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MASKE: A Kinetic Simulator of Coupled Chemical and Mechanical Processes Driving Microstructural Evolution
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The microstructure of materials evolves through chemical reactions and mechanical stress, often strongly coupled in phenomena such as pressure solution or crystallization pressure. This article presents the Microstructural ... -
Managing Railway Bridges Crossing Waterways through a Machine Learning-Based Maintenance Policy
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Recently, more frequent and severe natural hazards that are caused by climate change have posed a great threat to the safety of transport systems worldwide. To enhance bridges’ resilience to natural hazards, this paper ... -
Managing Peak Water Demand Behavior through Dynamic Tariffs
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Water supply pipe network infrastructure and pumps are designed to meet peak water demand. A 4-month dynamic tariff intervention was conducted to manage peak demand and reduce costs for sustainable waterworks. Dynamic ... -
Managing Nighttime Pressure for Background Leakage Control in Water Distribution Networks Using Simulated Annealing
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)In recent decades, the global imperative to address drinking water scarcity encourages initiatives that ensure a sustainable supply. In this context, this work presents a two-stage methodology designed to reduce background ... -
Management of Phosphorus from Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal Recycle Streams Using Lanthanum Chloride
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) in wastewater treatment processes is gaining popularity as a substitute for chemical precipitation because of its cost-effectiveness and decreased production of sludge. ... -
Maintaining Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Urban and Rural Vermont: Municipal Maintenance Capacity, Aesthetics, and Connections to Stormwater Policy
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Tasked with the implementation of green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) to address water quantity and quality issues, municipalities face challenges regarding the function of stormwater projects and perceptions surrounding ... -
Macroscopic and Microscopic Evaluation of the Effect of Mellowing Time on the Mechanical Properties of Expansive Clay Stabilized with Class F Fly Ash–Based Geopolymer
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)For construction quality control, the compaction delay referred to as mellowing time (MT) is crucial for achieving the desired outcomes of the chemical soil stabilization process in the field. In the current study, fly ... -
Machine Learning Models for Prediction of Shade-Affected Stream Temperatures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This study evaluates the selection of predictor variables for machine learning (ML) models of stream temperatures affected by riparian shading. Two scenarios of model development were examined—ML models for the prediction ... -
An Investigation of the Interfacial Healing Behavior of Graphene-Modified Asphalt Binders Simulated Using Molecular Dynamics and the Two-Piece Healing Test
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Microscopic tests, molecular dynamics (MD) simulation, and two-piece healing (TPH) approaches were employed to investigate the interfacial intrinsic healing behavior and mechanisms of graphene-modified asphalt (GMA) binders ... -
Machine Learning for Predicting Prehurricane Structural Damage
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)This study proposes a novel framework for the prediction of structural damages caused by extreme weather and climate events. In current practice, following a weather event, inspectors manually evaluate damaged structures ... -
LSTM-CNN Architecture for Construction Activity Recognition Using Optimal Positioning of Wearables
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Enhancing construction worker performance, safety, and project management through automated activity classification is a promising endeavor. By extracting activity-level information, this technology provides valuable ... -
LS-DEM Guided Analysis of Geotechnical Tests: Exploring Strength Anisotropy and Stress Dependency
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Reliable interpretation of model tests in geotechnical engineering often is hampered by the limitations of traditional laboratory element testing, especially under low-stress conditions and unconventional stress paths. ... -
LRFD Resistance Factors for Base-Grouted Drilled Shafts in Cohesionless Soil
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Base grouting below a drilled shaft tipped in sand has been shown in many cases to dramatically improve both the initial stiffness and ultimate end-bearing resistance. After promising results from base-grouting case studies ... -
LRFD Calibration of Internal Limit States for Polymer Strap MSE Walls
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The paper demonstrates load and resistance factor design (LRFD) calibration for tensile strength, connection strength, pullout, and soil failure internal stability limit states for polyester strap mechanically stabilized ... -
Low-Speed Performance Analysis of Double Swept Waverider with Wing Dihedral
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The double swept waverider offers superior performances in subsonic states while retaining a high lift-to-drag (L/D) ratio in hypersonic state, thus overcoming some deficiencies of the traditional waverider. However, it ... -
Low-Carbon Multiobjective Optimization for Repetitive Projects Based on Crew-Based Scheduling Strategy
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Repetitive projects represent a significant proportion of the construction industry. Effectively reducing carbon emissions from such projects plays an important role in mitigating climate change. This study employs the ... -
Low-Carbon Foamed Concrete Based on Alkali Residue and GGBS versus Conventional Foamed Concrete: Comparative Experimental Research
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This study advocates a low-carbon foamed concrete (FC), termed alkali residue (AR) ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS)-based FC (AG-FC). A comprehensive assessment of the macro-micro properties of AG-FC and ... -
Long-Term Structural Behavior of Concrete Face Rockfill Dams Considering Fluid–Solid Coupling Effects and Spatial Parameter Variability
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)A numerical method is proposed to analyze the long-term structural behavior of concrete face rockfill dams (CFRDs), considering fluid–solid coupling and the spatial variability of model parameters. Initially, a method was ... -
Long-Term Relaxation Characteristics of Hot-Dip Galvanized High-Strength Bolted Frictional GFRP Joints: An Experimental Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The bolt axial force of high-strength bolted frictional glass fiber–reinforced polymer (GFRP) joints is reduced by the viscoelastic behavior of the GFRP matrix resin. In this study, the long-term relaxation characteristics ... -
An Integrated Resilience and Assessment Methodology Framework for Addressing Uncertainty in Highway Operation and Maintenance Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Highway operation and maintenance (O&M) systems exhibit characteristics of multisubsystem correlations and interactions among multiple disaster-causing factors over time. Traditional risk-centered approaches, which ...