The characterization of the swell potential of expansive clay is complicated by the fact that traditional swell testing methods require an excessive amount of time for specimens to swell to their maximum heights. As a ...

The presence of pharmacologically active and persistent compounds in drinking water sources is an environmental and public health concern. Sources of pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment include wastewater treatment ...

Due to the inherent uncertainties in ground and groundwater conditions, tunnel projects often have to face potential risks of cost overrun or schedule delay. Risk analysis has become a required tool (by insurers, Federal ...

The research described here is part of a multi-university project on “Performance-based Design of New Masonry Structures.” Within the context of that project, the main objectives of this research was to study the inelastic ...

This thesis compares actual and perceived travel times and presents a model for predicting traffic flows when there is a network disruption. The goal of this research is to demonstrate the necessity of accounting for ...

A three-compartment model is extended to estimate the fate and transport of DEHP in a realistic residential environment. The model considered eight environmental media (i.e. air, particulate matter with six size fractions, ...

Deep foundations, such as piles and suction caissons, are used throughout an offshore oil and gas production facility in deepwater. Ideally, the values of geotechnical properties for foundation design are determined by ...

The implementation of high-speed passenger trains (HST) within existing highway right-of-way (ROW) offers a solution for regions with a demand for the capacity and service offered by HST but lacking the support for sharing ...

Resuspension is an important source of particles in the indoor environment. A variable that may have a significant impact on the fraction of particles removed from indoor surfaces is the type of particle deposit. Particles ...

Sediments serve as the ultimate sink for many hydrophobic organic compounds and thus present a residual environmental risk many years after sources of contamination are eliminated. Monitored natural attenuation and ex ...