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, ...

Highly glazed facades of commercial buildings are desirable from the point of view of architects, building owners, and building occupants because they create visual connections with the outdoors, offer the possibility for ...

This thesis focuses on the finite element modeling and analysis of wood shoring towers used by Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) teams during emergency response situations. These shores are constructed on site to provide ...

Thermal mass can be successfully implemented in the hot‐humid region of Austin, TX especially when well designed and with supplementary aids like nightcooling and day‐lighting. This study shows that in some situations ...

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) uses precast, prestressed concrete panels (PCPs) as stay-in-place formwork for most bridges built in Texas. The PCPs are placed on the top flanges of adjacent girders and ...

Retail stores are understudied given the energy, occupant health, and potential sales impacts associated with poor indoor air quality (IAQ). There is also evidence of elevated pollutants in retail environments. This thesis ...

Accurate modeling of energy flows in buildings is necessary for optimization of mechanical systems, and architectural designs and components. One specific process which has been studied little is that of forced convection ...

Transportation projects are unique projects that have many issues such as ROW acquisition, traffic control, and utilities. To help solve some of these issues projects should utilize constructability. Over the past 25 years ...

Durability of the building envelope is an important characteristic to monitor and test on a structure to ensure it does not fail prematurely from water penetration. Due to the building envelop failures existing today, the ...

This research investigation studied the effects of galvanization on the fatigue life of high mast illumination poles. Reports that galvanization of high masts caused initial cracks to form at the toe of the weld connecting ...