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Crack-Dependent Response of Structural Steel Members Repaired with CFRP
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
Cracking of the lower flange in steel-girder bridges is a critical consideration because it will influence flexural behavior such as load-carrying capacity. Timely rehabilitation will save long-term repair costs and warrant ...
Coating of NZVI Particles With Modified Starch: Colloidal Stability and Nitrate Reduction Studies
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Nanoscale-zero valent iron (NZVI) is an effective groundwater remediation media because it can quickly reduce and absorb contaminants. However, NZVI quickly agglomerates in aqueous systems, reducing its remediation capacity. ...
In Situ Groundwater Remediation using Enricher Reactor-Permeable Reactive Biobarrier
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
Permeable reactive biobarrier (PRBB) is a flow-through zone where microorganisms degrade contaminants in groundwater. Discontinuous presence of contaminants in groundwater causes performance loss of a PRBB in removing the ...
An Integrated System for Road Condition and Weigh-in-Motion Measurements using In-Pavement Strain Sensors
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
The United States has the world’s largest road network with over 4.1 million miles of roads supporting more than 260 million of registered automobiles including around 11 million of heavy trucks. Such a large road network ...
Corrosion Risk Assessment System For Coated Pipeline System
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Steel is widely used as building material for large-scale structures, such as oil and gas pipelines, due to its high strength-to-weight ratio. However, corrosion attack has been long recognized as one of the major reasons ...
An Anisotropic Damage Mechanics Model for Concrete with Applications for Fatigue Loading and Freeze-Thaw Effects
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
It is well known that the formation and propagation of microcracks within concrete is anisotropic in nature, and has a degrading effect on its mechanical performance. In this thesis an anisotropic damage mechanics model ...
Energy-Saving Non-Metallic Connectors for Precast Sandwich Wall Systems in Cold Regions
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
Conserving energy in large structural buildings has become very important in today's economy. A number of buildings today are constructed with sandwich wall panels. Steel connections are most commonly used in these panels. ...
In-Pavement Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors for Weight-In-Motion Measurements
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
Estimation a traffic over the design period is one of the critical factors in pavement design. Weight-in-motion (WIM) sensors have become popular for weight measurements. A three-dimension glass fiber-reinforced polymer ...
Drive-By Bridge Damage Identification Through Virtual Simulations
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
With massive infrastructures built in US, timely condition assessment of these infrastructures becomes critical to daily traffic and economics. Due to high cost, long time consumption of direct condition assessment methods, ...
Dynamic Interaction of Vehicle and Bridge Subjected to Prestress Force Loss and Foundation Settlement
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
Plenty of bridges in U.S. are suffering from prestress force loss and foundation settlements. The loss of prestress force in bridge load-carrying members such as girders may lead to the malfunction and even failure of the ...