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A User-Centered Mapping Design For Geomorphological Hazard Thematic Map, Su-Min Shen, Yin-Hsuen Chen, Chia-Ming Lo, Mu-Ti Yu, Si-Chin Lin, Sendo Wang, Chih-Hsin Chang, Sheng-Chi Lin

University Administration Publications

Numerous studies have concentrated on developing user-centered designs for hazard zone maps but rarely for hazard-oriented geomorphological maps, named as Geomorphological Hazard Thematic Maps (GHTMs) in this study, which provide more detailed information about natural hazards. This study developed a user-centered mapping design for GHTMs for nonexperts in geomorphology. We invited civil engineers and high school educators to evaluate a sample GHTM's design in group and focus group panel interviews. The civil engineers preferred maps with more geomorphological features, whereas the educators preferred simple designs. Both groups indicated that the inclusion of essential facilities and road networks is essential. The …

Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (Qmra) For Urban Stormwater Reuse After Treatment Through A Bioretention System, Isaac Oluk

Theses and Dissertations--Civil Engineering

Bioretention, also referred to as a stormwater biofilter, is an extensively used low-impact development technology for both stormwater management and water quality gains. However, little attention has been paid to the acceptability and uncertainty of human health risks associated with the treatment performance of bioretention filter media, and non-potable water reuse scenarios to guide decision-making and system design. This study uses bioretention mechanistic modeling paired with quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) under uncertainty to evaluate human health risks from two reference pathogens – Campylobacter jejuni and Cryptosporidium. Consumption of irrigated green salad, consumption of raw green salad washed with effluent, …

Estimating The Effectiveness Of Incentives On The Adoption Of Electric Vehicles, Michelle O. Imarah

Theses and Dissertations--Civil Engineering

This study aims to estimate the effectiveness of incentives in increasing the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) among households in the near future. Five scenarios were tested using a vehicle type choice model estimated from the 2017 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) data: (1) increasing the number of EV chargers, (2) reducing the purchase price of EVs based on household income, (3) increasing the number of EV models and makes, (4) increasing the EV range, and (5) all scenarios at once. Results showed that all the scenarios were effective in increasing EV adoption amongst households. Some scenarios were more effective …

Digital Twins For Ancillary Transportation Asset Data Management, Ashtarout Ammar

Theses and Dissertations--Civil Engineering

Transportation Asset Management (TAM) is a data-driven decision-making process to maintain and extend the serviceability of transportation assets throughout their lifecycle. TAM is an extensive data process requiring accurate, high-quality information for better decision-making. A significant challenge that state Departments of Transportation (DOTs) face is allocating limited funds to optimize their assets’ performance. The criticality of this challenge increases when state DOTs need to manage a wide variety of assets distributed along with a vast network; thus, they prioritize the management of high-value assets and visible ones such as bridges, and they pay less attention to ancillary assets even though …

Rollout Of A Digital Comprehensive Safety Management System In A Large Public Agency: A Case Study With Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Salena Pham

Theses and Dissertations--Civil Engineering

It’s understood that construction is extremely dangerous and highway construction has an added risk that comes from the presence of traffic. Many steps and prevention measures can be taken to reduce the risks to workers’ safety in highway work zones. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) realized they had room for improvement and wanted to have a database that would allow for analysis of the common causes of incidents. The new software KYTC wanted to implement is called Origami Risk. Origami Risk is a cloud-based safety management system (SMS) software that offers a huge range of customizable risk management, RMIS, environmental health …

A Generalized Accelerated Failure Time Model To Predict Restoration Time From Power Outages, Tasnuba Binte Jamal

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation 2023-2024

Major disasters such as wildfire, tornado, hurricane, tropical storm, flooding cause disruptions in infrastructure systems such as power outage, disruption to water supply system, wastewater management, telecommunication failures, and transportation facilities. Disruptions in electricity infrastructures have negative impacts on sectors throughout a region, including education, medical services, financial, and recreation sectors. In this study, we introduce a novel approach to investigate the factors which can be associated with longer restoration time of power service after a hurricane. Considering restoration time as the dependent variable and utilizing a comprehensive set of county-level data, we have estimated a Generalized Accelerated Failure Time …

Performance Evaluation Of Using Waste Glass Powder And Fly Ash In Alkali-Activated Slag Binder And Mortar Samples As Partial Precursors, Sunday A. Eniola

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports

The increasing environmental burden at landfills due to the disposal of waste glass has motivated the scientific community to find an alternative for its utilization. One of these promising routes is to use glass powder (GP) as precursor and waste glass sands as sand replacement in alkali-activated slag (AAS) mortar to reduce the setting time, shrinkage, and efflorescence characteristics for the field applications by comparing with class F fly ash (FFA). This study first experimentally investigates the setting behavior, shrinkage behavior and compressive strength, and efflorescence characteristics of AAS binder prepared with partially replaced glass powder and fly ash. The …

Exploring The Usage Of Acid Mine Drainage Sludge As A Soil Amendment For Reclaimed Mine Lands, Brady Watters

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a form of water pollution generated when water and oxygen come into contact with sulfide minerals, forming metal ions, sulfuric acid, and sulphates in solution. AMD is characterized by its toxic metals content and low pH, both of which are an environmental concern. The treatment of AMD separates the contaminants into a high-water content sludge. This sludge is a pure waste product under current evaluation for alternative uses as well as improvements to storage and treatment processes. This thesis focused on analyzing the potential for AMD sludge to be used in recently reclaimed lands as …

Frp Pedestrian Bridges, Joseph Ryan Virga

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Advanced fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites are being used as mainstream structural materials to build complex infrastructure systems. Such application of FRP composites can be attributed to their high strength-to-weight and stiffness-to-weight ratios, corrosion resistance, higher energy absorption, durability, and competitive life-cycle costs. FRP composites are increasingly being considered as suitable alternative structural materials to traditional construction materials such as timber, concrete, and steel.

In this work, detailed experimental investigation has been carried out on different types of glass FRP composite pedestrian bridges with FRP and/or timber deck. Four full-scale FRP pedestrian bridges, including 70`×8.5’ and 70’×10’ single-span bridges, a 16’×8’ …

Using Modflow To Assess Groundwater Storage Enhancement Via A Floodplain Infiltration Basin, Lindsay Henning

All Master's Theses

Delaying groundwater discharge into rivers until it is critically needed during baseflow conditions provides promise for lowering elevated stream temperatures and improving habitat for aquatic species. Increasing groundwater storage may accomplish this in locations where excess spring runoff can be captured and allowed to infiltrate into the subsurface for later beneficial use, a process known as Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR). Here, MAR via an infiltration basin is considered at a site along the Teanaway River in central Washington State. The effects of simulated ephemeral ponds of sizes varying from 554 m³ to 2430 m³ (0.449 acre-feet to 1.97 …

Time-Specific Safety Performance Functions For Different Advanced Traffic Management Strategies, Jingwan Fu

Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023

Time-specific Safety Performance Functions (SPFs) were proposed to achieve accurate and dynamic crash frequency predictions and bridge the gap between annual crash frequency prediction and real-time crash likelihood prediction. This research proposed time-specific SPFs considering the temporal variation in crashes and traffic characteristics. Firstly, the developed time-specific SPFs that include different ATM strategies (i.e., HOV, merge, diverge and reversible lanes segments) were investigated in this study. The results indicate that the traffic turbulence during specific hours would relate to crash occurrence. Further, the variables that represent the speed and occupancy differences between the HOV lanes/reversible lanes and general-purpose lanes were …

ปัจจัยที่ส่งผลต่อความตั้งใจเชิงพฤติกรรมในการเลือกใช้ยานยนต์รับส่งผู้โดยสารอัตโนมัติ (Autonomous Shuttle Pod) ในจุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย, ยอดพล เพชราวุธ

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

ยานยนต์รับส่งผู้โดยสารอัตโนมัติ (Autonomous Shuttle Pod) ได้รับการออกแบบมาเพื่อตอบสนองความต้องการขนส่งรูปแบบใหม่ พร้อมทั้งเพิ่มประสิทธิภาพและความปลอดภัยในการเดินทาง อย่างไรก็ตามความสำเร็จของเทคโนโลยีนี้ขึ้นอยู่กับการยอมรับของสาธารณชน การศึกษานี้มุ่งเน้นไปที่การตรวจสอบทัศนคติและปัจจัยที่ส่งผลต่อความตั้งใจเชิงพฤติกรรมในการเลือกใช้ยานยนต์รับส่งผู้โดยสารอัตโนมัติ โดยขยายแบบจำลองทฤษฎีรวมการยอมรับและการใช้เทคโนโลยี 2 (UTAUT2) ที่เพิ่มปัจจัยด้าน การรับรู้ด้านความเสี่ยง, การรับรู้ด้านความไว้วางใจ, ภาพลักษณ์ และการเปรียบเทียบกับรูปแบบการเดินทางอื่น โดยสร้างแบบจำลองสมการเชิงโครงสร้าง (SEM) เพื่อหาความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างปัจจัยและเจตนาเชิงพฤติกรรมภายใต้แบบจำลอง อย่างไรก็ตามการวิจัยนี้ได้วิเคราะห์องค์ประกอบเชิงสำรวจ (EFA) เพื่อค้นหาองค์ประกอบที่แท้จริงภายใต้ตัวบ่งชี้ที่พัฒนาขึ้น แบบสอบถามดำเนินกับกลุ่มตัวอย่างในพื้นที่จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัยจำนวน 409 คน ผลการศึกษาทัศนคติพบว่า คนชื่นชอบยานยนต์รับส่งผู้โดยสารอัตโนมัติในด้านของการบริการ ได้แก่ การเรียกใช้ได้ทุกที่ทุกเวลาผ่านแอพพลิเคชั่น, บริการนอกเวลาปกติ และการปรับเปลี่ยนเส้นทาง อีกทั้งยังถูกมองว่ามีศักยภาพในการเข้ามาแทนที่รถ Pop Bus และ Muvmi สำหรับการวิเคราะห์แบบจำลองสมการเชิงโครงสร้าง (SEM) พบว่าปัจจัยที่ส่งผลต่อการเลือกใช้ยานยนต์รับส่งผู้โดยสารอัตโนมัติของผู้คน ได้แก่ ความคาดหวังด้านประสิทธิภาพ, ประโยชน์ในการใช้ในชีวิตประจำวัน, การรับรู้ด้านความไว้วางใจ, สิ่งอำนวยความสะดวก, ความพอใจในบริการเหนือราคา, ความไว้วางใจด้านบริการและราคา, การรับรู้ความเสี่ยง และการรับรู้ว่าใช้งานได้ง่าย ในขณะที่ความคาดหวังด้านความพยายาม และ อิทธิพลของสังคม ส่งผลในทางอ้อม

การวิเคราะห์มลพิษทางอากาศและเสียงที่เกิดจากกิจกรรมย่อยของการก่อสร้างที่พักอาศัยโดยเครื่องมือวัดส่วนบุคคลร่วมกับบันทึกวีดีโอ, นพวิชญ์ ลีลานภากาศ

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

เนื่องมาจากการก่อสร้างที่พักอาศัยที่มีอยู่ทั่วพื้นที่กรุงเทพฯ และปริมณฑลซึ่งเป็นต้นเหตุของมลพิษทางอากาศและเสียง โดยผู้ที่ได้รับผลกระทบมากที่สุดคือ แรงงานก่อสร้าง งานวิจัยนี้จึงต้องการวิเคราะห์มลพิษทางอากาศและเสียง (PM 2.5, PM 10, NO2, CO, dB(A)) ที่เกิดจากกิจกรรมย่อยของการก่อสร้างที่พักอาศัยโดยเครื่องมือวัดส่วนบุคคลร่วมกับบันทึกวีดีโอ ซึ่งนำเทคโนโลยี IoT (Internet of Things) เซนเซอร์ตรวจวัดมลพิษทางอากาศและเสียง และกล้องบันทึกวีดีโอมาประยุกต์ใช้ ทำให้ทราบค่าความเข้มข้นของมลพิษที่แรงงานได้รับจากกิจกรรมย่อยของงานก่อสร้าง การตรวจวัดมลพิษทางอากาศและเสียงโดยทั่วไปวัดจากค่าเฉลี่ยของปริมาณมลพิษที่แรงงานได้รับตลอดช่วงเวลาทำงาน อีกทั้งเครื่องมือวัดมีขนาดใหญ่ มีราคาสูง และไม่สามารถทราบถึงกิจกรรมย่อยที่ก่อให้เกิดมลพิษต่อแรงงาน ดังนั้นงานวิจัยนี้ได้ติดเครื่องมือวัดและกล้องบันทึกวีดีโอกับแรงงาน เพื่อให้ทราบถึงปริมาณมลพิษที่แรงงานได้รับจากกิจกรรมย่อยของการก่อสร้าง โดยเมื่อมีปริมาณมลพิษเกินค่ามาตรฐานจะมีการแจ้งเตือนไปยัง Line Notify เพื่อให้เจ้าหน้าที่ความปลอดภัยโครงการได้ทราบถึงปริมาณมลพิษที่เกิดขึ้นในขณะนั้น หลังจากนั้นประยุกต์ใช้เครื่องมือตรวจวัดมลพิษทางอากาศและเสียงกับโครงการก่อสร้างกรณีศึกษา 4 โครงการ ผลการทดสอบพบว่า กิจกรรมย่อยที่เกิดมลพิษมากที่สุด คือ เชื่อมโลหะโดยใช้ลวดเชื่อม มีปริมาณฝุ่นละออง PM 2.5 และ PM 10 เกินค่ามาตรฐานอยู่ในระดับส่งผลกระทบต่อสุขภาพ ปริมาณก๊าซคาร์บอนมอนอกไซด์และไนโตรเจนไดออกไซด์ เกินค่ามาตรฐานอยู่ในระดับเริ่มส่งผลกระทบต่อสุขภาพ อย่างไรก็ตามเครื่องมือยังมีข้อจำกัดในเรื่องขีดจำกัดต่ำสุดและสูงสุดของเซนเซอร์ที่สามารถตรวจวัดมลพิษได้

Feasibility Of Applying Motion Magnification In Subsurface Defect Detection For Concrete And Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Specimens, Nagavardhani Malineni

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Irrespective of size and complexity, every civil infrastructure needs certain scrutiny regarding its structural health to ensure its serviceability during its lifetime. In olden times such scrutiny was done with the aid of destructive testing methods using sensors that required cumbersome and expensive installations and led to the destruction of at least part of the tested specimen. However, in recent times, many non-destructive methods, such as acoustic emission testing, electromagnetic testing, and laser testing methods have emerged, leaving the specified tested specimen undisturbed. With the advancement in sensor technology like motion magnification and with the help of access to high-speed …

Environmental Controls Of Greenhouse Fluxes In Freshwater Wetlands Across The Globe, Samira Jahan

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Freshwater wetlands can contribute significantly to the global carbon budget as a net source or sink of the major greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes such as carbon dioxide (FCO₂) and methane (FCH₄). The amount of GHG fluxes in the freshwater wetlands is highly variable and depends on a range of environmental drivers. These wetlands are commonly hypothesized to be net sinks (i.e., burial) of FCO₂ and net sources (emission) of FCH₄ at the monthly to annual scales. Understanding the environmental controls on the wetland GHG fluxes is essential for an accurate estimation of the global …

Strengthening Of Damaged Structural Members With External Frp, Krishna Tulasi Gadde

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites are excellent alternatives to traditional materials for civil infrastructure. Several researchers have worked on the application of FRP composites for construction, repair, and rehabilitation of structures. This research aims at evaluating the use of carbon, glass, basalt, and hybrid FRPs with epoxy and polyurethane resin systems for rehabilitation of damaged structural components. Following evaluations were carried out in this research: (i) tension testing of FRP coupons, (ii) compression testing of concrete cylinders with and without damaged sections/FRP reinforcements, (iii) flexural testing of external-FRP reinforced RC beams with and without damages, (iv) pull-off tests on FRP …

Visual Sensing For Comprehensive Granular Traffic Data Collection In Support Of Intelligent Transportation Applications, Linjun Lu

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Comprehensive granular traffic data collection has been identified as one of the most essential tasks in the development of intelligent transportation systems (ITS). With the recent advances in electro-optical sensors and computational capacities, machine vision is regarded as cost-efficient for traffic data collection. However, the existing vision-based methods are only applicable for collecting limited types of traffic data, and a unified method allowing for comprehensive traffic data collection is still missing in the existing literature. Moreover, there are still challenges that exist for the use of the existing vision-based methods in real settings, including low accuracy and compromised applicability due …

Powering Electric Vehicles: Are We Ready?, Christian Yoder

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This project will investigate typical power grids and the impacts that electric vehicles have on them. Electric vehicles are rapidly growing in popularity and much of the world is promising to make the switch from combustion engines to EVs. Electric vehicles demand a large amount of electricity. With fast charging becoming available, it is worth asking if the current electrical infrastructure can handle the increase in demand. After talking to a source at FirstEnergy, it seems large electric companies are well aware of areas in need of adjustment and are moving accordingly.

Cost-Benefit Analysis Of Increased Water Treatment Plant Service Goals On Reducing Water Quality Risk, Briton Polen, Kendra Sanner

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

To treat water to make it safe to drink, disinfection processes are used in water treatment plants. These disinfection processes produce disinfection byproducts (DBPs) through the reaction of organic matter and the disinfectant, such as chlorine. DBPs have been shown to pose a cancer risk to consumers. In this report, the focus is on two types of DBPs, trihalomethanes (THMs) and haloacetic acids (HAAs). The cancer risks associated with DBPs are analyzed through ingestion and inhalation pathways. Ingestion and inhalation consist of common water uses like drinking, cooking, or bathing. In addition to this, DBPs have been shown to increase …

Quantifying Geogrid Reinforcement Mechanism In Roadway Performance Using Cyclic Plate Load (Cpl) Test, G.S. Ellithy, A. Crippa

Publications

For decades, geogrids have been used successfully to improve performance in both paved and unpaved roadway construction. Even though the current state of practice differentiates between the design methodology incorporating geogrids in paved and unpaved roadways, the true improvement contribution of geogrids is to the base layer, or to the layer that is placed directly on top of it. It has been established that the three reinforcement mechanisms by which geogrids enhance roadway performance are: lateral restraint, bearing capacity increase and membrane tension support. In order to quantify these mechanisms and their contribution to the roadway performance improvement, two Cyclic …

Does The Ite Trip Generation Manual Overestimate The Trip Generation Of Stores In Northeast Ohio?, Shawn Monahan

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This project will examine the use of the Trip Generation Manual to estimate the number of 'trips' per average weekday. A trip is defined as a vehicular movement from one location to another. The Trip Generation Manual will examine the estimated number of trips generated for local discount superstores in the Northeast Region of Ohio. Surveys were completed for local data, supplemented with a vehicle occupancy rate sample. This will provide a baseline that the Trip Generation Manual will be compared to.

An Analysis Of The Influence Of Speed On Fatal Accidents In Ohio, Megan Johnson

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

Through data collected by NHTSA and FARS, Ohio crash data resulting in fatalities were analyzed through four different breakdowns to determine variables correlating to the fatalities. The breakdowns include dividing data from overall Ohio data, reports involving speeding, then from there to single-vehicle crashes. That data was divided down to only include male drivers and then finally only motorcycles. This data was analyzed as it was broken down to find trends with each category. Through these analyses, the trends were developed to suggest recommendations to implement through education and laws to help reduce the number of crashes resulting in fatalities.

Analysis Of Underwater Noise Due To Pile Driving In Florida Using Individual Hammer Blows, Consolatha Constantine Mushi

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In recent years, the potential impact on marine organisms of sound waves generated by pile driving has become a growing concern. Previous research in this field has predominantly relied upon single-strike averages to analyze underwater sound data. However, it was unclear from these analyses if or how much attenuation may vary during typical pile drives. This study involved collecting sound data from multiple locations during a given pile driving operation at the same time and used these data to analyze sound decay from each hammer blow individually. In addition to this, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was used to better understand …

Nondestructive Evaluation Of Structural Defects In Concrete Slabs, Ehsanul Kabir

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Nondestructive testing (NDT) is a reliable method for determining the structural integrity of new and old construction and understanding the condition of structural defects. It is widely acknowledged that the interpretation of nondestructive evaluation (NDE) has a significant impact on the reliability and consistency of this technology. However, NDT data acquisition remains subjective and heavily dependent on the operator’s knowledge and expertise. As a result, there are still issues to be resolved regarding the imaging and diagnostic procedures for NDT-based concrete inspection. NDT methods such as ground penetrating radar (GPR), and impact-echo (IE), have been extensively used to inspect concrete …

The Seasonality And Climate Predictability Of The Frequency Of Extreme Flood Events Across The Contiguous United States, Ololade S. Alonge

Dissertations and Theses

This paper investigates the seasonality of the frequency of extreme flood events across the United States (US) and outlines the impact of large-scale climate on its spatio-temporal variability. The analysis was conducted on 317 stream gages from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Hydro-Climatic Data Network (HDCN) over a period of 68 years (1950-2017), resulting in the estimation of the counts of extreme floods (defined as the number of days in each month when the streamflow is greater than the 95^th percentile of daily distribution) and the determination of the Markham’s seasonality index for it. 97% of the stations …

Designing Exterior Lighting For Safety And Comfort While Minimizing Light Pollution, Energy Consumption, And Cost, Stephen Michael Simmons

Masters Theses

"Artificial light at night brings many benefits to society. However, these benefits do not come without costs. One environmental issue that is often overlooked in the design of public spaces and infrastructure is light pollution. At the expense of large amounts of energy, light pollution causes numerous harmful effects on human health, ecosystems, and the night sky. Today, the problem is becoming more widespread, especially with the increasing use of bright, white LED luminaires. Thus, it is imperative for designers and engineers to create smarter lighting designs that not only allow for safety and comfort at night but also promote …

Selecting Consolidation Procedures For Making Concrete Specimens, Paige Marie Toebben

Masters Theses

"The goal of this research was to reevaluate ASTM C31 Standard Practice for Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in the Field, as well as deepen our understanding of the relationship between the consolidation process, concrete composition, and workability. An improved understanding of this area will help to reduce variability in concrete quality. The project involved evaluating the effect of different consolidation methods on concrete specimens with changing levels of workability. To do this, concrete cylinders were created with varying viscosities by adjusting the water-to-cement ratio (w/c) and water-reducing agent. More cylinders were created with varying paste volumes while keeping …

Multiscale Evaluation Of The Effect Of Deicing Agents And Environmental Conditions On The Performance Of Asphalt Pavements In Cold Regions, Maryam Mihandoust

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Electronic Waste As Synthetic Aggregate For Portland Cement Concrete, Md Shafaul Islam

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Lightweight concrete has grown in popularity in the building industry in recent years. Due to its environmental and economic benefits, the construction sector favors using lightweight concrete in applications allowed by the technical specifications. On the other hand, electronics waste (e-waste) is the world’s most rapidly growing waste problem. Given the scale and the volume of global concrete construction, incorporating e-waste as a lightweight concrete construction material can potentially reduce sending electronic waste to landfills, which is an environmental benefit. Additionally, it will help with saving the consumption of virgin aggregates. This study was undertaken to determine the feasibility of …

An Analysis Of The Effect Of Temperature On Asphalt Paving In South Dakota, S M Rahat Rashedi

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Temperature is an important parameter to consider for asphalt paving since this work is generally susceptible to weather due to outdoor construction. The South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) developed working day weather charts in 1998 to address the expected adverse weather days. This thesis investigated the effect of temperature on adverse weather days for asphalt paving and compared them to the value reported in the 1998 SDDOT study. Moreover, the thesis also examined how closely the maximum temperature data from project sites' weekly progress reports (WPR) matched the data from the closest weather stations. When the maximum temperature (TMAX) …