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Spring 2016
Trenchless technology has brought a new era in pipeline installation, overtaking the customary open cut method. Several new trenchless installation techniques are now practicable, among which Guided Boring Method (GBM), pipe jacking and microtunnelling are most remarkable. All these methods are...
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Fall 2016
Since its first application in the 1970s, Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) has steadily become one of the fastest growing trenchless construction methods for utility and conduit installation under surface obstacles. This rapid growth in HDD application could not have been accomplished...
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Spring 2014
This thesis focuses on conducting productivity analysis for sewer mainline CCTV inspection through two phases: 1) developing the standard time for CCTV inspection and analyzing the effect of the weather condition and ambient temperature on its productivity, and 2) reviewing the CCTV process...
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Predicting Soil Expansion Force in Static Pipe Bursting Using Cavity Expansion Solutions and Numerical Modeling
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The prediction of total pull force is critical to the design of static pipe bursting installation and soil expansion is the major component of the total pull force. However, there are currently limited methods available for its prediction. In this thesis, three cavity expansion solutions, namely...
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Optimization of Drilling Fluid Flow Rates – A Study of the Drilling Fluid Flow rates and Annular Pressure in Horizontal Directional Drilling
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Trenchless technologies have experienced the fast development and dramatic change in the past three decades. Derived from oil and gas industry, Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) is considered as one of the most rapidly expanded trenchless technologies and widely used in infrastructure...
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Fall 2023
Pavements in cold regions face challenging environmental conditions, including prolonged periods of extreme cold, frost heave, and freeze-thaw cycles during late winter and early spring. These factors contribute to premature damage, reduced service life, and increased maintenance costs for cold...
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Investigation of Environmental and Dynamic Loading Impacts on Flexible Pavement Responses in Cold Climate Conditions
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Flexible pavement design methods have undergone a paradigm shift with particular attention to mechanistic-based approaches, which are based on the actual pavement’s structural behaviour and reflect the pavement performance. The mechanistic design procedures rely on the pavement’s critical...
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Fall 2020
There have been attempts by many researchers over the years to improve the prediction of Inadvertent Return (IR) during Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD). An analytical model of the maximum allowable mud pressure during HDD, Pmax, has been commonly referred as “Delft method” and it has been...
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Fall 2014
Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) is one of the most rapidly growing technologies for utility installation under surface obstacles. The rapid growth in application of HDD has not accompanied the same level of development in engineering design procedures and efficient drilling techniques....
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Fall 2012
Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) systems are used for dynamic traffic data collection. These sensors are capable of collecting various truck characteristics such as weights, speed, and dimensions. Alberta Transportation (AT) installed 20 WIM sensors in six different highway sections across Alberta in 2004....