Search
Skip to Search Results- 3Hasan, Md Monjurul
- 3Kostic, Branislav Z
- 3Yu, Miao
- 2Afifi, Mona
- 2Altaf, Mohammed Sadiq
- 2Alwisy, Aladdin
- 31Al-Hussein, Mohamed (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 23AbouRizk, Simaan (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 23Deutsch, Clayton (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 20Chalaturnyk, Rick (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 19Liu, Yang (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 18Bayat, Alireza (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
-
An approach for Evaluating the Full Truck and Full Bucket Loading Strategies in Open-Pit Mining Using a Discrete Event Simulation and Machine Learning
DownloadFall 2022
Material loading and hauling are crucial factors in the mining industry, comprising over 50% of the costs. Many studies covered optimization and improving the efficiency of truck-shovel operations. Decreasing operating costs is vital for mining companies to remain profitable and feasible....
-
Methodology for Project Schedule Acceleration Integrated with Energy Source-Based Assessment of Occupational Health and Safety Risks
DownloadFall 2022
There will always be uncertainties and hazards involved with project activities in the construction industry. Both long-term and short-term safety events reported to occupational health and safety authorities are impacted by the practice of schedule compression by crashing the project activities....
-
Reuse of Flowback and Produced Water: The Effects of Treatment Process on Tight-Rock Wettability and Selective Removal of Problematic ions for Stability of Friction Reducers
DownloadFall 2022
Oil and gas industry have faced significant operational, economic, and environmental challenges in recycling produced water. The treatment of produced water is highly researched, but few studies have evaluated the performance of treated produced water when used for hydraulic fracturing and...
-
Evaluating Wettability of Calcareous Shales from the Duvernay Formation: Effect of Petrophysical Properties, Thermal Maturity, and Natural Fractures
DownloadFall 2022
Recent advances in horizontal drilling and multi-stage hydraulic fracturing technologies have led to rapid development of unconventional oil and gas resources to meet the increasing energy demand. In particular, organic-rich shales are considered important resource plays worldwide. In order to...
-
Cellulose Nanocrystals (CNCs) Nanocomposite Films for Sustained Release of CNCs and Enhanced Anti-biofouling Property
DownloadFall 2022
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are nanoparticles with high aspect ratios and excellent surface tunability and are processed from renewable bioresource. CNCs possess unique surface and colloidal properties which makes it an efficient depletion inducer for flocculating colloidal sized bacteria from...
-
Understanding the Role of Amphiphilic Chemical Additives in Enhanced Oil Recovery from Molecular Perspectives
DownloadFall 2022
Carefully designed chemical formulas are often applied in the enhanced oil recovery (EOR) process. Understanding the molecular distribution and working mechanism of each component can provide theoretical guidance in designing chemical formulas with desired functionalities. In this dissertation,...
-
Fall 2022
Gonzalez Mariscal, Rafael De Jesus
Slender masonry walls are often found in school gymnasiums, warehouses and other low-rise buildings. According to current North American masonry design standards, a slender wall is defined to have a height-to-thickness ratio of 30 or greater. These walls must satisfy several stringent...
-
Virtual Reality-based Human Factor Analyses for Ergonomic Improvements in Construction Manufacturing Facilities
DownloadFall 2022
Dias Ferreira Barkokébas, Regina Celi
In construction manufacturing, components (e.g., panels or modules) are produced in a factory environment before being transported and installed in a construction site. In this context, two distinct operational phases are observed: factory, accounting for 60%–90% of the tasks that would typically...
-
Fall 2022
ABSTRACT Benzene is a priority contaminant that is commonly coincident with fossil fuel entities, whether natural or anthropogenic, and is characterized by high mobility and toxicity. In Alberta, Canada, where oil and gas production comprises much of the provincial industrial output,...
-
Prediction of Horizontal In-situ Stress in Shale Gas Reservoirs Based on Artificial Neural Networks and Conventional Rock Mechanics ——A Case Study on Longmaxi Formation in Southern Sichuan (China)
DownloadFall 2022
Shale gas is one of the most important unconventional fossil fuel resources. It is usually developed by horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing techniques. The in-situ stress magnitude distribution in a given shale gas field is a significant factor that should be considered by horizontal...