Scholarly Works, Charles E. Via Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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A Machine Learning Framework to Infer Time-of-Use of Flexible Loads: Resident Behavior Learning for Demand Response
(IEEE, 2020-06-26)Load shapes obtained from smart meter data are commonly utilized to understand daily energy use patterns for adaptive operations in applications such as Demand Response (DR). However, they do not provide information on the ... -
Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by inhalation of respiratory aerosol in the Skagit Valley Chorale superspreading event
(medRxiv, 2020-06-15)During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, an outbreak occurred following attendance of a symptomatic index case at a regular weekly rehearsal on 10 March of the Skagit Valley Chorale (SVC). After that rehearsal, 53 members of the ... -
Effect of Curing on Mechanical Properties of Cement-Stabilized Coral Sand in Marine Environment
(Hindawi, 2020-07-22)The use of coral sand prepared from cement-stabilized materials can significantly reduce the cost, construction period, and damage to the environment caused by stone mining. The choice of water in mixing and curing the ... -
Impact of Intersection Control on Battery Electric Vehicle Energy Consumption
(MDPI, 2020-06-19)Battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales have significantly increased in recent years. They have different energy consumption patterns compared to the fuel consumption patterns of internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs). ... -
Numerical Analysis of Signal Response Characteristic of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters Embedded in Pavement
(MDPI, 2020-06-18)Piezoelectric pavement energy harvesting is a technological approach to transform mechanical energy into electrical energy. When a piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH) is embedded in asphalt pavements or concrete pavements, ... -
mD-Resilience: A Multi-Dimensional Approach for Resilience-Based Performance Assessment in Urban Transportation
(MDPI, 2020-06-15)As demonstrated for extreme events, the resilience concept is used to evaluate the ability of a transportation system to resist and recover from disturbances. Motivated by the high cumulative impact of recurrent perturbations ... -
Comparison of Potential Contribution of Typical Pavement Materials to Heat Island Effect
(MDPI, 2020-06-10)Pavement materials have significant influence on the urban heat island effect (UHIE). This paper presents a study on the potential effects of pavement materials on UHIE in a natural environment. Three typical pavement ... -
Towards a Better Estimation of Inspection Intervals for Cracking Steel Railroad Bridges
(American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association, 2015-10-05)In order to best prioritize limited funds for railroad bridge capital and maintenance, it is important for the bridge engineer to have an accurate estimate of service life for existing steel bridges. In the context of the ... -
Fracture Resilience and Redundancy of Built-up Steel Girders
(American Institute of Steel Construction, 2016-04-15)Internal member redundancy provides built-up steel girders with the ability to resist total member failure in the event an individual component fails. Anecdotal evidence of in- service performance has historically shown ... -
Accelerated Corrosion Testing of ASTM A1010 Stainless Steel
(American Institute of Steel Construction, 2018-04-11)ASTM A1010 (recently adopted as ASTM A709 Gr50CR) is a material which has advantageous corrosion properties. It is a low-grade stainless steel which forms a protective patina and has been marketed as an alternative to other ... -
Determining typical buyer sensitivity for solar installation cost - Energy savings benefit
(American Solar Energy Society, 2012-12-31)A survey was conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 in Washington, DC to determine why American consumers have not yet adopted solar electric technology in their homes. With over 700 respondents, ... -
Can indoor sports centers be allowed to re-open during the COVID-19 pandemic based on a certificate of equivalence?
(Elsevier, 2020-05-31)Within a time span of only a few months, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has managed to spread across the world. This virus can spread by close contact, which includes large droplet spray and inhalation of microscopic droplets, and ... -
Filtration evaluation and clinical use of expired elastomeric P-100 filter cartridges during the COVID-19 pandemic
(Cambridge University Press, 2020-05-27)To the Editor—The limited supply of more conventional disposable personal protective equipment (PPE), namely single-use N95 filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs), among hospital systems in the United States during the ... -
Hybrid broadband ground motion simulation validation of small magnitude earthquakes in Canterbury, New Zealand
(2020-05)Ground motion simulation validation is an important and necessary task toward establishing the efficacy of physics-based ground motion simulations for seismic hazard analysis and earthquake engineering applications. This ... -
Do high levels of PPCPs in landfill leachates influence the water environment in the vicinity of landfills? A case study of the largest landfill in China
(2020-02)Landfill leachates are identified as a significant source of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs), which might pose a threat to groundwater and surface water nearby the landfill. However, knowledge of PPCP ... -
Battery Electric Vehicle Eco-Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control in the Vicinity of Signalized Intersections
(MDPI, 2020-05-12)This study develops a connected eco-driving controller for battery electric vehicles (BEVs), the BEV Eco-Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control at Intersections (Eco-CACC-I). The developed controller can assist BEVs while ... -
Importance of Graphene in the Electro-Fenton Process
(2020-03-17)Graphene-based nanomaterials have attracted researchers from various fields due to their extraordinary physical, chemical, and electrochemical properties. An emerging class of graphene-based nanostructures and nanocomposites ... -
Exceptional capacitive deionization rate and capacity by block copolymer–based porous carbon fibers
(American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2020-04-17)Capacitive deionization (CDI) is energetically favorable for desalinating low-salinity water. The bottlenecks of current carbon-based CDI materials are their limited desalination capacities and time-consuming cycles, caused ... -
Recalcitrant dissolved organic nitrogen formation in thermal hydrolysis pretreatment of municipal sludge
(2020-05)Thermal hydrolysis pretreatment (THP) has been considered as an advanced approach to enhance the performance of anaerobic digestion treating municipal sludge. However, several drawbacks were also identified with THP including ... -
Improved Homotopy Perturbation Method for Geometrically Nonlinear Analysis of Space Trusses
(MDPI, 2020-04-24)The objective of this study is to explore a noble application of the improved homotopy perturbation procedure bases in structural engineering by applying it to the geometrically nonlinear analysis of the space trusses. The ...
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