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- 2AbouRizk, Simaan (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
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- 2Guigard, Selma (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
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- 1Abourizk, Simaan (Civil and Environmental Engineering) Co-supervisor
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A Framework for Design of Panelized Wood Framing Prefabrication Utilizing Multi-panels and Crew Balancing
DownloadSpring 2014
The construction industry is highly competitive and continually striving towards improving its performance in terms of time, cost, quality, and safety. Improved performance is essential to survival in today’s construction market. In this regard, measuring productivity can facilitate improved...
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An Improved Approach to Production Planning in Oil Sands Mining Through Detailed Analysis and Simulation of Cycle Times
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The objective of this thesis is to develop, implement and verify a theoretical framework based on detailed analyses and simulation of truck and shovel cycle times in open pit mining, placing an emphasis on the hauling component of the cycle. The goal is to improve the generation of accurate and...
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Spring 2015
The Eliminator is a new guided boring machine developed to address the market need for Pilot Tube Microtunneling (PTMT) installations in non-displaceable soils. This study is part of a multi-phase research project sponsored by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada...
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2021-02-15
Zhang, Wei, Feng, Qihong, Wang, Sen, Xing, Xiangdong, Jin, Zhehui
Enhanced hydrocarbon recovery from shale/tight reservoirs by CO2 injection has gained extensive attentions in recent years. However, the effect of CO2 on oil flow in shale/tight nanoporous media is still ambiguous. In this work, we used molecular dynamics simulations to study the structural and...
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Coordinated distributed experiments: An emerging tool for testing global hypotheses in ecology and environmental science
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Knapp, A. K., Collins, S. L., Turkington, R. , Long, R., White, S., Cahill, J. F., Carlyle, C. N., Beierkuhnlein, C., Luo, Y., Casper, B. B. Cleland, E., Lind, E., Smith, M. D., Henry, H. A. L., Dukes, J. S., Fraser, L. H., Reich, P. B., Sternberg, M.
There is a growing realization among scientists and policy makers that an increased understanding of today's environmental issues requires international collaboration and data synthesis. Meta-analyses have served this role in ecology for more than a decade, but the different experimental...
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Coordinated Distributed Experiments: an emerging tool for testing global hypotheses in ecology and environmental science
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Carlyle, C. N., Henry, H. A. L., Fraser, L. H.
There is a growing realization among scientists and policy makers that an increased understanding of today's environmental issues requires international collaboration and data synthesis. Meta-analyses have served this role in ecology for more than a decade, but the different experimental...
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Developing Penetration Rate Prediction Models to Enhance the Productivity Prediction of Microtunneling Construction Projects
DownloadSpring 2023
Predicting the productivity of microtunnelling construction projects is challenging due to the inherent complexities of this trenchless excavation method. One of these complexities has to do with estimating the micro-tunnel boring machine penetration rate, given that it is subject to a number of...