Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

Works Published in 2018

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2018 journal article

Optimization of the Laboratory Fabrication of Small Specimens for Asphalt Mixture Performance Testing

Kangjin Caleb Lee

Source: ORCID
Added: May 16, 2019

2018 journal article

Improving the Reliability of Damage Characteristic Curves in the Simplified Viscoelastic Continuum Damage Model

Kangjin Caleb Lee

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: May 16, 2019

2018 report

A National Model for Predicting Life Cycle Costs and Benefits of Intersection Control Alternatives

(No. NTC2016-MU-R-03). http://ntc.umd.edu/node/169

By: D. Findley, B. Aghdashi, J. Davis & C. Cunningham

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: March 24, 2019

2018 journal article

Integrating Larval Dispersal, Permitting, and Logistical Factors Within a Validated Habitat Suitability Index for Oyster Restoration

FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE, 5.

By: B. Puckett n, S. Theuerkauf n, D. Eggleston n, R. Guajardo n, C. Hardy*, J. Gao, R. Luettich*

author keywords: eastern oyster; Crassostrea virginica; population persistence; decision support tool; HSI; Pamlico Sound; larval connectivity
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: February 11, 2019

2018 journal article

Evaluation of wait times and queue lengths at ferry terminals

RESEARCH IN TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS, 71, 27–33.

By: D. Findley n, T. Anderson n, S. Bert n, T. Nye n & W. Letchworth*

author keywords: Ferry; Tourism; Travel; Waiting times; Queuing time; Time perception; Wait perception; Queue length; Queuing; Travel time; Ferry terminal; Wait anxiety; Queue anxiety; Information; Customer information; Travel information
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: January 21, 2019

2018 article

Beach Management Practices and Occupation Dynamics: An Agent-Based Modeling Study for the Coastal Town of Nags Head, NC, USA

BEACH MANAGEMENT TOOLS - CONCEPTS, METHODOLOGIES AND CASE STUDIES, Vol. 24, pp. 373–395.

author keywords: Human-nature interaction; Coastal population; Coupled human-physical systems; Community attractiveness; Soft-engineering; Storm-arrival patterns
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
14. Life Below Water (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: January 14, 2019

2018 journal article

Carbon dynamics of paper, engineered wood products and bamboo in landfills: evidence from reactor studies

CARBON BALANCE AND MANAGEMENT, 13.

By: F. Ximenes*, A. Kathuria*, M. Barlaz n & A. Cowie*

author keywords: Carbon; Engineered wood products; Paper; Decay; Methane; Landfill; Greenhouse gas inventory
TL;DR: The new suggested combined decay factor for wood and EWPs represents a significant reduction from the current factor used in the Australian greenhouse gas inventory; whereas the suggested Decay factor for paper is similar to the current decay factor. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: January 14, 2019

2018 journal article

Fatigue and Healing Performance Assessment of Asphalt Binder from Rheological and Chemical Characteristics

Materials and Structures, 51(6), 171–182.

author keywords: Asphalt binder; Fatigue damage; Healing; Rheology; Chemical composition
Source: Web Of Science
Added: December 31, 2018

2018 journal article

Seismic Fragility of Steel Piping System Based on Pipe Size, Coupling Type, and Wall Thickness

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STEEL STRUCTURES, 18(4), 1200–1209.

By: B. Ju*, A. Gupta n & Y. Ryu n

author keywords: T-joint; Threaded coupling; Grooved coupling; Pipeline
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Source: Web Of Science
Added: December 31, 2018

2018 journal article

Lead-lag series and staged parallel operational strategies improve the performance and cost-effectiveness of bonechar for control of fluoride in groundwater

JOURNAL OF WATER SANITATION AND HYGIENE FOR DEVELOPMENT, 8(4), 777–784.

By: J. Kearns n, A. Krupp*, E. Diek*, S. Mitchell*, S. Dossi* & S. Hartman*

author keywords: bonechar; fluoride; groundwater; household water treatment; Mexico; sorption
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: December 31, 2018

2018 journal article

Controlling aerobic biological floc size using Couette-Taylor Bioreactors

Water Research, 147, 177–183.

By: J. Weaver, H. Hong, J. Ducoste* & F. de los Reyes*

Contributors: J. Weaver*, H. Hong, J. Ducoste* & F. Reyes

author keywords: Aerobic sludge; Floc size; Shear rate; Couette-taylor bioreactor
MeSH headings : Bioreactors; Flocculation; Particle Size; Sewage; Waste Disposal, Fluid
TL;DR: The Couette-Taylor bioreactor (CTB) is introduced as an improved tool for controlling biological floc size, specifically as compared with bubble-column sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) to test the ability to better control shear rates within a CTB to enable better-controlled floc sizes. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
6. Clean Water and Sanitation (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: December 31, 2018

2018 journal article

Relating soil geochemical properties to arsenic bioaccessibility through hierarchical modeling

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, 81(6), 160–172.

By: C. Nelson*, K. Li n, D. Obenour n, J. Miller n, J. Misenheimer, K. Scheckel*, A. Betts*, A. Juhasz*, D. Thomas*, K. Bradham*

author keywords: soil; arsenic; bioaccessibility; hierarchical modeling; properties
MeSH headings : Arsenic / metabolism; Arsenic / pharmacokinetics; Biological Availability; Environmental Monitoring / methods; Models, Theoretical; Soil / chemistry; Soil Pollutants / metabolism; Soil Pollutants / pharmacokinetics
TL;DR: A developed hierarchical approach provides a novel tool to explore relationships between soil properties and As bioaccessibility across a broad range of soil types and As contaminant sources encountered in the environment and identify areas of future mechanistic research to better understand the complexity of interactions between soil Properties and AsBioaccessibility. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: December 19, 2018

2018 journal article

Hierarchical modeling assessment of the influence of watershed stressors on fish and invertebrate species in Gulf of Mexico estuaries

Ecological Indicators, 90, 142–153.

author keywords: Biological assessment; Species indicators; Anthropogenic stressors; Hierarchical modeling; Watershed development; Gulf of Mexico
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
14. Life Below Water (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: December 19, 2018

2018 journal article

Leveraging Spatial and Temporal Variability to Probabilistically Characterize Nutrient Sources and Export Rates in a Developing Watershed

Water Resources Research.

By: H. Strickling n & D. Obenour n

author keywords: hybrid watershed modeling; nutrients; nitrogen loading; Bayesian modeling; export coefficients; land use change
Source: ORCID
Added: December 19, 2018

2018 journal article

Geometry- and Appearance-Based Reasoning of Construction Progress Monitoring

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 144(2), 04017110.

By: K. Han n, J. Degol* & M. Golparvar-Fard*

author keywords: Progress monitoring; Building information modeling (BIM); Images; Point cloud; Laser scan; Three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction; Material classification; Information technologies
TL;DR: This study finds that adherence to project schedules and budgets is most highly valued by project owners, but more than 53% of typical construction projects are behind schedule and more than 66% suffer from delays. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: December 16, 2018

2018 conference paper

Building an Integrated Mobile Robotic System for Real-Time Applications in Construction

Proceedings of the 35th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC).

By: K. Asadi, H. Ramshankar, H. Pullagurla, A. Bhandare, S. Shanbhag, P. Mehta, S. Kundu, K. Han*, E. Lobaton, T. Wu

TL;DR: This paper proposes an integrated robotic computer vision system, which generates a real-world spatial map of the obstacles and traversable space present in the environment in near real-time, and presents the hardware utilization and performance of the aforementioned system for three different outdoor environments, which represent the applicability of this pipeline to diverse outdoor scenes in nearreal-time. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: December 16, 2018

2018 journal article

Vision-based integrated mobile robotic system for real-time applications in construction

Automation in Construction, 96, 470–482.

By: K. Asadi n, H. Ramshankar n, H. Pullagurla n, A. Bhandare n, S. Shanbhag n, P. Mehta n, S. Kundu n, K. Han n, E. Lobaton n, T. Wu n

author keywords: Real-time integrated robotics; Machine vision; SLAM; Context awareness
TL;DR: This paper proposes a mobile robotic platform that incorporates a stack of embedded platforms with integrated Graphical Processing Units (GPUs) to demonstrate the robustness and feasibility of developing and deploying an autonomous system in the near future. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: December 16, 2018

2018 conference paper

Automating Analysis of Construction Workers' Viewing Patterns for Personalized Safety Training and Management

Proceedings of the 35th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC).

By: I. Jeelani, K. Han* & A. Albert

TL;DR: The study proposes a framework to develop a vision based tool capable of recording and analyzing viewing patterns of construction workers and generate feedback for personalized training and proactive safety management. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: December 16, 2018

2018 article

Hybrid theorem proving as a lightweight method for verifying numerical software

PROCEEDINGS OF CORRECTNESS 2018: 2ND IEEE/ACM INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON SOFTWARE CORRECTNESS FOR HPC APPLICATIONS, pp. 1–8.

By: A. Altuntas* & J. Baugh n

author keywords: hybrid systems; formal methods; scientific computation; KeYmaera X
TL;DR: This study applies hybrid theorem proving from the field of cyber-physical systems to problems in scientific computation, and shows how to verify the correctness of discrete updates that appear in the simulation of continuous physical systems. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (OpenAlex)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: December 12, 2018

2018 journal article

An Enhanced Generalized Plasticity Model for Coarse Granular Material considering Particle Breakage

ADVANCES IN CIVIL ENGINEERING, 2018.

By: W. Cen*, J. Luo*, W. Zhang* & M. Rahman n

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: December 10, 2018

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