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Understanding Fire Spread in Wildland-Urban Interface Communities
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
More than 70,000 U.S. communities, containing 46 million homes, are at risk of wildfires, yet only about 7,000 communities have adopted protection measures. The wildland urban interface (WUI) is defined as a geographic ...
NON-SYNOPTIC WIND-INDUCED EFFECTS ON LONG-SPAN BRIDGES: ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL APPROACHES
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
Long-span bridges are highly susceptible to wind excitations due to their flexibility and low structural damping. Currently, the analysis framework for examining the synoptic wind-induced effects on long-span bridges is ...
MACROSCOPIC STATE-LEVEL ANALYSIS OF PAVEMENT ROUGHNESS USING TIME-SPACE STATISTICAL MODELING METHODS
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)
This thesis uses pavement condition data collected from FHWA between 2001-2006 aggregated by US state, to identify macroscopic factors affecting pavement roughness in time and space. To account for prior pavement condition ...
Structural Health Monitoring using Unsupervised Learning Methods with a view on Post-Earthquake Damage Detection
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
In a world of aging infrastructure, structural health monitoring (SHM) emerged as a major step towards resilient and sustainable societies. As we live in the information age, the advancements in machine learning and sensor ...
Selection and Scaling of Ground Motions for Generating In-structure Floor Spectra in Nuclear Power Plants
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
Response-history analysis has become a widely used tool for design and performance assessment of structures, systems and components. Prior to such analysis, an engineer is required to select and scale earthquake ground ...
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 ...
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 ...
FLEXURAL BEHAVIOR OF HIGH-STRENGTH CONCRETE SLENDER WALLS – ANALYTICAL STUDY
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
The use of reinforced concrete structural walls is very common for resisting lateral forces induced by earthquakes and wind, particularly in medium-rise to high-rise buildings.They provide vertical continuity in the ...
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. ...
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 ...