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Nanoparticles For Gene Therapy And Protein Delivery To Induce Angiogenesis As An Alternative Treatment For Peripheral Arterial Disease, Linda Christellia Noukeu Aug 2018

Nanoparticles For Gene Therapy And Protein Delivery To Induce Angiogenesis As An Alternative Treatment For Peripheral Arterial Disease, Linda Christellia Noukeu

Bioengineering Dissertations - Archive

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is defined as a slow, progressive disorder of the lower extremity arterial vessels characterized by chronic narrowing that often results in occlusion and is associated with loss of functional capacity. Although the PAD occurrence rate is increasing in the elderly population, outcomes with current treatment strategies are suboptimal. Hence, there is an urgent need to develop new technologies that overcome limitations of traditional modalities for PAD detection and therapy. In this research, nanoparticles have been developed and used as carriers for various therapeutic agents to treat PAD. In particular, via protein/gene delivery, we developed and formulated …

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Experimental And Numerical Investigation Of The Concrete Shear Strength Of Reinforced Concrete Box Culverts Under Uniformly Distributed Load, Masoud Ghahremannejad Aug 2018

Experimental And Numerical Investigation Of The Concrete Shear Strength Of Reinforced Concrete Box Culverts Under Uniformly Distributed Load, Masoud Ghahremannejad

Civil Engineering Dissertations - Archive

This research resulted in the development of a new method for performing displacement control analysis of distributed loads to obtain the ultimate shear strength of structural components. A framework, consisting of several sub-frames, was designed to convert the single displacement applied at the top of the framework to equivalent uniformly-distributed forces applied to the beam. To validate the loading mechanism, using the proposed framework, the load was applied on the top of a reinforced concrete beam in the laboratory, and numerical studies were conducted. The shear capacity of the beam under a concentrated load at mid-span was compared with the …

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In-Service Performance Evaluation Of Fire And Impact Damaged Bridges With Cfrp Laminate Strengthening, Santosh Timilsina Aug 2018

In-Service Performance Evaluation Of Fire And Impact Damaged Bridges With Cfrp Laminate Strengthening, Santosh Timilsina

Civil Engineering Dissertations - Archive

Fire events and impact damage on bridges are few of the least understood of common extreme events. Bridge infrastructures that are subjected to hazards such as fire or impact from over height vehicle can catastrophically collapse or be heavily damaged. External wrapping of damaged concrete bridge components with Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) laminates has been used as a strengthening technique for these bridges. Two such in-service bridges, one of which was fire damaged and the other impact damaged, both aged more than 50 years old in Irving, Texas, were selected for this study. The damaged beams of the concrete bridges …

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Thermodynamic Modeling And Transient Simulation Of A Low-Pressure Heat Recovery Steam Generator Using Siemens T3000, Andres Caesar Aug 2018

Thermodynamic Modeling And Transient Simulation Of A Low-Pressure Heat Recovery Steam Generator Using Siemens T3000, Andres Caesar

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

With world energy consumption rising, and nonrenewable energy resources quickly depleting, it is essential to design more efficient power plants and thereby economically utilize fossil fuels. To that end, this work focuses on the thermodynamic modeling of steam power systems to enhance our understanding of their dynamic and transient behavior. This thesis discusses the physical phenomena behind a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) and develops a mathematical description of its system dynamics. The model is developed from fundamentals of fluid dynamics, phase change, heat transfer, conservation laws and unsteady flow energy equations. The resulting model captures coupled physical phenomena with …

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Electrochemical Microsensors For In Situ Monitoring Of Chemical Compounds In Engineered And Natural Aquatic Systems, Jared Church Aug 2018

Electrochemical Microsensors For In Situ Monitoring Of Chemical Compounds In Engineered And Natural Aquatic Systems, Jared Church

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The adaption of needle-type electrochemical microsensor (or microelectrode) techniques to environmental science and engineering systems has transformed how we understand mass transport in biotic and abiotic processes. Their small tip diameter (5-20μm) makes them a unique experimental tool for direct measurements of analytes with high spatial and temporal resolutions, providing a quantitative analysis of flux, diffusion, and reaction rate at a microscale that cannot be obtained using conventional analytical tools. However, their applications have been primarily limited to understanding mass transport dynamics and kinetics in biofilms. With the advancement of sensor fabrication and utilization techniques, their potential applications can surpass …

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Design Survey Of Laminated Composite I-Beam, Mrinmoy Saha Aug 2018

Design Survey Of Laminated Composite I-Beam, Mrinmoy Saha

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

Composite I-beams are popular for high-strength low-weight applications. Learning the macro-mechanics and designing the composite I-beam properly are necessary. In this report, a design overview of the composite I-beam is discussed which is based on classical lamination theory where it includes the homogenization approach, the plane stress assumption and the Kirchhoff hypothesis. Using these assumptions, a method was developed to come up with the effective material properties of a beam. Formulas to calculate maximum deflection and maximum bending stress and shear stress and the stress concentration at the connection of web-flange are discussed which describe ways for designing and manufacturing …

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Investigation Of Thermo-Physical Property Enhancement Mechanism Of Molten Salt Nano-Eutectic Via Nanostructural Change And Polyalphaolefin Nanofluid Via In Situ Formation Of Superstructures, Zahra Pournorouz Aug 2018

Investigation Of Thermo-Physical Property Enhancement Mechanism Of Molten Salt Nano-Eutectic Via Nanostructural Change And Polyalphaolefin Nanofluid Via In Situ Formation Of Superstructures, Zahra Pournorouz

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dissertations - Archive

For many years, scientists enhanced the specific heat capacity of molten salt nanofluids by dispersing only minute concentrations of different nanoparticles (e.g., 1 wt.%). While the specific heat capacity for molten salts was enhanced in many types of research, other engineering fluids (i.e., water, ethylene glycol, oil) showed decreased specific heat capacity with doping the nanoparticles. Recently, researchers discovered that a unique nanostructure formed by molten salt molecules, which were doped and interacted with nanoparticles, were the reason for enhanced specific heat capacity. Therefore, the enhanced specific heat capacity only happens for molten salts rather than other fluids that may …

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Wireless Antenna Sensors For Boiler Condition Monitoring, Franck Tchafa Aug 2018

Wireless Antenna Sensors For Boiler Condition Monitoring, Franck Tchafa

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dissertations - Archive

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is a vital technology that implements real-time condition monitoring or damage detection mechanisms for the safety assurance of structural systems such as power stations, aircrafts, bridges, dams, buildings, large machinery, and more. Without proper and timely maintenance, mechanical systems are prone to failures since they experience detrimental factors such as harsh environments, excessive loads, and vibrations. Several sensing technologies exist for SHM applications. Patch antennas are among the list of these technologies, and they are an attractive choice due to their compact size, light weight, ease of manufacturing, and low fabrication cost. Patch antennas have been …

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Developing A Framework To Optimize The Operations Of An Intermodal Underground Freight Transportation Terminal Using Simulation, Fatemeh Rezaeifar Aug 2018

Developing A Framework To Optimize The Operations Of An Intermodal Underground Freight Transportation Terminal Using Simulation, Fatemeh Rezaeifar

Civil Engineering Dissertations - Archive

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), by 2040, nearly 30,000 miles of our busiest highways will be clogged daily and it is important to increase the capacity of our transportation system. Construction of intermodal underground freight transportation (UFT) systems for freight movement through underground pipelines or tunnels, can increase the capacity of the existing shipping network. The intermodal terminal is a major component of the UFT’s innovative infrastructure project. Increasing demand for container transportation systems in terminals will raise the risk of terminal congestion and delivery delay due to the increase in freight transportation system bottlenecks (traffic jams …

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Bio-Inspired Adaptive Tuning Of Human-Robot Interfaces, Bakur Alqaudi Aug 2018

Bio-Inspired Adaptive Tuning Of Human-Robot Interfaces, Bakur Alqaudi

Electrical Engineering Dissertations - Archive

Motivated by recent advancement in neurocognitive in brain modeling research, multiple model-based Q-learning structures are proposed for optimal tracking problem of time-varying discrete-time systems. This is achieved by utilizing a multiple-model scheme combined with adaptive resonance theory (ART), and dopamine-like model. In the ART algorithm , dopamine-like model and generates sub-models based on the match-based clustering method utilizing. A responsibility signal governs the likelihood of contribution of each sub-model to the Q-function. The Q-function is learned using the batch least-square algorithm. Simulation results are added to show the performance and the effectiveness of the overall proposed control method. A novel …

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An Enhancement Of Light Reflectance Spectroscopy As A Modality For The Detection Of Positive Surgical Margins In Radical Prostatectomy, Zengxing Pang Aug 2018

An Enhancement Of Light Reflectance Spectroscopy As A Modality For The Detection Of Positive Surgical Margins In Radical Prostatectomy, Zengxing Pang

Bioengineering Theses - Archive

Light Reflectance Spectroscopy (LRS) is an imaging method that has shown increasingly promising evidence in its ability to detect various forms of cancer tissues. Our previous studies have illustrated the LRS modality’s capacity to differentiate normal and cancerous prostate tissues, specifically in its effectiveness in distinguishing cancer tissues classified 4+3 and 4+4 in Gleason Score. Despite having shown sufficient sensitivity and specificity towards prostate cancer detection, the pre-existing imaging system remains impractical for its intended clinical application of detecting positive surgical margins during prostatectomy. Two of the biggest challenges in the current equipment include lack of mobility and slow data …

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Proposing A Sparse Weighted Directed Network Construction Method And A Novel Mutual-Information Based Sparse Feature Selection Algorithm For Multivariate Time-Series Analysis And Its Application In Medical Diagnostic Problems, Rahilsadat Hosseini Aug 2018

Proposing A Sparse Weighted Directed Network Construction Method And A Novel Mutual-Information Based Sparse Feature Selection Algorithm For Multivariate Time-Series Analysis And Its Application In Medical Diagnostic Problems, Rahilsadat Hosseini

Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering Dissertations - Archive

The main purpose of this study is feature engineering/learning from multivariate (MV) time-series to achieve a more interpretable model by dimension reduction. This aim is fulfilled in 2 main parts. In part 1, we proposed a network estimation approach namely SWDN which stands for sparse weighted directed network. In this approach, the directed subgraph of the underlying network was detected by maximum spanning tree (MST) algorithm that created a null model of connections with maximum inter-dependence (pairwise correlation or mutual information) forming the backbone structure of the MV time-series as an empirical reference. The edge weights were estimated using the …

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Supervised Sparse Learning With Applications In Bioinformatics, Kin Ming Puk Aug 2018

Supervised Sparse Learning With Applications In Bioinformatics, Kin Ming Puk

Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering Dissertations - Archive

In machine learning and mathematical optimization, sparse learning is the use of mathematical norms such as L1-norm, group norm and L21-norm in order to seek a trade-off between the goodness-of-fit measure and sparsity of the result. Sparsity of result leads to a parsimonious learning model - in other words, only few features from the data matrix are required to build the learning model and for further interpretation. The motivations of employing sparse learning in bioinformatics are two-fold: firstly, a parsimonious learning model enhances the explanatory power; and secondly, a parsimonious model generally allows better prediction and generalizes better to new …

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A Calibration Chamber For Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Studies Of Soil Behavior Via Resonant Column Testing, Daniel R. C. Green Aug 2018

A Calibration Chamber For Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Studies Of Soil Behavior Via Resonant Column Testing, Daniel R. C. Green

Civil Engineering Theses - Archive

Abstract A Calibration Chamber for Thermo-hydro-mechanical Studies of Soil Behavior via Resonant Column Testing Daniel R. C. Green The University of Texas at Arlington, 2018 Supervising Professor: Dr. Laureano Hoyos A considerable portion of the emerging geothermal infrastructure in the country is located in earthquake prone areas while being supported and/or surrounded by soil deposits located well above the groundwater table. Geotechnical earthquake research in the country, however, continues to be mostly focused on soil response under saturated conditions, especially soil liquefaction phenomena, while most of the work on dynamic response of compacted soils has not taken suction or thermal …

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Developable Compliant-Aided Rolling-Contact Mechanisms, Todd G. Nelson, Just L. Herder Aug 2018

Developable Compliant-Aided Rolling-Contact Mechanisms, Todd G. Nelson, Just L. Herder

Student Works

Rolling-contact mechanisms can provide low-friction motion with unique kinematic paths. We show that developable surfaces can be used as a design tool for rolling-contact mechanisms joined with compliant bands. These mechanisms can exhibit 3D motion paths, couple rotational and translational motions into a single degree of freedom, and can be designed to exhibit various tailored kinetic responses. We set forth developable surface parametrizations well suited to the creation of rolling contacts. We highlight how the geodesic and principal curvatures of the non-ruling principal curves of a developable surface are meaningful design quantities for rolling contacts. We provide kinematic and kinetic …

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Vertical Electrical Impedance Measurements On Concrete Bridge Decks Using A Large-Area Electrode, Jeffrey David Barton Aug 2018

Vertical Electrical Impedance Measurements On Concrete Bridge Decks Using A Large-Area Electrode, Jeffrey David Barton

Theses and Dissertations

In regions where chloride-based deicing salts are applied to bridge decks, corrosion of the interior steel reinforcement is a major problem. Vertical electrical impedance (VEI) is an effective measurement technique to quantitatively assess the cover protection on bridges against aggressive chemical penetration of reinforced concrete. In its current form, traditional vertical electrical impedance is time-consuming and destructive because a direct connection to the reinforcing steel is required to provide a ground reference. A new method using a large-area electrode (LAE) permits VEI measurement without a direct electrical connection to the steel reinforcement. The LAE creates a nondestructive, semi-direct, low impedance …

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Adjusting For Time Varying Confounding In Adaptive Interdisciplinary Pain Management Program, Nilabh Ohol Aug 2018

Adjusting For Time Varying Confounding In Adaptive Interdisciplinary Pain Management Program, Nilabh Ohol

Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering Dissertations - Archive

Interdisciplinary pain management combines multiple disciplines of professionals to understand the biological and psychosocial factors causing a patient's pain and to determine the best treatments among many to administer. The Eugene McDermott Center of Pain at University of Texas at Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas runs a two stage adaptive interdisciplinary pain management program with the aim to improve current and future pain outcomes. The sequential treatment regime for the pain and the observational nature of data yield to time varying confounding and a form of endogeneity. This yields biased estimates of the treatment effects which is undesirable. Our adaptive …

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Elementet Lidhëse Tek Konstruksionet E Drurit – Shqyrtimi I Literaturës Ekzistuese Dhe Rast Studimi Analitik, Visar Nurshaba Aug 2018

Elementet Lidhëse Tek Konstruksionet E Drurit – Shqyrtimi I Literaturës Ekzistuese Dhe Rast Studimi Analitik, Visar Nurshaba

Theses and Dissertations

Punimi i realizuar bazohet në lëndën: Konstruksionet e Drurit. Në këtë punim bëhet fjalë për konstruksionet e kulmeve në përgjithësi dhe elementet lidhëse të konstruksionit në veçanti. Materiali ka për qëllim prezantimin e elementeve lidhëse dhe mënyrat e ndryshme të përdorimit të tyre në strukturën e kulmit. Ndarja është bërë në kapituj ku pasqyrohet kronologjia e përdorimit të drurit nga koha kur zuri hapat e parë të përdorimit e deri tek përdorimi bashkëkohor me mjetet e avancuara të përpunimit. Elementet lidhëse ofrojnë një komoditet më të madh në aspektin e montimit të elementeve të drurit dhe jetëgjatësi më të madhe …

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Organizimi I Objektit “Depo Per Materiale Elektrike”, Krenare Elezi Aug 2018

Organizimi I Objektit “Depo Per Materiale Elektrike”, Krenare Elezi

Theses and Dissertations

Qëllimi për këtë punim bazohet në hulumtimin e organizimit të punishtes, zgjidhjen e parakohshme të problemeve që mund të ndodhin gjatë ndërtimit, rritjen e cilësisë si dhe efektivitetin e proceseve të menaxhimit. Objekti që është marrë shembull në këtë punim është dedikuar për depo e materialit elektrik dhe vendodhja e tij është në zonën industriale Gjakovë. Problemi kryesor që shfaqet gjatë realizimit të një objekti ndërtimor shpesh vihet si shkak i një planifikimi jo korrekt, që mund të vjen deri në humbjet e shumta në aspektin kohor dhe financiar. Prandaj ky punim ka si motiv kryesor organizmin, si fazë kryesore …

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A Framework For Estimating Immediate Interdependent Functionality Reduction Of A Steel Hospital Following A Seismic Event, Emad M. Hassan, Hussam Mahmoud Aug 2018

A Framework For Estimating Immediate Interdependent Functionality Reduction Of A Steel Hospital Following A Seismic Event, Emad M. Hassan, Hussam Mahmoud

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Functionality of an infrastructure is its ability to provide its intended services. Maintaining an acceptable level of infrastructure functionality, particularly for critical infrastructure, following an extreme event is vital for effective community recovery. Estimating functionality depends on proper quantification of losses, which requires accurate assessment of infrastructure damage. The damage is presented in the form of fragility functions that are generally developed using nonlinear finite element analysis. To date, no study has been conducted to assess the effect of modeling approach on seismic fragilities of an infrastructure, the associated losses, and functionality reduction. In addition, existing frameworks for estimating functionality …

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A New Approach To Measure Soil Shrinkage Curve, Lin Li, Xiong Zhang Aug 2018

A New Approach To Measure Soil Shrinkage Curve, Lin Li, Xiong Zhang

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The shrinkage curve is widely used to characterize soil deformation during drying. Over the years, several methods have been developed to measure soil shrinkage curves. However, these methods suffered from several limitations and were rarely used because of difficulties in accurate soil volume measurement during drying. In this study, a simple method is proposed to measure soil shrinkage curves. The soil volume is measured using a photogrammetric technique from which a three-dimensional (3D) model of the soil specimen during drying can be accurately reconstructed. The soil volume is calculated based on the reconstructed 3D model. Meanwhile, a digital balance is …

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Low-Cost Experimental System For Center Of Mass And Center Of Pressure Measurement, Cai Xia Yang Aug 2018

Low-Cost Experimental System For Center Of Mass And Center Of Pressure Measurement, Cai Xia Yang

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications

Falls happen when the center of mass of body is outside of its base of support and the recovery of the center of mass back to the base of support failed. Balance ability is an essential ability needed for humans' daily routine activities. Improving balance ability should result in a better and more convenient way of living. There are various factors influence on balance ability. The focus of this paper is to investigate which factors have the greatest effect on balance. Balance ability is measured by deviations of center of pressure in both x-direction (side-to-side) and y-direction (front-to-back) with the …

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Feature-Based Discretization Of A Turbine Disk For Probabilistic Risk Assessment, Michael Thomas, Jace Carter, Lloyd Matson, Tarun Goswami Aug 2018

Feature-Based Discretization Of A Turbine Disk For Probabilistic Risk Assessment, Michael Thomas, Jace Carter, Lloyd Matson, Tarun Goswami

Biomedical, Industrial & Human Factors Engineering Faculty Publications

There is an economic need to extend the useful life of jet engine rotors. Retirement-for-Cause (RFC) is a lifing method that allows for the continued operation of components passed traditional life limits. Under RFC, an extension of damage tolerance, components are deemed safe for a further service interval using non-destructive inspections (NDI) for crack like defe cts. As components are kept in-service beyond their designed service life it is essential that the probability of failure (POF), or risk, of continued service is known. Under current FAA rotor design certification practices the component POF is analyzed using a probabilistic framework focused …

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Development Of A Framework To Estimate Social And Environmental Costs Of Truck, Railroad, And Underground Freight Transportation, Amir Tabesh Aug 2018

Development Of A Framework To Estimate Social And Environmental Costs Of Truck, Railroad, And Underground Freight Transportation, Amir Tabesh

Civil Engineering Dissertations - Archive

Increasing freight transportation capacity is the most important factor to keep US economy viable. Trucks moved 11.5 billion tons of goods, or 63.8 percent of total freight shipments in 2015, which is projected to grow to 16.6 billion tons by 2045. It is predicted truck travel may increase from 282 million miles per day in 2012 to 488 million miles per day by 2045. The U.S. railroad system includes 138,000 rail miles, which 93,500 miles owned and operated by Class I railroad and the rest of them owned and operated by regional and local railroads. While the miles of railroad …

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Planning, Design, And Operational Analysis Of Underground Freight Transportation Systems With Individual Autonomous Vehicles, Sirwan Shahooei Aug 2018

Planning, Design, And Operational Analysis Of Underground Freight Transportation Systems With Individual Autonomous Vehicles, Sirwan Shahooei

Civil Engineering Dissertations - Archive

Given the increases in freight transportation demand, the current infrastructure for freight transportation appears insufficient. Moreover, the future development of capacity for freight transportation infrastructure seems to be limited. Based on a U.S. DOT report, most of the U.S. freight transportation infrastructure’s construction dates back to the 1960s. This puts a heavy burden on the national highway and railroad systems. The growing demand for freight will increase truck traffic on both urban and rural highways. The increase in truck traffic on highways will result in multiple challenges, including traffic congestion, security concerns, infrastructure deterioration, environmental pollution, energy consumption, increase in …

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Evaluation Of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (Frp) Strengthening For Deteriorated Bridge Bent Caps, Yazan Almomani Aug 2018

Evaluation Of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (Frp) Strengthening For Deteriorated Bridge Bent Caps, Yazan Almomani

Civil Engineering Dissertations - Archive

Deterioration of aging highway bridges has been a serious concern in the U. S. A. Almost 39% percent of all bridges in the country have passed their 50-year design life, and approximately 9% of these bridges are structurally deficient due to concrete deterioration and truck weight increases on highways. Compared to superstructures, the deterioration of bridge substructures and associated repair/strengthening/evaluation has received much less attention in previous studies. A reinforced concrete bridge built in 1940 and located in Dallas, Texas, exhibited moderate to severe corrosion related concrete deterioration in the bent caps. Eight such bent caps were selected herein for …

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A New Approach For Performance Evaluation Of Bridge Infrastructure Using Terrestrial Lidar And Advanced Mathematical Modeling, Ali Shafikhani Aug 2018

A New Approach For Performance Evaluation Of Bridge Infrastructure Using Terrestrial Lidar And Advanced Mathematical Modeling, Ali Shafikhani

Civil Engineering Dissertations - Archive

High plastic expansive clays when subjected to different climatic conditions undergo large ground movements causing distress to infrastructures including bridges, pavements, buildings, retaining structures, and others. Performance assessment of these structures built on problematic soils such as expansive clays is important to reduce maintenance and extending the design life of infrastructure. Rapid developments in remote sensing technologies with precise evaluation have influenced the monitoring techniques for assessing the health condition of civil infrastructure projects. While these technologies have considerably aided in performance evaluation, cogent procedures for evaluating the ground movements are still required that integrates technologies, climatic factors, soil behavior …

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Tk-Mars: An Efficient Approach For Deterministic And Stochastic Black-Box Optimization, Hadis Anahideh Aug 2018

Tk-Mars: An Efficient Approach For Deterministic And Stochastic Black-Box Optimization, Hadis Anahideh

Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering Dissertations - Archive

Surrogate optimization approaches for black-box functions focus on approximating the underlying function, using metamodeling techniques, in order to optimize computationally expensive simulation models. Historically, surrogate optimization models have been validated by deterministic (noiseless) functions with every variable being significant. As a result, many surrogate optimization models used interpolating surrogates. However, many real world experiments often times include parameters that are insignificant and uncertainties associated with the black-box function. Using traditional interpolating surrogate optimization methods can lead to surrogate models with unnecessary predictors and sensitivity to noise. Consequently, a surrogate model with flexible, non-interpolating, and parsimonious characteristics is required to overcome …

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Highway Cross Slope Measurement Using Airborne And Mobile Lidar, Alireza Shams Esfandabadi Aug 2018

Highway Cross Slope Measurement Using Airborne And Mobile Lidar, Alireza Shams Esfandabadi

All Dissertations

Ensuring adequate pavement cross slope on highways can improve driver safety by reducing the potential for water sheeting and ponding. Collecting cross slope data is typically only based on small sample because efficient technology and means to collect accurate cross slope data has been evasive. The advent of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) scanning technology has proven to be a valuable tool in the creation of 3D terrain models. Combined with other technologies such as Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Inertial Measurement Unit devices (IMU) it is now possible to collect accurate 3D coordinate data in the form of a …

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Demand-Aware Charger Planning For Electric Vehicle Sharing, Bowen Du, Yongxin Tong, Zimu Zhou, Qian Tao, Wenjun Zhou Aug 2018

Demand-Aware Charger Planning For Electric Vehicle Sharing, Bowen Du, Yongxin Tong, Zimu Zhou, Qian Tao, Wenjun Zhou

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Cars of the future have been predicted as shared and electric. There has been a rapid growth in electric vehicle (EV) sharing services worldwide in recent years. For EV-sharing platforms to excel, it is essential for them to offer private charging infrastructure for exclusive use that meets the charging demand of their clients. Particularly, they need to plan not only the places to build charging stations, but also the amounts of chargers per station, to maximally satisfy the requirements on global charging coverage and local charging demand. Existing research efforts are either inapplicable for their different problem formulations or are …

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