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Methods for Assessing Wood Structures in Place
The Forest Products Laboratory is developing a comprehensive guideline for assessing the condition of existing wood structures. This paper provides an overview of the current literature...

Combined Compression-Shear Experiments on Mortar-Aggregate Interfaces
Material interfaces between matrix and aggregate particles in cementitious composites such as concrete are considered to be a very important component of the material microstructure, which...

Field Installation of Strain Gaged Geotextiles
High-strength polyester geotextiles were used in two major Corps of Engineers projects: Wilmington Harbor, Del. and New Bedford, Mass. To verify design assumptions and as part of monitoring...

Use of Geogrids on Soft Deposits
The construction of highway embankments over soft and waste deposits required the use of geogrids as an economical alternate to conventional methods of 'remove and replace'....

Sawn Lumber in Bridge Construction
This paper covers many aspects of design and construction that affect the specifications of the sawn wood components of a highway bridge. The relationships between the grading rules for...

Glued Laminated Timber for Bridge Construction
Structural glued laminated timber (glulam) was first introduced into the U.S. as a construction material in 1934. With the development of fully waterproof adhesives in the 1940's,...

Structural Wood Composites in Bridge Construction
Wood composites, known collectively as Structural Composite Lumber (SCL), are a family of wood-based products that better utilize the available wood fiber of a tree. This paper describes...

Applications of Wood Materials for Innovative Bridge Systems
This paper describes completed research and the status of research underway on timber bridges that are part of the USDA Forest Service timber bridge initiative. The initiative includes...

Improved Prediction of Masonry Durability Through Advanced Materials Science Methods
Several trends in the use of materials in civil engineering have made it imperative to improve the ability to predict the durability of masonry. This will require more emphasis on materials...

Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards by the Bureau of Reclamation
This paper outlines how the Bureau of Reclamation has historically participated in standards development for emerging technologies, and how present standards are applied or adapted for...

Are ASTM Standards Enough?
ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) is most likely the World's most renown developer of voluntary consensus standards. Its standards development process utilizes...

Construction Quality Assurance for Geomembranes
The results of and lessons learned from construction quality assurance (CQA) programs on 19 geomembrane liners are presented. The specifications are generally exceeded by comfortable margins...

Geocomposites Simplify Methane Barrier/Venting System Design
A case history describing the use of a geomembrane and geocomposite to simplify the design of a combined subsurface barrier and venting system is presented. The passive barrier and venting...

Spectral Techniques for Serviceability and Durability Assessment of High-Performance Construction Materials
Using spectral techniques, one can obtain the frequency content of a material specimen. Spectral measurements were made on specimens of Portland cement and a polymer based materials. In...

A Prestressed Kevlar/FRP Structural System
The strength/stiffness characteristics of a new lightweight composite structural system have been investigated in this study. The proposed system is constructed of FRP(E-glass/isophthalic...

Design of Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic Underground Storage Tanks
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the design and construction techniques of fiberglass composite underground storage tanks. The scope of this paper is limited to the straight shell...

An Extended Mixture Approach for Modeling of Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Materials
A rate-independent, anisotropic model for Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Materials (FRCMs) is presented. A continuum damage/plasticity model for the concrete and an effective fiber model...

High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cement-Based Composites
Fracture of cement-based composites reinforced by the relative high fiber volume is studied. Crack propagation and damage distribution were examined by laser holographic interferometry....

Material Properties Related to Pavement Performance
As part of the Strategic Highway Research Program, an effort has been made to review research literature which can be used to relate asphalt properties to pavement performance. This report...

Relationship Between Laboratory Aging Tests and Field Performance of Asphalt-Concrete Mixtures
Aging of asphalt mixtures is primarily associated with loss of volatile components and oxidation in asphalt during the construction phase (short-term aging), and progressive oxidation...

 

 

 

 

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