Abstract: Recent natural events such as earthquakes in Japan and storm surge effects in New York have led to the growing interest in sustainable civil engineering. While sustainability topics, such as soil liquefaction and green ...

Abstract: This paper examines the estimation of a global nonlinear gas turbine model using NARMAX techniques. Linear models estimated on small-signal data are first examined and the need for a global ...

Abstract: In both the United States and the United Kingdom, slurry walls are used as vertical barriers to control groundwater flow and to contain contaminants as part of waste containment systems. In the United States, slurry walls ...

Abstract: The fibroblast-populated collagen lattice is an attractive model tissue for in vitro studies of cell behavior and as the basis for bioartificial tissues. In spite of its simplicity—containing ...

Abstract: The frequency-domain identification of gas turbine dynamics is discussed. Models are directly estimated from engine data and used to validate linearized thermodynamic models derived from the engine ...

Abstract: Flexible-wall permeability tests and rigid-wall consolidation/permeability tests were performed to evaluate the hydraulic conductivity and compressibility of a model soil-bentonite (SB) backfill amended with granular ...

Abstract: Two soil-bentonite cutoff-wall backfills obtained from construction sites, one in New Jersey and one in Delaware, were tested for the existence of membrane behavior. Both backfills were designed as a mixture of dry bentonite ...