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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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Spring 2011
This thesis is primarily focused on flow-field upstream of hydropower intakes, with emphasis on the use of temperature control curtains and predicting the flow acceleration zone. By reviewing the available literature, it is concluded that the flow-field upstream of hydropower intake systems can...
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Investigation of Pavement Management Practices and Pavement Material Performance in Alberta, Canada
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Roadways are one of the most important pieces of public infrastructure in any municipality, province, or country. Roads connect economic corridors encouraging trade, provide citizens with the option to travel, and remain a necessity for all people to access work and the majority of the main...
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Investigation of Rockburst Mechanisms and Rockburst Prediction Using Numerical Modeling Methods
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Rockburst is a sudden rock failure characterized by the breaking up and expulsion of rocks from their surroundings, accompanied by a violent release of energy. Due to its unpredictability and high intensity, rockburst is one of the most hazardous geological disasters. It has caused thousands of...
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Investigation of Sanding around Water Injector Wells in Unconsolidated and Weakly-Consolidated Sand Reservoir under Water Hammer Pressure Pulsing
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This research is focused on massive sand production around injector wells immediately after well shut-in events. Sand production in some water injector wells has been reported to be catastrophic, massive and always occurring after an unplanned shut-in. High pore pressures around injectors,...
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INVESTIGATION OF SHEAR CONNECTION SYSTEMS FOR PARTIALLY COMPOSITE INSULATED CONCRETE AND DOUBLE WYTHE CAVITY MASONRY WALLS
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Insulated concrete and double wythe cavity masonry walls are commonly used on building exteriors. Both wall types consist of inner and outer layers known as wythes, which surround an insulation layer, and these wythes are joined by mechanical devices known as shear connectors. In insulated...
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Investigation of the Adaptation of WorkFace Planning at the Organization and Project Levels and the Development of a Mathematical Model to Quantitatively Evaluate the Effectiveness of WorkFace Planning
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WorkFace Planning (WFP) is an Alberta-based industry best practice aimed at improving productivity on industrial construction projects by eliminating delays caused by excessive onsite planning and inefficient resource coordination. However, no formal study has been conducted to investigate how...
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Investigation of the Adsorption of Model and Oil Sands Process-Affected Water Naphthenic Acids on Graphite
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Naphthenic acids (NAs) are constituents of bitumen in the oil sands deposits in northern Alberta, Canada. The extraction process of bitumen creates an enormous amount of wastewater called oil sands process affected waters (OSPW). This OSPW contains elevated concentrations of NAs, and other...