• THE EFFECTS OF UNMITIGATED IDLE TIME ON THE PERFORMANCE OF MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL DAMPERS AS A STRUCTURAL PROTECTIVE SYSTEM. 

  Khan, Sami Ur-Rahman (2018)

  This thesis discusses the long-term performance degradation of seismic protective systems due to age and inactivity (termed “idle time effects”). Over the lifetime of a structures there is the potential for a significant ...

• THE INFLUENCE OF SURFACE PREPARATION ON BOND STRENGTH BETWEEN CONCRETE OVERLAY AND UNDERLAY IN PRESTRESSED SLAB BRIDGES 

  Singaraju, Krishna (2018)

  The objectives of this research were to experimentally study the influence of surface preparation on bond strength between concrete overlay and underlay in pre-stressed slab bridges and to explore the best practice for ...

• DETECTION OF RAIN-ON-SNOW EVENTS AND ITS IMPACT ON PASSIVE MICROWAVE-BASED SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT RETRIEVAL 

  Ryan, Elizabeth Meghan (2018)

  Rain-on-snow (ROS) events can impact snow stratigraphy via generation of wet snow and ice crust(s) within the snowpack. Considering the assumptions of most passive microwave-based snow water equivalent (SWE) retrievals, ...

• SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE PREDICTIONS OF PASSIVE MICROWAVE BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES OVER SNOW-COVERED TERRAIN IN HIGH MOUNTAIN ASIA 

  Ahmad, Jawairia (2018)

  Spatial and temporal variation of snow in High Mountain Asia is very critical as it determines contribution of snowmelt to the freshwater supply of over 136 million people. Support vector machine (SVM) prediction of passive ...

• THE PERFORMANCE OF INTER-STORY ISOLATED STRUCTURES SUBJECT TO WIND AND EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS 

  Russell, Kathleen Jane (2018)

  The implementation of inter-story isolation has gained popularity over the past decade. The focus of this thesis is to study the performance of an inter-story isolated building under earthquake ground motion as well as ...

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