Today’s metropolitan areas see changes in populations and land development occurring at faster rates than transportation planning can be updated. This dissertation explores the use of a new dataset from the location-based ...

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 ...

Safety reviews of existing roads are becoming a popular practice of many agencies nationally and internationally. Knowing road safety information is of great importance to both policymakers in addressing safety concerns ...

Within the last few decades, the amount of vehicle miles traveled within the US has increased approximately 40% with the construction of new roads only increasing 4% during this same time period. This dramatic increase ...

Alkali-silica reaction (ASR) and delayed ettringite formation (DEF) are expansive reactions that can lead to the premature deterioration of concrete structures. Both have been implicated in the deterioration of numerous ...

Spliced girder technology continues to attract attention due to its versatility over traditional prestressed concrete highway bridge construction. Relatively limited data is available in the literature, however, for ...

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 ...

Cross-docking is an important transportation logistics strategy in supply chain management which reduces transportation costs, inventory holding costs, order-picking costs and response time. Careful planning is needed for ...

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 ...

Current analytical tools were calibrated mainly using pseudo-static experimental investigations of individual structural components. Relatively few tests have been performed on reinforced concrete structural systems under ...