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Author:: Yin, Hao
Title:: INTEGRATING INSTRUMENTATION DATA IN PROBABILISTIC PERFORMANCE PREDICTION OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS
Graduate Program:: Civil Engineering
Keywords:: MEPDG
Monte Carlo simulation
flexible pavement
instrumentation
performance prediction
probabilistic
finite element analysis
viscoelastic
variability analysis
File:: Download HaoYin-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mansour Solaimanian, Committee Member
Ghassan Chehab, Committee Member
Charles Edward Antle, Committee Member

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Author:: Yeh, Lin
Title:: Modified Mechanistic-Empirical Airfield Unbonded Concrete Overlay Traffic Prediction Model
Graduate Program:: Civil Engineering
Keywords:: airfield pavement
unbonded concrete overlay
damaged material characterization
fatigue relationship
distress quantification
File:: Download Final_Dissertation-Lin_Yeh.pdf
Committee Members:: Shelley Marie Stoffels, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Farshad Rajabipour, Committee Member
Mansour Solaimanian, Committee Member

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Author:: Tang, Xiaochao
Title:: A STUDY OF PERMANENT DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR OF GEOGRID-REINFORCED FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS USING SMALL SCALE ACCELERATED PAVEMENT TESTING
Graduate Program:: Civil Engineering
Keywords:: pavements
geogrid
soft soil subgrade
accelerated testing
instrumentation
mechanistic empirical design
finite element
File:: Download Dissertation_Tang.pdf
Committee Members:: Angelica Palomino, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Angelica M Palomino, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maria Lopez De Murphy, Committee Member
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member

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Author:: Chen, Wei
Title:: Numerical Studies of Seismically Induced Slope Deformation Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Method
Graduate Program:: Civil Engineering
Keywords:: Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Method; Large Deformation; Dynam
File:: Download Dissertation_WC_final.pdfDownload Copyright_Permission.pdf
Committee Members:: Tong Qiu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel G Linzell, Committee Member
Prasenjit Basu, Committee Member
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

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Author:: Kargah Ostadi, Nima
Title:: Enhancing Analytical Toolboxes of Pavement Management Systems via Integration of Computational Intelligence
Graduate Program:: Civil Engineering
Keywords:: pavement management
backcalculation
performance model
computational intelligence
neural network
evolutionary algorithms
File:: Download NIMA_FINAL_DISSERTATION.pdf
Committee Members:: Shelley Marie Stoffels, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mansour Solaimanian, Committee Member
Patrick M Reed, Committee Member
Catherine Mary Harmonosky, Committee Member

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Author:: Gao, Yin
Title:: FIELD AND ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATION OF A 3D DYNAMIC TRAIN-TRACK INTERACTION MODEL AT CRITICAL SPEEDS
Graduate Program:: Civil Engineering
Keywords:: train-track interaction
track dynamics
field validation
critical speed
hanging tie
crosstie movement
File:: Download Yin_Gao_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Hai Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Committee Member
Jamal Rostami, Outside Member
Hai Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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Author:: Boz, Ilker
Title:: CHARACTERIZATION OF ASPHALT MIXTURES AND RAP BINDER PROPERTIES THROUGH IMPACT RESONANCE TEST
Graduate Program:: Civil Engineering
Keywords:: Impact Resonance Test
Resonant Frequency
Asphalt Concrete
RAP
Modulus
Characterization
File:: Download IlkerBoz_PhDDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Mansour Solaimanian, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mansour Solaimanian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Durland Laurence Shumway, Outside Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden III, Outside Member

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Author:: Szeles, Tiffany
Title:: Damage mitigation and prediction of alkali-silica reaction in concrete
Graduate Program:: Civil Engineering
Keywords:: Concrete
Alkali-silica reaction
Mitigation
Service life
Aluminum
Design of experiment
File:: Download Dissertation_TiffanySzeles_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Farshad Rajabipour, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farshad Rajabipour, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nathaniel Richard Warner, Committee Member
Aleksandra Z Radlinska, Committee Member
James Rosenberger, Outside Member
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Zahedi, Mona
Title:: Evaluating the Use of Fluidized Bed Combustion Fly Ash as Concrete Pozzolan
Graduate Program:: Civil Engineering
Keywords:: Fluidized Bed Combustion
Fly ash
Anthracite coal
Bituminous coal
ASTM C618
Mechanical properties
Durability
Concrete
Hydration mechanism
Beneficiation
File:: Download PhD_dissertation-Mona_Zahedi.pdf
Committee Members:: Farshad Rajabipour, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farshad Rajabipour, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Aly Marei Said, Outside Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Barzegari, Saman
Title:: Application of Bio-Binders as Sustainable Alternative to Conventional Asphalt Binders
Graduate Program:: Civil Engineering
Keywords:: bio-binder
asphalt binder
rheology
sustainability
alternate binders
asphalt pavements
File:: Download Saman_Barzegari_Final_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Mansour Solaimanian, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mansour Solaimanian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Member
Aleksandra Z Radlinska, Committee Member
Stephen C Chmely, Outside Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Program Head/Chair

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