Browsing University of Missouri-Kansas City by Thesis Department "Civil Engineering (UMKC)"
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Hydraulic Design of Interlocking Concrete Permeable Pavement
(2015)Stormwater management and design was developed to reduce the impacts of runoff due to the increase in urbanization and impervious area in the hydrologic system. Stormwater management takes many different forms, including ... -
Hydraulic design of pervious concrete highway shoulders
(2013)Stormwater drainage has been a factor in roadway design for years. Now stormwater quantity and quality are also becoming regulated for roadways. As regulations of stormwater management continue to increase so does the need ... -
Impact of Penetrating Sealers and Internally Mixed Hydrophobic Compounds on Durability of Concrete
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)Durability of concrete is greatly impacted by infiltration of water into its pores. Utilizing penetrating sealers can help improve the concrete’s durability. Penetrating sealers come in a variety of forms, but the most ... -
Improving urban air and stormwater quality using photocatalytic highway pavement and photocatalytic pervious concrete shoulders
(2013)Pervious concrete, photocatalytic concrete, and photocatalytic pervious concrete are emerging technologies in the pavement industry, and have been researched in order to determine the efficacy of these technologies in ... -
Influence of Silane Penetrating Sealer on Deicer Scaling and Absorption of Concrete Highway Pavement
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)Concrete pavements generally show excellent performance; however, some have shown premature joint degradation at young age in recent years. There are many causes of premature deterioration including poor mix designs, ... -
Investigation into lowering cement clinker content using available materials
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-08-17)Reducing cement clinker with mineral addition has been considered an efficient way of saving energy, lowering CO2 footprint of cement and concrete industries. The trend of using limestone as mineral addition in cement ... -
Mobile hyperspectral imaging for structural damage detection
(2020)Numerous optical-imaging and machine-vision based inspection methods are found that aim to replace visual and human-based inspection with an automated or a highly efficient procedure. However, these machine-vision systems ... -
Modified Virtual Internal Bond Model for Concrete Subjected To Dynamic Loading
(2014)Concrete is often used as a primary material to build protective structures. There is a wide range of research work being performed to simulate the behavior of reinforced concrete under impact and blast loading. This ... -
Monitoring water balance of a rain garden by installation of flow monitoring devices on a residential property
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-01-30)Rain gardens are infiltration best management practices that are installed in existing and new construction for the purposes of water quality in receiving waters and stormwater volume reduction. Nationally, rain gardens ... -
Optimization of Soil-Lime and Cement Mixes for Compressed Earth Stabilized Blocks for Low-Cost Housing in East Africa (Kenya)
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)The population of East Africa (Kenya) has continued to increase steadily due to rural urban migration. This has created a large population influx of low-income earners which has resulted in lack of low-cost affordable ... -
Parametric Soil-Structure Modeling for Rapid Climatic Disaster Response
(2014-09-30)Global climate changes have seemly caused acerbating impacts on coastal environments in terms of severe meteorological hazards, such as hurricanes and their induced storm surges, flooding, and heavy precipitation. Recent ... -
Performance of Steel Pipelines Backfilled with Controlled Low-Strength Material (CLSM) under Seismic Wave Propagation and Reverse-Slip Fault Rupture
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)Seismic events may drastically damage buried pipelines affecting economy and public safety. Traditionally, buried pipelines are bedded and backfilled with compacted soils, which is labor intensive, time consuming, and ... -
Permeable Reactive Concrete For Enhanced Heavy Metal Removal With Optimization Of Individual Components
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)Catastrophic release of heavy metals in Colorado, U.S or Minas Gerais, Brazil exposed the importance heavy metal contamination have on the surrounding peoples and environment. Permeable reactive barriers (PRBs) are an ... -
Pressure-impulse diagrams using finite element analysis for reinforced concrete slabs subjected to blast loading
(University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2012)Reinforced concrete slab systems are widely used in protective structures designed to resist blast events. Blast events subject structures to high pressure and impulse loads. The magnitude of blast load experienced by a ... -
Statistical Analysis of Resilience Distribution and Application to Rural Electric Distribution System subjected to Hurricane Wind
(2021)Several mathematical frameworks and models are proposed to quantify the resilience of power systems against hurricane events. However, these frameworks contribute to the urban area's large-scale transmission system or ... -
Super Absorbent Polymers (SAPs) as physical air entrainment in cement mortars
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)Super absorbent polymers (SAPs) are novel multipurpose materials in concrete technology. This study investigated the potential for using SAPs as a mechanism for physical air entrainment. Mixtures were produced using ... -
The Impact of Climate Variability and Land Cover Change on Groundwater Resources in The Niger River Basin
(2021)The Niger River Basin (NRB) has experienced severe droughts and floods under a significant change of the land use and land cover (LULC) with increasing population over the years. The present study is to understand the ... -
Watershed Analysis and Urban Stormwater Solutions for the Crossroads District of Kansas City, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)The Crossroads District of Kansas City, Missouri is an urban area that receives runoff from many other parts of the city. More than 1,800 acres of drainage area supply runoff to this district and have many different ... -
Watershed-level Analysis of Urban Raingarden Performance
(2013)Urban flooding became to be a big issue for many cities in the world due to the urbanization. Best Management Practices (BMP) are considered to be an economically friendly solution for the urban storm water problem. The ...