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Spring 2015
The current design provisions (2006 edition of CSA-S6) for horizontally curved steel I-girders in the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code are based on research conducted prior to the mid 1980's. Much research, experimental and numerical analysis, on horizontally curved girders has been conducted...
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Spring 2021
Lateral–torsional buckling (LTB) is a stability failure mode that occurs in unbraced segments of flexural members and is associated with simultaneous out-of-plane lateral defection and cross-section rotation. The LTB behaviour of doubly symmetric I-shaped members is generally well understood....
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Lean-Mod: An Approach to Modular Construction Manufacturing Production Efficiency Improvement
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Modular construction manufacturing (MCM) is superior to the current on-site construction system which is hampered by inefficiency and material and process waste. Modular buildings are potentially built through a more efficient and cost-effective method, but in the current manufacturing-based...
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Least-Construction-Cost Approaches for New Housing to Achieve Higher Energy-Efficiency Requirements of Building Codes
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Effective November 1, 2016, new homes constructed in Alberta, Canada, are required to comply with “Section 9.36: Energy-Efficiency Requirements” of the Alberta Building Code (ABC) 2014. This section introduces ~57% stricter energy requirements for building envelope than the previous code;...
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Leveraging Generative Design and Point Cloud Data to Improve Conformance to Passing Lane Layout
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The inadequate design of highway elements is a major contributing factor to traffic collisions. Guidelines and regulations for highway design serve as a structured framework for engineers, providing essential direction to create compliant models. These rules are established to ensure the safety...
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Leveraging LiDAR-Based Simulations to Quantify the Complexity of The Static Environment for Autonomous Vehicles in Rural Settings
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The advent of autonomous vehicles promises to address key challenges faced by the transportation and traffic safety sectors, particularly concerning the high incidence of traffic fatalities and injuries. The full-scale deployment of autonomous vehicle fleets is contingent upon public acceptance,...
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Spring 2022
Low Impact Improvement (LID) had received great interest in the past decades to achieve sustainable urban stormwater management and improve urban ecological systems. Numerical studies were conducted in this thesis to improve the understanding of LID benefits in cold regions and explore the...
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Life Cycle Assessment of a Community-Based Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery System: Sewage Heat Recovery and MBR for Water Reuse
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Municipal sewage contains significant embedded resources in the form of chemical and thermal energy. Recent developments in sustainable technology has pushed for the integration of resource recovery from household wastewater to achieve net zero energy consumption and carbon neutral communities....