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Showing 1 to 20 of 179 for “"Design Recommendations"”.
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Column-Supported Embankments: Full-Scale Tests and Design Recommendations
… the use of CSEs is the lack of a standard design procedure which has been properly validated. This report and the testing described herein were undertaken to help resolve some of the uncertainty regarding CSE design procedures in light of the advantages of the CSE technology and potential …
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Illinois integral abutment bridges: behavior under extreme thermal loading and design recommendations
… length and skew of IABs, as well as typical design details, vary considerably from state to state. Because the length and skew limitations currently employed by IDOT have not necessarily been based on rigorous engineering analyses, IDOT contracted our team of researchers from the University …
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Detailing for compression in reinforced concrete wall boundary elements: experiments, simulations, and design recommendations
… is based on the assumption that current design approaches suppress compression failure of the boundary element. However, compression failures observed following recent earthquakes in Chile (2010) and New Zealand (2011), suggest that the behavior of reinforced concrete walls may not meet …
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Modeling & learning from the design recommendations for California's Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade System
… of experts, to advise the state on how best to design a system with the two afore-said challenges in mind. A model has been put together to model Option A, Program Design 1 of the California Cap-and-Trade system.
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Lateral Load Distribution and Deck Design Recommendations for the Sandwich Plate System (SPS) in Bridge Applications
… being relatively new to the bridge market, design methods have yet to be established. This research aims to close this gap by investigating some of the key design issues considered to be limiting factors in implementation of SPS. The key issues that will be studied include lateral load …
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The instability of slender reinforced concrete columns. A buckling study of very slender reinforced concrete columns between the slenderness ratios of 30 and 79 Including essential creep investigations, and leading to design recommendations.
… variables, to arrive at the initial predicted design loads of the investigated columns. Good correlations of the moments derived from observed strains have also been obtained. The developed theory predicts satisfactorily the buckling collapse loads of the columns. Although the theory has been …
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Design recommedations for the cash wrap area within the retail setting based on user perceptions
… cash wrap area in retail stores and to develop design recommendations. Women's apparel specialty stores in vicinity of Virginia Tech, and two women's groups at Virginia Tech were selected for the study. The study consisted of (1) a survey to assess employee perceptions of the cash wrap area; (2) …
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Designing Cyberbullying Prevention and Mitigation Tools
… well-being after being targeted online offer designers a valuable tool in fighting back against the harm caused by cyberbullying. Based on the interdisciplinary studies conducted in this dissertation, I offer design recommendations for cyberbullying prevention and mitigation tools. I address …
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Patterns of Domestic Video Mediated Communication
… loved ones. This dissertation explored the design and use of video-based technologies to allow families to communicate and remain connected across distance. The first part of this dissertation explored families' use of video mediated communication (VMC) systems and focused on determining …
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Reliability Evaluation and Damage Reduction of Woodframe Buildings Under Seismic Loads
… The adequacy of existing buildings and current design is examined in terms of building damage and the corresponding probability. The design recommendations are made to improve the performance and reduce the potential damage of woodframe buildings under seismic loads.
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Mechanical Characterization and Modeling of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrolytes with Honeycomb Support
… the results of the macro-scale simulations, design recommendations are made concerning how to reduce stress in the electrolyte in response to both thermal and pressure loading while being mindful of electro-chemical performance.</p><p>The electrolytes are further modeled in the context of an …
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Preferences of Social Interaction for Environmental Attributes Among Grandparents Who Are Taking Care of Grandchildren in Two Chinese Residential Communities Located in Shanghai, China
… public spaces. It uses the results to formulate design recommendations that will facilitate increased social interaction between grandparents with grandchildren and other persons in open public spaces of residential communities. Public spaces are often excellent locations for social interaction …
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Shear behavior of full-scale reinforced concrete members strengthened with anchored CFRP materials
… added to a database that was used to develop design recommendations to estimate the shear capacity of members strengthened with anchored CFRP material. The comparison between predicted shear capacities and experimental test results showed that the proposed design recommendations provided much …
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Grid Inference and Partial Scan Registration for Intelligent Collaborative Robot Systems
… through an exploratory pilot study, and further design recommendations are given.
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Design and Testing of a Novel Adhesion and Locomotion Method for Wall Climbing Vehicles
<p>The objective of this project was to design, construct and test a wall climbing vehicle which uses a novel vacuum tread system for both adhesion <em>and</em> locomotion. The design and manufacturing of this proof of concept vehicle is detailed with particular emphasis on the design decisions …
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Irregular Welded Rectangular Hollow Section Truss-type Connections
… by either the author or other researchers. Design recommendations are proposed based on the numerical results. In addition, a numerically based failure mode is verified using the results from each study. For longitudinally offset X-connections, 264 numerical models were analysed with the end …
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Strength of slender reinforced concrete walls
… beyond unity, in disagreement with present design recommendations. A second group of walls was tested under five different combinations of uniformly distributed top and bottom vertical in-plane loads. A range of percentages of vertical web reinforcement was used. The quantity of …
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Agency and Community: Supporting Creative Learning in a Global Online Course
… projects, passion, peers, and play. LCL has been designed in pursuit of learner agency and global community — that is, enabling the pursuit of meaningful, personal learning journeys while also engaging with peers from around the world. This thesis investigates participants’ experiences in the …
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