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Wave Motion in 1-D Viscoelastic Phononic Crystals: A Comprehensive Analytical, Numerical and Experimental Study
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)
Phononic crystals are engineered materials which exhibit unique wave motion properties due to periodic arrangement of multiple homogeneous constituents. Over the last decade, metallic phononic crystals have been thoroughly ...
Enabling Full-Scale Soil-Structure Interaction Modeling through Analysis of a Geotechnical Laminar Box and Real-time Dynamic Hybrid Simulation
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
Soil-structure interaction is broadly assumed to be beneficial, with the incorporation of a flexible soil resulting in period-lengthening of the soil-foundation-superstructure system. However, this a high-level product and ...
EVALUATION OF SITE RESPONSE, WITH APPLICATION TO NUCLEAR STRUCTURES
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
Nuclear power plants (NPPs) and other safety-related nuclear facilities offer unique design challenges not encountered with commercial infrastructure. One such challenge is the characterization of the effects of soil-structure ...
CORROSION MITIGATION IN REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES USING ENGINEERED CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
Concrete is the most widely used construction material in the world. However, approximately 10% of the bridges in the United States, majority of which are made of reinforced concrete, are structurally deficient or functionally ...
A MULTISCALE STUDY OF CONCRETE SUBJECTED TO ELEVATED TEMPERATURES
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
Low aspect ratio, shear-critical, reinforced concrete walls are used in nuclear power plants to resist gravity and lateral forces, and some serve a containment function. Beyond design basis earthquake shaking has the ...
Reducing Earthquake-induced Damage to Precast Concrete Bridge Piers
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
Precast concrete is under-utilized in seismic regions. This dissertation will discuss methods for reducing earthquake-induced damage to precast concrete piers to enable deployment of accelerated construction in the regions ...
Framework for Fish Passage Design and Evaluation: Application for Emerald Shiners in Niagara River
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
Anthropogenic modification of natural rivers in the form of dams, dredging, or shoreline alteration can significantly impede river connectivity. Fish passage plays a significant role in mitigating ecological impairment. ...
Model-in-the-Loop Testing of Flexible-Bus Conductors Interconnecting Substation Equipment
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
Seismic performance of electrical substation equipment is of paramountimportance to avoid power outages and economic losses, and to ensureefficient post-earthquake response. Significant progress had been madetowards improving ...
Analytical and Numerical Framework for the Seismic Assessment of Infilled RC Frames
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
This dissertation proposes a framework of computational and analytical tools for the efficient and accurate prediction of the nonlinear seismic behavior of buildings with masonry-infilled RC frames. The proposed framework ...
DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A SEISMIC ISOLATION SYSTEM FOR LIGHTWEIGHT RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
While seismic isolation has found widespread application ranging from apartment buildings to monumental and essential facilities, only Japan has a significant number of applications of seismic isolation to houses, which ...