121. A Numerical Analysis of the Shear Key Cracking Problem in Adjacent Box Beam Bridges Open Access Author: Sang, Zi Title: A Numerical Analysis of the Shear Key Cracking Problem in Adjacent Box Beam Bridges Graduate Program: Civil Engineering Keywords: bearing padpartial depthfull depthgroutshear keytransverse post-tensioning File: Download MS_Thesis_Zi_Sang.pdf Committee Members: Maria De Los Angeles Lopez, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorMaria De Los Angeles Lopez, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
122. Effects of Creep and Shrinkage on Time-dependent Strain and Curvature of R/C Members Open Access 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: creepshrinkagetime-dependentlong-time multiplierstraincurvaturedeformationdeflection File: Download Karschner_Thesis_Final.pdf Committee Members: Andrew Scanlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
123. Time-varying sensitivity analysis reveals impacts of watershed model choice on the inference of dominant processes Open Access 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 modelingsensitivity analysishydrology File: Download Herman_Jonathan_CE_MS_Thesis_SP2012.pdf Committee Members: Patrick M Reed, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorThorsten Wagener, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorMichael Gooseff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
124. Selection Bias and Heterogeneity in Severity Models - Some Insights from an Interstate Analysis Open Access Author: Shin, Seunghwan Title: Selection Bias and Heterogeneity in Severity Models - Some Insights from an Interstate Analysis Graduate Program: Civil Engineering Keywords: safetyseverity distributionselection bias File: Download 12_SeunghwanShin_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Venkataraman Shankar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
125. Examining Concrete Properties Containing Recycled Glass Cullet as a 100% Fine Aggregate Replacement Open Access Author: Wright, Jared Robert Title: Examining Concrete Properties Containing Recycled Glass Cullet as a 100% Fine Aggregate Replacement Graduate Program: Civil Engineering Keywords: Glassconcreteglasscretecompressive strength File: Download MS_Thesis_June_2012.pdf Committee Members: Farshad Rajabipour, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
126. Characterization of Pennsylvania Coal Combustion Products for Beneficial Use in Mine Land Reclamation Open Access Author: Braun, Gregory David Title: Characterization of Pennsylvania Coal Combustion Products for Beneficial Use in Mine Land Reclamation Graduate Program: Civil Engineering Keywords: CCPsCoal AshEttringiteDatabase File: Download Thesis_CCPs_Greg_Braun.pdf Committee Members: Angelica M Palomino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
127. Viability of embedded ultrasonic sensors for structural health monitoring of concrete cracking Open Access Author: Reiter, Joseph Brian Title: Viability of embedded ultrasonic sensors for structural health monitoring of concrete cracking Graduate Program: Civil Engineering Keywords: ConcreteUltrasonicStructural Health MonitoringHealth MonitoringEmbedded SensorsPiezoelectric File: Download Joseph_Reiter_Masters_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Shelley Marie Stoffels, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorDr Joseph Rose, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
128. Code Deflections Provisions for Two-way Slabs Deflections Open Access Author: Cohen, Laura Claire Title: Code Deflections Provisions for Two-way Slabs Deflections Graduate Program: Civil Engineering Keywords: two-way slabsdeflections File: Download thesis2.pdf Committee Members: Andrew Scanlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
129. Characterizing Saturated Mass Transport In Fractured Cementitious Materials Open Access Author: Akhavan, Alireza Title: Characterizing Saturated Mass Transport In Fractured Cementitious Materials Graduate Program: Civil Engineering Keywords: ConcreteDurabilityCrackWater PermeabilityIon DiffusionImage AnalysisElectrical Conductivity File: Download Dissertation_Alireza.pdf Committee Members: Farshad Rajabipour, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorFarshad Rajabipour, Committee Chair/Co-ChairJohn Earl Watson, Committee MemberMaria Lopez De Murphy, Committee MemberTong Qiu, Committee Member
130. Seismic performance of base isolated buildings and strategies to mitigate vertical acceleration demands Open Access Author: Vu, Bach Xuan Title: Seismic performance of base isolated buildings and strategies to mitigate vertical acceleration demands Graduate Program: Civil Engineering Keywords: seismicisolatedverticalaccelerationmitigatefragilitycolumn isolatorselastomeric bearings File: Download Bach_Vu_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Gordon Patrick Warn, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorSwagata Banerjee Basu, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorAli M Memari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor