul Aziz Kouanda
Nitrate And Phosphate Removal From Denitrification Bioreactors Using Woodchips, Steel Chips And Agricultural Residue Media, Abdoul Aziz Kouanda
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Nitrate and phosphate present in agricultural subsurface drainage water can impact surface water quality thus impacting the environment and human health by causing eutrophication and Methemoglobinemia in young infant. Biological denitrification and phosphate adsorption filters are treatments options that can help reduce nitrate and phosphate concentration from agricultural subsurface drainage before it can be discharged in surface water. The first objective of this dissertation was to determine the Michaelis-Menten kinetics model parameters for nitrate removal in bioreactors using the fresh, aged, and composted woodchips. The composted woodchips achieved a denitrification rate 2.4 times higher than the fresh woodchips which was …
Ground Movements And Vibrations Caused By Impact Pile Driving Of Prestressed Concrete Piles In Central Florida, Jorge Enrique Orozco Herrera
Ground Movements And Vibrations Caused By Impact Pile Driving Of Prestressed Concrete Piles In Central Florida, Jorge Enrique Orozco Herrera
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
The process of pile driving has been a commonly used method for the installation of deep foundations in Central Florida due to the soil conditions that consist mainly of medium-dense silty sands. Pile driving can generate large vibration levels that might potentially trigger ground deformations in the surrounding soils and cause damage on nearby structures. Currently, design and construction standards provide guidance in terms of ground vibration levels expected during pile driving and establish vibration thresholds to avoid damage on important infrastructure. However, little insight has been given into the amount of ground deformations that soils experience due to pile …
Modeling Of Crash Risk For Realistic Artificial Data Generation: Application To Naturalistic Driving Study Data, Lauren Hoover
Modeling Of Crash Risk For Realistic Artificial Data Generation: Application To Naturalistic Driving Study Data, Lauren Hoover
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
Most safety performance analysis employs cross-sectional and time-series datasets, posing an important challenge to safety performance and crash modification analysis. The traditional safety model analysis paradigm relying on observed data only allows relative comparisons between analysis methods and is unable to establish how well the methods mimic the true underlying crash generation process. Assumptions are made about the data, but whether the assumptions truly characterize the safety data generation in the real world remains unknown. To address this issue, this thesis proposes the generation of realistic artificial data (RAD). In developing a prototype RAD generator for crash data, we mimic …
Combining Multivariate Statistical And Numerical Modeling For Coastal Hazards Analysis, Victor Malagon Santos
Combining Multivariate Statistical And Numerical Modeling For Coastal Hazards Analysis, Victor Malagon Santos
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
Increased population density along the world's coastlines is driven by the wide range of services provided by costal systems, such as transportation, fisheries, trade, and tourism. Despite offering fundamental services, coastal systems are exposed to a range of natural hazards such as riverine and/or coastal flooding, and erosion, thus robust risk analyses are needed to protect coastal ecosystems, infrastructure, and people dwelling in proximity to the shoreline. Numerical and multivariate statistical models have become crucial tools in coastal risk management to support robust risk analyses, and their combined use provides many benefits in the analysis of coastal hazards. This dissertation …
Real-Time Traffic Safety Evaluation In The Context Of Connected Vehicles And Mobile Sensing, Pei Li
Real-Time Traffic Safety Evaluation In The Context Of Connected Vehicles And Mobile Sensing, Pei Li
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
Recently, with the development of connected vehicles and mobile sensing technologies, vehicle-based data become much easier to obtain. However, only few studies have investigated the application of this kind of novel data to real-time traffic safety evaluation. This dissertation aims to conduct a series of real-time traffic safety studies by integrating all kinds of available vehicle-based data sources. First, this dissertation developed a deep learning model for identifying vehicle maneuvers using data from smartphone sensors (i.e., accelerometer and gyroscope). The proposed model was robust and suitable for real-time application as it required less processing of smartphone sensor data compared with …
Ground Movements And Nonlinear-Inelastic Response Of Buildings Induced By Excavations In Glacial Clay Deposits, A. Felipe Uribe-Henao
Ground Movements And Nonlinear-Inelastic Response Of Buildings Induced By Excavations In Glacial Clay Deposits, A. Felipe Uribe-Henao
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
The analysis of ground movements and nonlinear response of buildings induced by excavations in glacial clay deposits is conducted using finite element models built in PLAXIS2D and OpenSees. PLAXIS2D was used to simulate the performance of an urban cofferdam excavation braced with a concrete bracing system. Measured ground movements were compared with the computed response, and the influence of the temperature, installation, and curing effects on the concrete bracing is evaluated. Concrete time-dependent effects contributed to 32% of the maximum lateral wall movements. The numerical studies are expanded in a second finite element analysis to characterize the coupled fluid-solid response …
Safety And Operations Of Urban Arterials Incorporating The Context Classification System, Nada Mahmoud
Safety And Operations Of Urban Arterials Incorporating The Context Classification System, Nada Mahmoud
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
Urban arterials connect multiple areas in the city and encourage non-motorist activities. Hence, the safety and operations on urban arterials is vital as they improve the mobility of daily commuters and road users. This research aims to facilitate traffic operations on urban arterials by proposing multiple mythological approaches to estimate and predict turning movement counts at signalized intersections using traffic data from adjacent intersections. Further, it aims to improve the safety by developing crash prediction models, identifying the hotspots for multiple crash types, and indicating the factors contributing to operating speed as well as non-motorist crashes. The analyses included tuning, …
Bim-Ar-Based System For Supporting Decision-Making Process Of Change Orders In Construction Projects, Vi Nguyen Nguyen
Bim-Ar-Based System For Supporting Decision-Making Process Of Change Orders In Construction Projects, Vi Nguyen Nguyen
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
Recently, the integration of building information modeling (BIM) with augmented reality (AR) has been introduced to support decision-making on change orders in construction sites. However, traditional BIM-AR-based systems have some limitations on the interaction with the changes of construction work and cost information. Therefore, this research aims to develop a BIM-AR-based system to support the decision-making process of change orders during the construction phase. It includes four main functions: (1) visualization of change models and interaction with them in real-world environments, (2) cost assessment for calculating the direct cost of changes automatically and showing the information of cost comparison, (3) …
ความตั้งใจต่อการใช้อุปกรณ์ความปลอดภัยสำหรับเด็กภายในตัวรถ, ตุลยา อรุณรังสิกุล
ความตั้งใจต่อการใช้อุปกรณ์ความปลอดภัยสำหรับเด็กภายในตัวรถ, ตุลยา อรุณรังสิกุล
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
อุบัติเหตุทางถนนเป็นสาเหตุการเสียชีวิตอันดับที่ 1 ในกลุ่มสาเหตุภายนอกของการป่วยและการตายของกลุ่มเด็กอายุ 0 – 14 ปี ในประเทศไทย ตั้งแต่ พ.ศ. 2558 เป็นต้นมา โดยมีอัตราการใช้ที่นั่งนิรภัยสำหรับเด็กน้อยกว่าร้อยละ 1 เนื่องจากประชาชนส่วนใหญ่ยังขาดความรู้ ความเข้าใจ และความตระหนักถึงความปลอดภัยในการใช้ที่นั่งนิรภัยสำหรับเด็ก งานวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาความตั้งใจต่อการใช้งาน พฤติกรรมและปัจจัยที่ส่งผลต่อการใช้งานอุปกรณ์ความปลอดภัยสำหรับเด็ก เพื่อกำหนดนโยบายและข้อเสนอแนะในการเพิ่มอัตราการใช้งานอุปกรณ์ความปลอดภัยสำหรับเด็ก โดยใช้ทฤษฎีพฤติกรรมตามแผน (Theory of Planned Behavior: TPB) ซึ่งได้เก็บข้อมูลแบบสอบถามออนไลน์ จากผู้ปกครองของเด็กอายุ 0 – 12 ปี ในโรงเรียนเอกชน 2 แห่ง ในกรุงเทพมหานคร จำนวน 815 ตัวอย่าง ด้วยวิธีการสุ่มตัวอย่างแบบกลุ่ม (Cluster sampling) ผลการวิเคราะห์สถิติเชิงพรรณนาและแบบจำลองสมการโครงสร้าง (Structural Equation Modeling: SEM) พบว่า เหตุผลหลักที่ไม่ได้ใช้อุปกรณ์ความปลอดภัยสำหรับเด็ก คือ เด็กไม่ยอมใช้อุปกรณ์ความปลอดภัย โดยปัจจัยที่ส่งผลต่อความตั้งใจต่อการใช้อุปกรณ์ความปลอดภัยสำหรับเด็ก ได้แก่ ความสนใจและการแนะนำอุปกรณ์ความปลอดภัย การคล้อยตามกลุ่มอ้างอิง การเข้าถึงอุปกรณ์ความปลอดภัย การบังคับใช้กฎหมายและการจัดโครงการส่งเสริมการใช้อุปกรณ์ความปลอดภัย และความเคยชินต่อการใช้อุปกรณ์ความปลอดภัย ซึ่งระดับการศึกษาที่สูงขึ้นและจำนวนเด็กในความดูแลที่มากกว่า 1 คน มีแนวโน้มที่จะมีความตั้งใจต่อการใช้อุปกรณ์ความปลอดภัยสำหรับเด็กเพิ่มมากขึ้น อย่างไรก็ตามควรจัดโครงการส่งเสริมการเผยแพร่ความรู้การใช้อุปกรณ์ความปลอดภัยสำหรับเด็ก เพื่อให้ผู้ปกครองตระหนักถึงความสำคัญและเพิ่มการใช้งานอุปกรณ์ความปลอดภัยสำหรับเด็กอย่างถูกต้อง ตลอดจนการรับมือกับพฤติกรรมการปฏิเสธของเด็กอย่างเหมาะสม
การใช้เศษแกรนิตทดแทนมวลรวมละเอียดในคอนกรีตกำลังสูงที่ผสมซิลิกาฟูม, ศุภากร อังกินันท์
การใช้เศษแกรนิตทดแทนมวลรวมละเอียดในคอนกรีตกำลังสูงที่ผสมซิลิกาฟูม, ศุภากร อังกินันท์
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
ในปัจจุบันอุตสาหกรรมการก่อสร้างมีการขยายตัวเพิ่มมากขึ้นตามความเจริญเติบโตทางเศรษฐกิจและสังคม งานด้านวิศวกรรมโยธาถือเป็นงานหลักที่สำคัญในการช่วยขับเคลื่อนความเจริญของประเทศในการพัฒนาและสรรค์สร้างระบบโครงสร้างพื้นฐานดังนั้นแล้วงานวิจัยและนวัตกรรมด้านวัสดุจะส่งผลในการส่งเสริมการเติบโตแบบก้าวกระโดดของประเทศ การศึกษาและวิจัยด้านคอนกรีตเพื่อลดปัญหาด้านสิ่งแวดล้อมรวมทั้งการพัฒนาวัสดุงานก่อสร้างชนิดใหม่ๆ จึงมีบทบาทความสำคัญอย่างมาก คอนกรีตเป็นวัสดุก่อสร้างที่ได้รับความนิยมนำมาใช้งานอย่างต่อเนื่องเป็นระยะเวลามายาวนานตั้งแต่สมัยอดีตจนถึงปัจจุบัน เนื่องจากมีความสะดวก ง่ายต่อการทำงาน และยังมีคุณสมบัติเชิงกลที่ดี อีกทั้งในปัจจุบันยังมีการทดลองและวิจัยเพื่อศึกษาการพัฒนาคุณสมบัติของคอนกรีตมาอย่างต่อเนื่อง หินแกรนิตซึ่งได้จากการระเบิดภูเขามักถูกนำมาใช้ในอุตสาหกรรมการก่อสร้าง อย่างไรก็ตามกระบวนการผลิตก่อให้เกิดเศษหินแกรนิตที่ไม่สารนำไปใช้ประโยชน์ได้ ต้องเสียพื้นที่ในการกองเก็บทำให้ส่งผลกระทบต่อสิ่งแวดล้อมที่เกิดจากฝุ่น ดังนั้นเพื่อที่จะลดผลกระทบดังกล่าวแนวทางที่สามารถทำได้ คือ การนำเศษหินแกรนิตมาใช้แทนทรายธรรมชาติ การแทนที่ทรายธรรมชาติด้วยเศษหินแกรนิตทั้งหมดเมื่อเที่ยบกับการใช้ทรายธรรมชาติร้อยละ 100 กำลังอัดจะลดลงเล็กน้อยอย่างไม่มีนัยสำคัญ ดังนั้นงานวิจัยนี้จึงมีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อใช้เศษหินแกรนิตแทนทรายธรรมชาติในการผลิตคอนกรีตกำลังสูงและใช้ซิลิกาฟูมมาปรับปรุงคุณสมบัติเชิงกลของคอนกรีตกำลังสูง
การวิเคราะห์ความพึงพอใจของพนักงานขับรถต่อค่าตอบแทน และความพึงพอใจของผู้โดยสารต่อบริการรถโดยสารประจำทางในกรุงเทพมหานคร, สุชารีย์ รวิธรธาดา
การวิเคราะห์ความพึงพอใจของพนักงานขับรถต่อค่าตอบแทน และความพึงพอใจของผู้โดยสารต่อบริการรถโดยสารประจำทางในกรุงเทพมหานคร, สุชารีย์ รวิธรธาดา
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
จากข้อมูลปัญหาคุณภาพการบริการของพนักงานขับรถโดยสารประจำทางใกรุงเทพมหานคร และปัจจัยด้านรายได้และสวัสดิการของพนักงานขับรถโดยสารที่แตกต่างกันของกลุ่มผู้ประกอบการ การวิจัยนี้ได้ศึกษาตัวแปร และปัจจัยที่มีผลต่อระดับความพึงพอใจในค่าตอบแทนการทำงานของพนักงานขับรถโดยสารประจำทาง กับปัจจัยที่มีผลต่อระดับความพึงพอใจของผู้โดยสารต่อคุณภาพการบริการและการขับขี่ของพนักงาน เพื่อวิเคราะห์หาความสัมพันธ์ของปัจจัยความพึงพอใจต่อรายได้ของพนักงานต่อปัจจัยความพึงพอใจในการบริการที่ผู้โดยสารได้รับ ทำการศึกษาโดยรวบรวมประเด็นข้อร้องเรียนการให้บริการรถโดยสารประจำทางจากฐานข้อมูลของขสมก. เพื่อออกแบบชุดคำถามสำหรับเก็บข้อมูลกลุ่มตัวอย่างพนักงานขับรถโดยสาร และกลุ่มตัวอย่างผู้โดยสาร โดยเก็บสำรวจข้อมูลเชิงบรรยายปัจจัยเชิงเศรษฐกิจและสังคม และข้อมูลเชิงอันดับของระดับความพึงพอใจต่อปัจจัยต่าง ๆ ของกลุ่มตัวอย่างทั้งสองกลุ่ม โดยวิเคราะห์ข้อมูลด้วยแบบจำลองการถดถอยโลจิสติกเชิงอันดับ จากการศึกษาพบว่า ระดับรายได้และสถานะสมรสมีผลต่อระดับความพึงพอใจในรายได้ของพนักงาน ในขณะที่ระดับการศึกษา ประสบการณ์ทำงานในอาชีพ และจำนวนชั่วโมงการทำงาน มีผลต่อระดับความพึงพอใจในชั่วการทำงานของพนักงาน โดยในกลุ่มพนักงานเอกชนที่ไม่มีรายได้ขั้นต่ำที่แน่นอน มีระดับความพึงพอใจในรายได้และชั่วโมงการทำงานอยู่ในเกณฑ์ที่ต่ำกว่าพนักงานขสมก. ซึ่งมีรูปแบบค่าตอบแทนการทำงานแบบรายเดือนและมีสวัสดิการพื้นฐานให้แก่พนักงาน เช่นเดียวกับผลการวิเคราะห์ในฝั่งผู้โดยสารที่มีระดับความพึงพอใจในการขับขี่และการบริการของพนักงานเอกชนต่ำกว่าพนักงานขสมก. ดังนั้น การพิจารณาค่าตอบแทนการทำงาน ชั่วโมงการทำงาน และสภาพแวดล้อมให้แก่พนักงานขับรถโดยสารอย่างเหมาะสม มีความสำคัญต่อการส่งเสริมให้พนักงานเกิดแรงจูงใจในการผลิตการบริการที่มีคุณภาพและเป็นที่พึงพอใจให้กับผู้โดยสารได้
Effectiveness Of Seismic Bearings On A Typical Isolated Two-Column Rc Bridge Pier Located In North Mississippi, Hemant Raj Joshi
Effectiveness Of Seismic Bearings On A Typical Isolated Two-Column Rc Bridge Pier Located In North Mississippi, Hemant Raj Joshi
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The 2020 ASCE infrastructure report card has assigned a letter grade of D- for bridges in Mississippi based on poor to fair condition ratings with many approaching the end of their useful service lives. Bridges in northern Mississippi lie up to 100 miles from the New Madrid Fault and fall into the Region 3 Seismic Performance Category defined by AASHTO. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the performance of commercially available bridge bearings on a common bridge pier type used in northern MS under the combined action of superstructure gravity and lateral seismic loads. The use of …
Mechanically Spliced Precast Bridge Columns, Ted Sjurseth
Mechanically Spliced Precast Bridge Columns, Ted Sjurseth
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Mechanical bar splices provide an alternative to the traditional method of lap splicing to achieve reinforcement bar continuity in reinforced concrete. Even though mechanical bar splices can be used as new precast column connections to accelerate the bridge construction (ABC), The use of bar couplers in the plastic hinge region of bridge columns is prohibited by the current US codes since the effects of bar couplers on the seismic behavior of columns is not fully investigated. A bridge column including precast columns with couplers located in a high seismic region must be designed to handle large inelastic lateral deformations. The …
A Speciation Modeling Study Of Heavy Metal Adsorption To Plastic In Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant Units, Kaitlyn Hague
A Speciation Modeling Study Of Heavy Metal Adsorption To Plastic In Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant Units, Kaitlyn Hague
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Microplastics are an emerging concern due to their harmful effect to organisms and their ability to facilitate transport of contaminants including heavy metals. Microplastics can enter the environment through wastewater treatment plants, landfill leachate, and littering. Once in the environment microplastics can be distributed throughout rivers, the ocean, and lakes. In order to understand the adsorption of heavy metals to microplastics a geochemical modeling study was completed using Visual Minteq. Lab tests were completed to better understand what constituents are available in wastewater at four different locations: influent, clarifiers, digesters, and effluent. These constituents were then used to observe how …
Enhancing Mixed Traffic Flow Safety Via Connected And Autonomous Vehicle Trajectory Planning With A Reinforcement Learning Approach, Yanqiu Cheng, Chenxi Chen, Xianbiao Hu, Kuanmin Chen, Qing Tang, Yang Song
Enhancing Mixed Traffic Flow Safety Via Connected And Autonomous Vehicle Trajectory Planning With A Reinforcement Learning Approach, Yanqiu Cheng, Chenxi Chen, Xianbiao Hu, Kuanmin Chen, Qing Tang, Yang Song
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
The longitudinal trajectory planning of connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) has been widely studied in the literature to reduce travel time or fuel consumptions. The safety impact of CAV trajectory planning to the mixed traffic flow with both CAV and human-driven vehicle (HDV), however, is not well understood yet. This study presents a reinforcement learning modeling approach, named Monte Carlo tree search-based autonomous vehicle safety algorithm, or MCTS-AVS, to optimize the safety of mixed traffic flow, on a one-lane roadway with signalized intersection control. Crash potential index (CPI) is defined to quantitively measure the safety performance of the mixed traffic …
Evaluation Of Time-Dependent Camber And Deflections In Bridge Girders, Furkan Cakmak
Evaluation Of Time-Dependent Camber And Deflections In Bridge Girders, Furkan Cakmak
Wayne State University Theses
A methodology to predict each stage of camber and displacements in composite prestressed concrete and steel bridge superstructures from inception to end of service life including a prediction of rebound in deck replacement projects is presented. The methodology invokes the use of multiple creep curves and allows the proper simulation of various construction activities each of which feature unique loading events. The proposed method captures the influence of several factors, such as creep and shrinkage of beam and deck concrete as well as prestresses losses induced because of these phenomena. Additionally, the prediction methodology offers the capability to quantify the …
Intercomparisons Of Three Global Bottom-Up Anthropogenic Emission Inventories: Implications For Air Quality, Halima Salah
Intercomparisons Of Three Global Bottom-Up Anthropogenic Emission Inventories: Implications For Air Quality, Halima Salah
Wayne State University Theses
Air pollution from human activities plays an important role in affecting ambient air quality, climate change and human health. To provide changes in global environmental policies to reduce air pollution, emission inventories are critical as they aide in the understanding of air quality impacts across multiple scales. The state-of-the-science global bottom-up anthropogenic emission inventories are the Evaluating the Climate and Air Quality Impacts of Short-Lived Pollutants version 6b (ECLIPSEv6b) for emissions from 1990-2050, Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research version 5.0 (EDGARv5) for emissions from 1970-2015, and the Community Emissions Data System that was released in April 2021 (CEDS) for …
A Critical Analysis Of How Large Irish Architectural Practices Responded To Initial Covid-19 Restrictions And The Affect Implementing Remote Working Had On Bim Processes, Policies, And People, Bim Tudublin, John Mcenroy
A Critical Analysis Of How Large Irish Architectural Practices Responded To Initial Covid-19 Restrictions And The Affect Implementing Remote Working Had On Bim Processes, Policies, And People, Bim Tudublin, John Mcenroy
Capstone Reports
The unprecedent events which transpired in the 88-day period from the 31st of December 2019 to the 27th of March 2020 have changed the world in which we live and work. The outbreak of Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) and the ensuing pandemic which has evolved are descripted as one in a hundred-year events. This paper researched and critically analyses the operations which large Irish Architecture firms initiated during this period in order to facilitate the ability of its employees working from a remote location, focusing on how the People, Processes and Policies of BIM (3 Ps of BIM); adapted to …