When extreme and dangerous air pollution events strike and blanket the air with hazardous levels of pollution, it causes a major threat to public health and safety. It’s also exceedingly…

Furniture is one of the subtle items in your home you don’t think about often. The only time you ever worry about it is when you have new pieces to…

Not all unwanted items belong to your dumpster in Sydney. There is a restriction to what you throw inside this container, and knowing this is essential for proper waste management.…

AbstractA disproportionate number of serious traffic accidents caused by lane offset occur at horizontal curvatures. Widely used methods for vehicle trajectory measurement, such as the vehicle position system and unmanned…

AbstractReflective cracking has been a concern for the performance of asphalt overlay on existing concrete pavements. Due to daily temperature fluctuation and traffic loads, significant movements of slab joints or…

AbstractPump energy consumption is the major operational cost of water distribution systems (WDS). Defining better pump operation policies can reduce the cost and the enhance service provided. The nonlinear hydraulic…

AbstractThe probability density distribution of soil parameters is of ultimate importance in reliability analysis of a geotechnical structure. Constructing the probability density function often needs a large number of experimental…

AbstractThis study develops the probabilistic seismic response and capacity models for the broad collection of standard pile designs that are routinely incorporated into bridges in California. A review of the…

AbstractSustainable material management (SMM) has great potential to lower the adverse environmental and social impacts of construction, which is a major concern. However, studies of SMM and its barriers and…

AbstractEnergy dissipation due to tire rolling resistance has been widely recognized as a major component of vehicle energy loss and greenhouse gas emission. The objective of this study is to…