Browsing Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (UMKC) by Thesis Semester "2019 Spring"
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Development of Aerial-Ground Sensing Network: Architecture, Sensor Activation, and Spatial Path-Energy Optimization
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)The advent of autonomous navigation, positioning, and in general robotics technologies has enabled the maturity of small to miniature-sized unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs; or colloquially called drones) and their wide ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Virtual Pelvic Surgery Simulator for the Prevention of Surgical Errors
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)Recent data suggests that over 200 million surgeries are performed annually worldwide and about 3 to 22% of these surgeries involve some sort of complications. Surgical errors can be caused by both technical errors and ...