Browsing 2008 Dissertations (MU) by Thesis Department "Civil and Environmental Engineering (MU)"
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Knowledge discovery and data mining from freeway section traffic data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)Archived traffic-generated data (traffic flow, accident, work-zone, and weather data) from PR-18 in San Juan was examined by means of association mining and the KDD process. A total of six studies were developed and studied ... -
Model-based simulations of the piercing process in piezo-ICSI
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)To develop a piezo intracytoplasmic sperm injection (piezo-ICSI) procedure without using mercury, the real physics behind the zona piercing must be understood. An effort has been made to formulate a three-dimensional model ... -
Numerical analysis of pile group within moving soils
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] A coupled soil-pile interaction analysis method for pile groups within moving soil is proposed and implemented in a new computer program MU-PILE-GROUP. ... -
Pattern recognition based microsimulation calibration and innovative traffic representations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)Even though calibration techniques for traffic simulation abound, this dissertation presents the first mathematical formalization using representations and invariants. The calibration is defined succinctly over three levels ... -
Point target interferometry as applied to the characterization of localized deformation features
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)Monitoring of ground deformation is a critical component of geotechnical engineering practice. This study investigated the application of synthetic aperture radar interferometry (InSAR), using point target analysis (IPTA) ... -
Study of surface wave methods for deep shear wave velocity profiling applied in the upper Mississippi embayment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)Surface wave methods have become an important tool for non-intrusively and inexpensively determining shear wave velocity (V [subscript-s]) profiles for many geotechnical earthquake engineering applications. The primary ... -
Volume change and swelling pressure of expansive clay in the crystalline swelling regime
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)A significant amount of research has been carried out to characterize expansive clay behavior from either microstructural or macrostructural perspectives; however, there exists a current gap in our knowledge about the basic ...