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Author:

Wang, Chu

Title:

PREDICTION OF CONSOLIDATION TIMES FOR SHEAR STRENGTH TESTING OF GEOSYNTHETIC CLAY LINERS USING CS2 MODEL

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Geosynthetic clay liner
consolidation
shear strength testing

File:

Download Master_Thesis_Chu_Wang_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Joseph Fox, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Ming Xiao, Committee Member

Author:

Ma, Yuetan

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF FLUID’S PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS ON PIPING EROSION PROGRESSION OF A SILTY SAND

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Piping erosion
Viscosity
pH
Ionic strength
Hole erosion test
Erosion rate index
Physicochemical effect

File:

Download Yuetan_Ma_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ming Xiao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Liew, Min

Title:

FIELD AND LABORATORY CHARACTERIZATIONS OF IN SITU COAL SLURRY

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Coal Tailings
Coal Slurry
Seismic Survey
Seismic Monitoring
Wave Velocity
Elastic Modulus
Peak Particle Velocity
Liquefaction Potential
Geotechnical Properties
Liquefaction Susceptibility
Mineralogical Characterization

File:

Download MinLiew_MasterThesis_7.9.2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Ming Xiao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Joseph Fox, Committee Member

Author:

Beltre, Maria L

Title:

Hurricane-Induced Coastal Erosion

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Hurricane-induced soil erosion
coastal soil erosion
quantification of soil erosion
remediation againsts coastal soil erosion
beach nourishment

File:

Download Beltre_MS_Thesis_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Ming Xiao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wang, Yen Chieh

Title:

SYNTHESIS OF GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES OF MINE TAILINGS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

mine tailings
coal slurry
mineral properties
coefficient of consolidation

File:

Download YenChiehWang_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ming Xiao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Rong

Title:

PREDICTION OF GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES OF COAL SLURRIES USING CONE PENETRATION TEST

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Coal slurry
liquefaction
correlated shear modulus
preconsolidation
soil classification

File:

Download Rong_Zhao_Master_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ming Xiao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Li, Zilong

Title:

DYNAMICS OF COUPLED FLOW-OBJECT-SEDIMENT SYSTEMS WITH SMOOTHED PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMICS (SPH) SIMULATIONS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

fluid-object-sediment interaction
multi-phase
SPH
visco-elastoplastic model

File:

Download ZilongLi-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Xiaofeng Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Ming Xiao, Committee Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Patel, Maitrey

Title:

Permeability of Silty Sands Compacted with Kaolinite or Illite :A Preliminary Study Using Micro-Computed-Tomography

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Soil
Clayey Soil
Kaolinite
Illite
Permeability
Micro-Computed-Tomography
Compacted Clayey Soil
Soil pore Structure
Silty Sand
Soil Mechanics
Mathematical modeling
Clay minerals
X-ray

File:

Download Thesis_Maitrey_Patel_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sai Prasad Kakuturu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shirley Elizabeth Clark, Committee Member
Ming Xiao, Committee Member
Seroj Mackertich-Sengerdy, Program Head/Chair