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Fall 2014

Cash, Aileen E

Mine waste rock is one of the largest waste streams produced from precious metal mining that must be managed over the long-term. Of particular concern is the management of chemical oxidation of sulphide minerals termed acid rock drainage (ARD). This thesis presents a field and laboratory...

Fall 2019

Spasojevic, Marko

In order to meet a higher standard of building energy efficiency, the thermal insulation of exterior walls is often increased. Adding a layer of continuous thermal insulation exterior to the cavity insulation, insulated sheathing, to reduce thermal bridging is getting more popular in practice. In...

2004

Denkhaus, Cara Leigh

Fall 2014

Tassew, Samson T

Magnesium potassium phosphate cement (MPPC) is an innovative chemically bonded cement formed by the reaction of magnesium oxide and monopotassium phosphate. Concrete produced using a MPPC binder can exhibit faster strength gain and results in lower overall environmental impacts from greenhouse...

2007

Sharma, Ved Prakash,

Fall 2020

Mirdad, Md Abdul H

Mass Timber Panels (MTP) are a new generation of engineered wood panels that are available in large plane dimensions to facilitate fast floor construction with the obvious environmental benefit of being from a renewable material. In floor construction, concrete slab or topping is often applied...

Spring 2022

Zhang, Lei

This thesis focuses on the structural performance of mass timber panel-concrete composite floors with notches. Mass timber panels (MTPs) such as cross-laminated timber, glue-laminated timber, and nail-laminated timber, are emerging construction materials in the building industry due to their high...

Fall 2017

Moosavi Nanehkaran, Seyed Abdol Hadi

Although the reliability levels of structural steel and reinforced concrete structures designed to the Canadian codes and standards have been investigated substantially in the past four decades, studies on the reliability of masonry structures are limited. Based on some preliminary studies in...

2008

Sadeque, Muhammad Abdul Faheem

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...