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Investigation of transportation innovations for food delivery and truck platoons
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Studies find that low-income areas are underserved by food retailers and have less access to healthy food, contributing to health disparities. A section of this thesis examines micromobility, drones, and ridesharing that ...
A Python-based GIS simulation of a water balance for wetland decision-making
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
wetland site to determine the potential existence of the excess water component. The study area is a location within Pershing State Park within Linn County, Missouri. Three goals have been set in this research in order to achieve the ultimate goal...
Blast response of structural envelope elements : LG windows and CFS roof trusses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 5/1/2025] Building safety continues to be a concern due to the increasing number of explosion threats targeting civilian and government buildings. Building envelope elements, such as walls, windows, and ...
Simulator and field study of effectiveness of speed management methods in work zone in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The objective of this research is to examine the effectiveness of six speed countermeasures in reducing vehicle speeds in work zones. Speed countermeasures such as law enforcement (active and passive), speed trailer ...
GIS-based analysis of environmental justice and compound natural hazards in the built and natural environment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] Infrastructure design connects people and the built environment with the natural world; thus, accessible, equitable, and sustainable infrastructure is critical for community resilience. As changing ...
Transport of invasive carp eggs and the effect of river turbulence
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
was compared with FluEgg and evaluated using experimental and simulated results in two idealized channels and a representative reach of the Lower Missouri River. To apply SDrift on a large river, we processed a fully 3-D high-resolution (4x4x0.4 m, 49...
Edge computing - enabled road condition monitoring : system development and evaluation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] Real-time pavement condition monitoring provides highway agencies with timely and accurate information that could form the basis of pavement maintenance and rehabilitation policies. Existing ...
Waste plastic storage stability impact toward asphalt binder and mix performances
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The reutilization of waste plastic in asphalt binders and mixtures has become a popular field of research as the global scientific community looks to find avenues for the effective and efficient recycling of waste plastic. ...
A phase-field formulation for fracture modeling of quasi-brittle and rate- and temperature-dependent materials
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] This thesis focuses on the development and application of the phase-field method for fracture modeling of brittle, quasi-brittle, and viscoelastic materials. The study begins with a comprehensive ...
Interactive, multi-purpose traffic prediction platform using connected vehicles dataset
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
, Transform, Load (ETL) of the CV data for the State of Missouri of an entire day for all the unique CV journeys (reducing the processing time from about 48 hours to 25 minutes). The processed data is then fed into a customized UNet model that learns highlevel...
Characteristics of mean flow and turbulence in bubble plumes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
shear entrainment process within 40 cm height-of-rise. Hence, the integral model and the universal scaling using the plume length scale D(= gQg/4[pi][alpha]^2Ws^3 with g being gravitation acceleration, Qg being gas flow rate, [alpha] = 0.083 being a...
Time-dependent response of flat plate structures under high sustained load
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Reinforced concrete (RC) structures may be exposed to high levels of sustained stresses resulting from errors in construction or design, abnormal loading, and material degradation. Although most RC structures are designed ...