This decommissioned ERA site remains active temporarily to support our final migration steps to https://ualberta.scholaris.ca, ERA's new home. All new collections and items, including Spring 2025 theses, are at that site. For assistance, please contact erahelp@ualberta.ca.
Search
Skip to Search Results- 3Hasan, Md Monjurul
- 3Yu, Miao
- 2Afifi, Mona
- 2Altaf, Mohammed Sadiq
- 2Alwisy, Aladdin
- 2Barkokebas, Beda
- 35Al-Hussein, Mohamed (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 26Deutsch, Clayton (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 23AbouRizk, Simaan (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 23Chalaturnyk, Rick (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 22Liu, Yang (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 18Bayat, Alireza (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
-
Fall 2017
Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) is a crossing technique for the oil and gas, utilities, and infrastructure sectors for pipeline installations in different situations under natural or manmade obstacles. Annular pressure (plan pressure) and maximum allowable pressure predictions are critical...
-
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...
-
Prediction of Load-Sharing Mechanisms and Patterns of Human Cervical Spine Injuries Due to High-Velocity Impact Using Finite Element Method
DownloadFall 2013
The purpose of the current study was to investigate the loading rate dependency, load-sharing and injury mechanisms of the C2-C3 cervical spine unit. A ligamentous bio-realistic finite element model was constructed considering comprehensive geometrical representation at tissue level components...
-
Spring 2015
Resource evaluation of a mineral deposit is an important and challenging task. Traditional estimation methods provide a best estimate at the block scale based on available data. The pitfalls of histogram smoothing and conditional bias associated with these methods are well known. Quantifying...
-
Spring 2013
Surface runoff can be the largest component of the surface water budget that controls the quantity of precipitation that could infiltrate through a soil cover into underlying waste material. Site-specific models are routinely used to predict infiltration; however, the direct measurement of...
-
Fall 2018
Soil cover systems are engineered barriers designed to isolate hazardous mine waste from climatic water and oxygen. Assessment of water flow at the interface between the atmosphere and the ground surface is paramount to successful cover design. For decades, cover systems were designed based on...
-
Predictive Method for Pipeline Strain Demand Subject to Permanent Ground Displacements with Internal Pressure & Temperature
DownloadFall 2022
Pipelines subject to ground deformations generated by geohazard loads carry high importance on pipeline analysis, design, and assessment due to risk of structural damage or failure. Additionally, internal pressure and temperature variation within an operating pipe induce additional strains in...
-
Preparation of Activated Carbon from Oil Sands Coke by Chemical and Physical Activation Techniques
DownloadSpring 2012
Oil sands coke is a by-product resulting from the upgrading of heavy crude bitumen to light synthetic oil. This research investigates the preparation of activated carbon from oil sands cokes by using both chemical activation and physical activation techniques. Chemical activation was completed...
-
Pressure Management of Drilling Fluid and Study of Overcut Ratio in Horizontal Directional Drilling
DownloadFall 2018
Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) has become one of the leading technologies for the installation of underground utilities and other trenchless projects. However, some of the risks associated with HDD, such as hydraulic fracturing and drilling fluid loss, have a considerable impact on...
-
Prioritizing Labour Productivity Improvement Strategies by Integrating Hybrid Feature Selection, Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision-Making, and Fuzzy Cognitive Maps
DownloadFall 2021
Construction labour productivity (CLP), as a key performance index in the construction sector, is affected by various factors such as crew motivation and working conditions that are highly interconnected and vary on a project-by-project basis. CLP can be enhanced by properly practicing...