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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"I-81"”.
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Investigating the Provenance, Organisation and Themes of Erfurt, Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, I. 81
Erfurt, Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, I. 81 is a fourteenth-century English manuscript which contains sixty-five hagiographical texts dealing with around fifty saints, all of them born or buried in Britain. Unusually among legendaries of its kind, it is laid out by category: martyrs, confessors and …
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Analysis of truck overturn accidents on Virginia interstate systems: a case study of I-81
… the Virginia Interstate System in general and 1-81 in particular.
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Fatigue Assessment for Failed Bridge Deck Closure Pour
… ft by 3 ft closure pour section of an Interstate 81 (I-81) bridge deck failed by punching through near Marion, Virginia. Visual inspection noted that there was considerable corrosion on some of the reinforcing bars in the vicinity of the construction joint, while other failure bars had little or …
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Real-Time Advanced Warning and Traffic Control Systems for Work Zones: Examination of Requirements and Issues
The I-81 Corridor in Virginia traverses the western part of the state, connecting Bristol in the south to Winchester in the north. A study carried out at the Virginia Tech Center for Transportation Research identified traffic safety, work zone safety and traffic control, trucking issues, and …
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Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting for Roadways
… and installed at the weigh station on I-81 at Troutville, VA to perform on-site evaluation. The electrical performance of the installed harvesters is evaluated by measuring the output voltage and current generated under real traffic. Instant and average power outputs are calculated from …
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Continuation of Field and Laboratory Tests of a Proposed Bridge Deck Panel Fabricated from Pultruded Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Components
… was placed in a field test site at the I-81 Troutville Weigh Station facility. The daily truck traffic over the deck panel at this site is approximately 5400 vehicles. The second deck panel was constructed as a prototype to test benefits of steel thru-rod mechanical connectors. Further, a …
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3D Visualization of Highway Corridors: The I-77/81 Case Study near Wytheville, VA
… to highway corridor visualization, and the I-77/81 Relocation Study Visualization project is discussed along the lines of the visualization framework that has been developed. The changes in the roadway alignment and associated traffic volume and pattern changes will affect the town of Wytheville, …
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Understanding Multi-State, Stakeholder Directed, Corridor Coalition Building: An Interstate-81 Case Study
… 2009). Through a case study of the Interstate 81 Corridor Coalition, this dissertation describes the coalition’s characteristics, analyzes its evolutionary development and explores governance participation possibilities. This study based on data from a mixed methods research approach provides a …
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Ecological Infrastructure: A Framework for Planning and Design: "Addressing Landscape Connectivity and Wildlife Resources for Interstate Highway Systems"
… occurring within the landscape. The following I-81 design and planning project offers an exceptional opportunity to reassess the inadequacies of the existing interstate infrastructure in terms of landscape connectivity, wildlife resources and public safety, and demonstrate how system level design …
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Methodology for evaluating transportation-induced regional development
… of a “real-life” situation, the Interstate 81 corridor, which goes through six states of the United States as a backbone of both passenger and freight transport. Development scenarios for improving regional economies, as well as for giving better service and reducing congestion, are analyzed …
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Truck Modeling Along Grade Sections
… US highways by analyzing data from Interstate 81. It is hypothesized that I-81 is typical of US highways and thus can provide some insight into typical truck characteristics. These truck characteristics are important for the development of an exhaustive vehicle performance procedure. Analysis …
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High Automobile Emissions: Modeling Impacts and Developing Solutions
… the HEVs are responsible for 50% to 66% of the I-81 HC and 59% to 78% of the Columbia Pike HC emissions, 35% to 67% of the I-81 CO and 38% to 69% of the Columbia Pike CO emissions, and 35% to 44% of the I-81 NOX and 35% to 60% of the Columbia Pike NOX emissions depending on the percentage of the …
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A systems approach to transportation infrastructure management: development of a Highway Management System for the Virginia DOT
… budget-size and allocation scenarios for the I-81 corridor. The results indicate that the service condition of the highway will be diminished and will return to its pre-expansion condition in several years, if the maintenance budget is not increased according to the expansion. The HMS is a …
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Effectiveness of Contemporary Public-Private Partnerships for Large Scale Infrastructure in the United States
… Greenway, Pocahontas Parkway, and failed I-81 Improvement proposals. Application of the original framework to the case studies led to several refinements. The changes provide more comprehensive appraisal mechanisms and improve the applicability and consistency of the P3 Equilibrium …
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Evaluation of New Weigh-in-Motion Technology at the Virginia Smart Road
… WIM system at the Troutsville weigh station on I-81. The Troutsville station had bending plate WIM scales located in both the northbound and southbound directions. The second system in a newly developed WIM system manufactured by Omni Weight Corporation (OWC) and was installed at the Virginia …