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Author:

Sang, Zi

Title:

A Numerical Analysis of the Shear Key Cracking Problem in Adjacent Box Beam Bridges

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

bearing pad
partial depth
full depth
grout
shear key
transverse post-tensioning

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Zi_Sang.pdf

Committee Members:

Maria De Los Angeles Lopez, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maria De Los Angeles Lopez, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Karschner, Kyle Allan

Title:

Effects of Creep and Shrinkage on Time-dependent Strain and Curvature of R/C Members

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

creep
shrinkage
time-dependent
long-time multiplier
strain
curvature
deformation
deflection

File:

Download Karschner_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Scanlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Herman, Jonathan D

Title:

Time-varying sensitivity analysis reveals impacts of watershed model choice on the inference of dominant processes

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

rainfall-runoff modeling
sensitivity analysis
hydrology

File:

Download Herman_Jonathan_CE_MS_Thesis_SP2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick M Reed, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thorsten Wagener, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Gooseff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Shin, Seunghwan

Title:

Selection Bias and Heterogeneity in Severity Models - Some Insights from an Interstate Analysis

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

safety
severity distribution
selection bias

File:

Download 12_SeunghwanShin_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkataraman Shankar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wright, Jared Robert

Title:

Examining Concrete Properties Containing Recycled Glass Cullet as a 100% Fine Aggregate Replacement

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Glass
concrete
glasscrete
compressive strength

File:

Download MS_Thesis_June_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Farshad Rajabipour, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Braun, Gregory David

Title:

Characterization of Pennsylvania Coal Combustion Products for Beneficial Use in Mine Land Reclamation

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

CCPs
Coal Ash
Ettringite
Database

File:

Download Thesis_CCPs_Greg_Braun.pdf

Committee Members:

Angelica M Palomino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Reiter, Joseph Brian

Title:

Viability of embedded ultrasonic sensors for structural health monitoring of concrete cracking

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Concrete
Ultrasonic
Structural Health Monitoring
Health Monitoring
Embedded Sensors
Piezoelectric

File:

Download Joseph_Reiter_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Shelley Marie Stoffels, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Joseph Rose, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cohen, Laura Claire

Title:

Code Deflections Provisions for Two-way Slabs Deflections

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

two-way slabs
deflections

File:

Download thesis2.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Scanlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Akhavan, Alireza

Title:

Characterizing Saturated Mass Transport In Fractured Cementitious Materials

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Concrete
Durability
Crack
Water Permeability
Ion Diffusion
Image Analysis
Electrical Conductivity

File:

Download Dissertation_Alireza.pdf

Committee Members:

Farshad Rajabipour, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farshad Rajabipour, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Earl Watson, Committee Member
Maria Lopez De Murphy, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Committee Member

Author:

Vu, Bach Xuan

Title:

Seismic performance of base isolated buildings and strategies to mitigate vertical acceleration demands

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

seismic
isolated
vertical
acceleration
mitigate
fragility
column isolators
elastomeric bearings

File:

Download Bach_Vu_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Gordon Patrick Warn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Swagata Banerjee Basu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali M Memari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor