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1. TRANSVERSE DISTRIBUTION FACTORS FOR HORIZONTALLY CURVED BRIDGES UNDER THE EFFECT OF PERMIT VEHICLES

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Author:
Yang, Bowen
Title:
TRANSVERSE DISTRIBUTION FACTORS FOR HORIZONTALLY CURVED BRIDGES UNDER THE EFFECT OF PERMIT VEHICLES
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
live load distribution factor
curved bridge
warping and bending
permit vehicle
steel I-girder bridge
File:
Download Master_of_Science__Bowen_Yang_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Jeffrey A Laman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali M Memari, Committee Member
Konstantinos Papakonstantinou, Committee Member

2. Methods to reduce dimensionality and identify candidate solutions in multi-objective signal timing problems

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Author:
Hitchcock, Owen Martin
Title:
Methods to reduce dimensionality and identify candidate solutions in multi-objective signal timing problems
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
multi-objective optimization
traffic signal timing
optimal solution
File:
Download Thesis_revised.pdf
Committee Members:
Vikash Gayah, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Donnell, Committee Member
S. Ilgin Guler, Committee Member

4. SIMULATIONS OF GRANULAR COLUMN COLLAPSE USING SMOOTHED PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMICS AND DISCRETE ELEMENT METHODS

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Author:
Kermani, Elnaz
Title:
SIMULATIONS OF GRANULAR COLUMN COLLAPSE USING SMOOTHED PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMICS AND DISCRETE ELEMENT METHODS
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Discrete Element Method
Dynamic Collapse
Energy Dissipation
Granular Flow
Quasi-Static Collapse
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics
File:
Download Elnaz_Kermani.pdf
Committee Members:
Tong Qiu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ming Xiao, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Andrew Leonard Belmonte, Outside Member

5. Experimental and Numerical Study of Subgrade Soil Migration into Pavement Subbase and Mitigation Using Geotextile

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Author:
Kermani, Behnoud
Title:
Experimental and Numerical Study of Subgrade Soil Migration into Pavement Subbase and Mitigation Using Geotextile
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Cyclic loading; Faulting; Flexible pavement; Geosynthetics; Geotextiles; MMLS3; Particle transport; Pore water pressure; Pumping; Rigid pavement; Rutting; Subgrade fines migration; Traffic loading
File:
Download Doctoral_Dissertation_-_Behnoud_Kermani__bzk5102_.pdf
Committee Members:
Shelley Marie Stoffels & Ming Xiao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelley Marie Stoffels & Ming Xiao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Outside Member

6. IMPROVING THE LOCATION OF TEMPORARY PARKING SPOTS FOR TOURIST BUSES IN DOWNTOWN BEIJING

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Author:
Lin, Xu
Title:
IMPROVING THE LOCATION OF TEMPORARY PARKING SPOTS FOR TOURIST BUSES IN DOWNTOWN BEIJING
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
PARKING SPOTS
TOURIST BUSES
LOCATION
IMPROVEMENT
SIMULATION
VISSIM
ATTRACTIONS
File:
Download Master_Thesis__Xu_Lin_.pdf
Committee Members:
Sukran Ilgin Guler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Todd Donnell, Committee Member
Vikash Varun Gayah, Committee Member

8. IDENTIFYING BALLAST FOULING USING STATISTICAL PATTERN RECOGNITION TECHNIQUES ON SMARTROCK DATA

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Author:
Nazari, Saharnaz
Title:
IDENTIFYING BALLAST FOULING USING STATISTICAL PATTERN RECOGNITION TECHNIQUES ON SMARTROCK DATA
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Ballast Fouling
Railway
SmartRock
Statistical Pattern Recognition Analysis
File:
Download final_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr. Hai Huang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Tong Qiu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shihui Shen, Committee Member
Xinli Wu, Committee Member

9. Understanding the relationship between climate change and concentration-discharge discharge: Agricutural Nitrate in the clear creek watershed.

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Author:
Dorley, Jancoba K
Title:
Understanding the relationship between climate change and concentration-discharge discharge: Agricutural Nitrate in the clear creek watershed.
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Concentration-discharge Dynamic
Nitrate export
Time series analysis
Climate projections
File:
Download Dorley_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Li Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Duffy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cibin Raj, Committee Member

10. SERVICE LIMIT STATE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF ENGINEERED FILLS FOR BRIDGE SUPPORT

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Author:
Khosrojerdi, Mahsa
Title:
SERVICE LIMIT STATE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF ENGINEERED FILLS FOR BRIDGE SUPPORT
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Finite difference simulation
Geosynthetics
GRS abutment
Lateral deformation
Prediction equation
Regression analysis
Sensitivity analysis
Settlement
RSF
File:
Download Dissertation-Mahsa_Khosrojerdi__2018_.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr. Ming Xiao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Ming Xiao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Dr. Patrick J. Fox, Committee Member
Dr. Charles E. Bakis, Outside Member