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- The paper deals with the behavior of fluid cement pastes, formulated from Self Consolidating Concretes (SCCs), and the experimental correlation of fundamental rheological properties, such as the yield stress and the viscosity, with measurements from field tests, such as the mini-cone slump flow test. As a matter of fact, several...
- Keyword:
- Self-consolidating concrete and Cement rheology
- Creator:
- Liberato Ferrara, Surendra P. Shah, and Nathan Tregger
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/19/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2007
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper
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- This presentation contains information on the project "Aligning Data to Support Transportation Decisions, Emerging Challenges & Opportunities for the Data World". The presentation was delivered by Joseph L. Schofer at Transportation Research Board – AASHTO Peer Exchange meeting on May 15-16, 2008.
- Keyword:
- Climate change , Urban transportation policy, and Transportation system data
- Creator:
- Joseph L. Schofer
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/19/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2008-05-16
- Resource Type:
- Presentation
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- Description:
- Gentrification - the process in which higher income (and often younger) households displace lower income residents of a city neighborhood - has been occurring in many urban neighborhoods over the last few decades. This process changes the demographics, and often the essential character, of the neighborhood. As a result, we...
- Keyword:
- Gentrification and Urban transportation
- Creator:
- Emily R. Kushto and Joseph L. Schofer
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/19/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2008-01-10
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper
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- Description:
- This presentation contains information about the project "The future of transportation... and how we'll pay for it" by Joseph L. Schofer, Department f Civil & Environmental Engineering. The presentation was delivered at the 40th Anniversary Seminar Day at Northwestern University on April 18, 2009.
- Keyword:
- Transportation planning and Green transportation
- Creator:
- Joseph L. Schofer
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/19/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2009-04-18
- Resource Type:
- Presentation
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- Description:
- This study tested a dynamic traffic assignment (DTA) model as a tool for pre-planning strategies for managing major freeway incidents. Incidents of varying scale and duration were modeled in the northern Chicago highway network, and the impacts of incidents and response actions were measured in terms of both lane-mile-hours of...
- Keyword:
- Traffic engineering , Traffic monitoring , and Traffic congestion management
- Creator:
- John J. Wirtz, David F. Schulz , and Joseph L. Schofer
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/19/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2004-07-28
- Resource Type:
- Report
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- Description:
- The mission of the Infrastructure Technology Institute is to develop strategies and tools to protect and improve the condition, capacity and performance of the nations highway, railroad, and mass transit infrastructure systems. The Institute does this through the development and deployment of (1) advanced technologies for structural health monitoring, (2)...
- Keyword:
- Structural health monitoring
- Creator:
- Jeffrey J. Thomas , Matthew P. Kotowsky, David E. Kosnik , and Joseph L. Schofer
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/12/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Resource Type:
- Report
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- Description:
- This presentation provides information on the project "Safety Concrete - a Material Designed to Fail" by Jeffrey J. Thomas, Julie Gevrenov, Hamlin Jennings, and Edward O'Neil. The presentation was delivered at the 106th Annual Meeting & Exposition of The American Ceramic Society, Indianapolis, Indiana in 2004.
- Keyword:
- Concrete construction , Safety , and Microstructure
- Creator:
- Edward O’Neil, Hamlin Jennings, Jeffrey J. Thomas, and Julie Gevrenov
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/12/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2004
- Resource Type:
- Presentation
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- Description:
- Few would argue that concrete is an important and useful material: after all, concrete is the backbone of the world’s infrastructure, used in vast amounts to make roads, buildings, bridges, and other structures. But sometimes familiarity breeds contempt. To most people, concrete is simply that boring grey stuff that we...
- Keyword:
- Cement , Concrete infrastructure , and Concrete
- Creator:
- Jeffrey J. Thomas and Hamlin Jennings
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/12/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2009
- Resource Type:
- Report
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- Description:
- The objective of this program is to measure the changes in the properties of the C-S-H gel phase in cement paste as a function of the Ca/Si ratio. The motivation is to better understand the hydration products that form in blended cements with lower Ca/Si ratios than portland cement. The...
- Keyword:
- Green infrastructure and Nanotechnology
- Creator:
- Jeffrey Thomas and Hamlin Jennings
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/12/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2008
- Resource Type:
- Report
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- Description:
- A study is conducted to determine the effects on the early hydration kinetics and compressive strength by seeding of Portland cement and alkali-activated blast furnace slag with a pure form of calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H). The effects of C-S-H seeding during the early nucleation and growth period of each type...
- Keyword:
- Cement production
- Creator:
- Jeffrey J. Thomas, Mija Helena Hubler , and Hamlin Jennings
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/26/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2009
- Resource Type:
- Report
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- Description:
- This presentation provides information on the progress report of the project "Empirical Study of Life-Cycle Cost Analysis for Bridges" by Ahmad Hadavi, 2003.
- Keyword:
- Bridges, Life cycle costing, and Life cycle assessment
- Creator:
- Ahmad Hadavi
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/12/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2003
- Resource Type:
- Presentation
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- Description:
- This final report provides information about TEA-21 [Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century] funded projects designated A433, and A495 "Evaluation of Capacity of Micropiles Embedded in Dolomite". The report was submitted to the Infrastructure Technology Institute at Northwestern University by Richard J. Finno on September 20, 2002.
- Keyword:
- Nondestructive testing, Dolomite , and Micropiling
- Creator:
- Richard J. Finno
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/12/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2002-09-20
- Resource Type:
- Report
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- Description:
- Non-destructive evaluation (NDE) techniques have been used for a number of years to provide quality control of construction procedures for drilled shafts and driven concrete piles. In particular sonic echo and impulse response methods have been used extensively to check lengths and continuity of newly-installed foundations. In recent years, the...
- Keyword:
- Test section , Deep foundation , and Nondestructive testing
- Creator:
- Richard J. Finno , Peter W. Osborn, and Sarah L. Gassman
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/12/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 1997-06
- Resource Type:
- Report
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- Description:
- An empirical procedure for fitting a complementary error function (erfc) to settlement and lateral ground movement data in a direction parallel to an excavation support wall is proposed based on extensive optical survey data obtained around a 12.8 m excavation in Chicago. The maximum ground movement and the height and...
- Keyword:
- Excavation, Clay soils , Ground control , and Performance data
- Creator:
- Jill Frances Roboski
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/12/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2005
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper
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- Description:
- Several three-dimensional effects were observed in the performance monitoring data collected during excavation for the Ford Engineering Design Center (FEDC) in Evanston, Illinois. These responses are related to lateral deformations of the soil around the excavation walls, forces in the cross-lot and diagonal bracing that supported the temporary wall and...
- Keyword:
- Excavation, Three-dimensional analysis, Ground control, and Clay soils
- Creator:
- James Tanner Blackburn and Richard J. Finno
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/12/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2006
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper
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- Description:
- This paper presents the results of 159 finite element simulations conducted to define the effects of excavation geometry, i.e., length, width and depth of excavation, wall system stiffness, and factor of safety against basal heave on the 3-dimensional ground movements caused by excavation through clays. The results of the analyses...
- Keyword:
- Excavation, Three-dimensional analysis, and Nondestructive testing
- Creator:
- Jill Frances Roboski, James Tanner Blackburn, and Richard J. Finno
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/12/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2006
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper
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- Description:
- Successful use of monitoring data to update performance predictions of supported excavations depends equally on reasonable numerical simulations of performance, the type of monitoring data used as observations, and the inverse analysis techniques used to minimize the difference between predictions and observed performance. This paper summarizes each of these factors...
- Keyword:
- Excavation, Nondestructive testing , and Ground control
- Creator:
- Richard J. Finno
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/12/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2007
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper
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- Description:
- Two numerical procedures are described that quantitatively identify a set of constitutive parameters that best represents observed ground movement data associated with a deep excavations in urban environments. This inverse problem is solved by minimizing an objective (or error) function of the weighted least-squares type that contains the difference between...
- Keyword:
- Ground control and Nondestructive testing
- Creator:
- Cecilia Rechea Bernal
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/12/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2007
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper
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- Description:
- Performance monitoring of deep excavations typically includes slope inclinometers, optical surveying of soil deformation, tiltmeters and strain gages. Current monitoring data collection and processing requires time consuming site visits and manual data reduction by project engineers. Development of robotic and remote access geotechnical instrumentation conceptually allows processed data to be...
- Keyword:
- Excavation, Ground control, and Nondestructive testing
- Creator:
- Miltiadis Langousis
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/12/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2007-03
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
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- Description:
- This paper describes developments of integrated tools for predicting, monitoring, and controlling ground movements associated with excavations in urban areas. Successful use of monitoring data to update performance predictions of supported excavations depends equally on reasonable numerical simulations of performance, the type of monitoring data used as observations, and the...
- Keyword:
- Ground control and Nondestructive testing
- Creator:
- Richard J. Finno and Youssef M. A. Hashash
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/12/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2009
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper
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- Description:
- This presentation provides information on the the project "Use Of High-Performance A710 Grade B Steel in Construction of Lake Villa, IL Bridge". The presentation was delivered by Morris E. Fine, Semyon Vaynman, and Nunzio Mario Biondolillo on June 14, 2006.
- Keyword:
- Nondestructive testing
- Creator:
- Morris E. Fine , Semyon Vaynman, and Nunzio Mario Biondolillo
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/12/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2006-06-14
- Resource Type:
- Presentation
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- Description:
- This final report contains information on years 6-7-8 (2004-2007) of TEA-21 funded projects designated A487, W420, and A212. The report was submitted by Morris E. Fine and Semyon Vaynman in 2007.
- Keyword:
- Nondestructive testing
- Creator:
- Morris E. Fine and Semyon Vaynman
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/12/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2007
- Resource Type:
- Report
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- Description:
- During the past several years an easily weldable, high strength (more than 75 ksi yield), high impact fracture toughness steel (NUCu steel) has been investigated at Northwestern University with bridge applications in mind. For good weldability without pre-heating and post-heating, the carbon content of the steel was kept low and...
- Keyword:
- NUCu steel
- Creator:
- Gautam Ghosh, Morris E. Fine, and Semyon Vaynman
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/12/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 1996-09-27
- Resource Type:
- Report
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- Description:
- Northwestern University developed copper-precipitation-hardened, high-performance weathering steel (NUCu 70W Steel) that is produced by hot rolling after casting and then air-cooling. Due to simple processing the steel is fabricated at lower cost than competing high-performance steels that require quench and tempering. NUCu 70W steel can be easily welded without pre-...
- Keyword:
- NUCu steel
- Creator:
- Morris E. Fine and Semyon Vaynman
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/12/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2003-07-18
- Resource Type:
- Report
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- Description:
- This brochure contains information on the NUCu Steel ASTM A-710 Grade B project published at Northwestern University's Infrastructure Technology Institute with the support of the Illinois Department of Transportation. The brochure includes further explanation to Current and Potential Applications, Chemical Composition and Steel Processing, Mechanical and Fracture Properties, Corrosion, Welding,...
- Keyword:
- NUCu steel
- Creator:
- Morris E. Fine , Semyon Vaynman, and Christopher Hahin
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/12/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2007
- Resource Type:
- Other
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- Description:
- Northwestern University developed copper-precipitation-hardened, high-performance weathering steel (NUCu 70W Steel) that is produced by hot rolling after casting and then air-cooling. Due to simple processing the steel is fabricated at lower cost than competing high-performance steels that require quench and tempering. NUCu 70W steel can be easily welded without pre-...
- Keyword:
- NUCu steel
- Creator:
- Morris E. Fine and Semyon Vaynman
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/12/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2004
- Resource Type:
- Report
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- Description:
- This is the final project report "A Process Control System for the John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge" by Pablo Durango-Cohen, 2011.
- Keyword:
- Structural health monitoring
- Creator:
- David J. Corr, Yikai Chen, and Pablo Durango-Cohen
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/12/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2011
- Resource Type:
- Report
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- Description:
- This is the final report on the project "A knowledge Management Platform for Infrastructure Performance Modeling" by Pablo Durango-Cohen.
- Keyword:
- Infrastructure Technology Institute
- Creator:
- Pablo Durango-Cohen
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/12/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2009
- Resource Type:
- Report
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- Description:
- Experimental Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) data obtained from the field are compared with numerical simulations using a finite-difference solution of the transmission line equations. The model simulates transmission of a voltage pulse along a lossy coaxial cable where deformities on the cable, such as crimps and shears, are represented by...
- Keyword:
- Time-domain reflectometry and Structural health monitoring
- Creator:
- Stéphane P. Bordas
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/12/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 1998-12
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
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- Description:
- This presentation is intended to provide background on the principles involved in geotechnical and infrastructure applications of Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR). TDR is basically radar in which a voltage pulse is launched along a coaxial cable. A reflection of the voltage pulse occurs at every location where the cable is...
- Keyword:
- Time-domain reflectometry and Structural health monitoring
- Creator:
- Charles H. Dowding and Kevin M. O'Connor
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Library
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/05/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2000
- Resource Type:
- Report
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- Description:
- Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) is a versatile technology amenable to a variety of measurements and nondestructive monitoring of infrastructure conditions. It can be utilized to monitor deformation of soil/rock and structures, monitor changes in fluid levels, and monitor water content of soils. Furthermore, this monitoring can be automated using systems...
- Keyword:
- Time-domain reflectometry and Structural health monitoring
- Creator:
- Charles H. Dowding and Kevin M. O'Connor
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Library
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/05/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2001
- Resource Type:
- Report
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- Description:
- Two longwall coalmine panels were mined at a depth of approximately 156 m (510 ft) beneath I-70 east of Washington, Pennsylvania such that it crossed the width of one panel at two locations. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDoT) assumed responsibility for real time monitoring of both ground deformation and...
- Keyword:
- Structural health monitoring
- Creator:
- Charles H. Dowding, Kevin M. O'Connor, David J. Whitlatch , and Ronald J. Clark
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/05/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2001
- Resource Type:
- Report
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- Description:
- This paper reviews the new field of geo-measurement with metallic cable time domain reflectometry (TDR) for surveillance of transportation facilities. TDR is radar in a coaxial cable, and is especially advantageous for remote monitoring because of its inherently digital nature. Advances can be separated into those that leverage use of...
- Keyword:
- Structural health monitoring and Time-domain reflectometry
- Creator:
- Charles H. Dowding
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/05/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2011-07-27
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper
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- Description:
- This thesis combines field and laboratory measurements with three dimensional (3D) finite element analysis (FEM) to demonstrate the use of Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) cable-grout composites to measure localized shearing in soft soil. Past field installations of TDR cable-grout composites in rock have lead to its widespread use in the...
- Keyword:
- Structural health monitoring and Time-domain reflectometry
- Creator:
- James Tanner Blackburn
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/05/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2002-04
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
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- Description:
- This thesis presents the application of Time Domain Reflectometry technology in nine case studies. Presented in detail are cable and grout installation techniques, data acquisition instrumentation and autonomous real time monitoring of soil deformation using TDR. The goal of this work is to summarize the state of the technology in...
- Keyword:
- Structural health monitoring
- Creator:
- Matthieu L. Dussud
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/05/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2002-12
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
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- Description:
- This file contains application materials to Crossbow's Smart Dust Challenge Contest by Mat Kotowsky and Hasan Ozer.
- Keyword:
- Structural health monitoring
- Creator:
- Matthew P. Kotowsky and Hasan Ozer
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/05/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2004-12
- Resource Type:
- Project
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- Description:
- This file contains the poster on "Wireless Data Acquisition System in Autonomous Crack Monitoring Projects" from Crossbow Smart Dust Challenge created by Mat Kotowsky, Hasan Ozer, and David Kosnik.
- Keyword:
- Structural health monitoring
- Creator:
- David Kosnik , Matthew P. Kotowsky , and Hasan Ozer
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/05/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2005
- Resource Type:
- Poster
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- Description:
- This file contains power-point slides of Application to Crossbow’s Smart Dust Challenge Contest, title "Wireless Data Acquisition System" by Mat Kotowsky and Hasan Ozer. The presentation was delivered at University of California, Berkeley on February 11, 2005.
- Keyword:
- Structural health monitoring
- Creator:
- Hasan Ozer and Matthew P. Kotowsky
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/05/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2005-02-11
- Resource Type:
- Presentation
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- Description:
- This paper describes qualification of devices to measure sub micro-meter changes in crack width, which is the basis of autonomous crack monitoring for control of blasting vibrations. Performance of LVDT, eddy current and potentiometer sensors to monitor long-term and transient displacements will be described. Potentiometers are attractive for wireless measurement,...
- Keyword:
- Structural health monitoring
- Creator:
- Hasan Ozer, Charles H. Dowding, and Dan Marron
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/05/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2007
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper
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- Description:
- Mining near the town of Blanford, Indiana for a number of years has led to an opportunity for Peabody Coal Company to study and compare environmental and blast effects. Such a comparison allows description of any blast effects relative to those caused by common environmental changes, which should be familiar...
- Keyword:
- Structural health monitoring
- Creator:
- Charles H. Dowding and Spencer W. Lucole
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Library
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/05/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 1988-01-28
- Resource Type:
- Report
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- Description:
- Public concern over construction vibration-induced cracking has led to the development of a radically new approach to vibration, an autonomous crack comparometer (ACC). This thesis chronicles the first step of developing equipment and software necessary for this system. The new system will automatically compare longterm weather induced micrometer changes in...
- Keyword:
- Structural health monitoring
- Creator:
- Damian R. Siebert
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/05/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2000-06
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
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- Description:
- The thesis describes the second phase of development of the Autonomous Crack Comparometer (ACC) system to incorporate measurements of ground motions and add several changes in the autonomous operation. In order to obtain the ground motion and air blast data, four additional transducers have been added. There are now a...
- Keyword:
- Structural health monitoring
- Creator:
- Michaël Louis
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/05/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2000
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
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- Description:
- Construction is omnipresent in modern-day America. It's the sound and vibration of a nation scrambling to keep up with its burgeoning population. In most states, allowable construction-induced ground motions range from 0.5 to 1.0 inches per second (in/sec) and under certain conditions up to 2.0 in/sec. However, ground motion as...
- Keyword:
- Structural health monitoring
- Creator:
- Charles H. Dowding
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/05/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2001
- Resource Type:
- Report
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- Description:
- This thesis consists of the data and analysis of structural responses for two different studies: the Office of Surface Mining (OSM) study of the velocity response of “atypical” residential structures and the Autonomous Crack Monitoring (ACM) study. The main basis of this thesis was to do additional analysis on a...
- Keyword:
- Structural health monitoring
- Creator:
- Laureen M. McKenna
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/05/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2002-03
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
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- Description:
- This appendix synthesizes micrometer changes in crack width in response to both long term (environmental) and transient (blast vibration) of four of the structures in the main body. The appendix begins with a description of the genesis of the study and instruments employed. Response of the distressed wood-framed structure in...
- Keyword:
- Structural health monitoring
- Creator:
- Charles H. Dowding and Laureen M. McKenna
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/05/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2003
- Resource Type:
- Other
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- Description:
- Autonomous Crack Measurement (ACM) facilitates simultaneous measurement of crack response to environmental changes and vibrations produced by various construction activities. Dual-purpose crack displacement sensors measure crack response, while the vibration environment is defined by standard seismological transducers and the weather environment is defined as changes in temperature and humidity. This...
- Keyword:
- Structural health monitoring and Cracking of concrete
- Creator:
- Mickey L. Snider
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/05/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2003-05
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
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- Description:
- All structures have cosmetic cracks, which have no influence on structural integrity and usually remain unremarked until the structure’s occupants sense ground vibrations. Such vibrations are often associated with engineering activity, but are rarely responsible for cracks. However, this is difficult to prove without scientific basis. Automated Crack Monitoring (ACM)...
- Keyword:
- Structural health monitoring and Cracking of concrete
- Creator:
- Markian B. Petrina
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/05/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2004-08
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
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- Description:
- Cosmetic cracks are very common in structures, and most of the time they remain unnoticed and do not decrease the structural integrity. Although these cracks are unremarkable and barely noticeable, occupants become concerned about these cracks when construction occurs nearby. In order to investigate the true nature of these cracks,...
- Keyword:
- Structural health monitoring and Cracking of concrete
- Creator:
- Remi Baillot
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/05/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2004-12
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
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- Description:
- In early 2001, a sinkhole formed directly under State Road 66 near the city of Sebring in Highlands County, Florida. The Florida DOT built a land bridge over the sinkhole and the road was reopened to traffic. Since SR-66 is an important regional trucking route, it was decided that the...
- Keyword:
- Structural health monitoring
- Creator:
- David E. Kosnik
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/05/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2005
- Resource Type:
- Report
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- Description:
- Miniaturized, wireless instrumentation is now a reality and this thesis describes development of such a system to monitor crack response. Comparison of environmental (long-term) and blast-induced (dynamic) crack width changes in residential structures has lead to a new approach to monitoring and controlling construction vibrations. In wireless systems transducer power...
- Keyword:
- Structural health monitoring
- Creator:
- Hasan Ozer
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/05/2017
- Date Modified:
- 08/14/2017
- Date Created:
- 2005
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis