Evacuation processes can be evaluated using different simulation models. However, recently, microscopic simulation models have become a more popular tool for this purpose. The objectives of this study are to model multiple ...

Directional airflow has been utilized to enable targeted air conditioning in cars and airplanes for many years, where the occupants could adjust the direction of flow. In the building sector however, HVAC systems are usually ...

State highway agencies are searching for more cost-effective methods of rehabilitating roads. One sustainable solution is full-depth reclamation (FDR), a pavement rehabilitation technique that involves pulverizing and ...

This thesis presents a simulation model of sliding process of friction, which combines Newtonian particle dynamics and finite element method to study friction mechanisms that bridging micro and macro scales. In the thesis, ...

Two critical components of the United States civil infrastructure, bridges and roads, have deteriorated in the past two decades at an accelerated rate and are in need of maintenance and rehabilitation. Geosynthetics may ...

The loop tack test measures the tack (instant grip) of an adhesive. An analytical model of this test seems to be lacking and is the subject of this research. The strip is investigated using several mathematical formulations, ...

Bridges are critical pieces of infrastructure important to public safety and welfare. Fires have the potential to damage bridges and have been responsible for taking many bridges out of service. The hazard fire poses to ...

The flow velocity in a river is three-dimensional (3D), turbulent, and varies in time and space. Capturing this variability in field measurements to support studies of river processes has proven particularly challenging. ...

The buildings that are designed according to the building codes generally perform well at severe performance objectives (like life safety) under high earthquake hazard levels. However, the building performance at low ...

Opportunistic pathogens (e.g., Legionella pneumophila, Mycobacterium avium complex, Acanthamoeba polyphaga, Pseudomonas aeruginosa) residing in human-made water systems, particularly premise plumbing, are now the primary ...