Browsing Margie and Bill Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design Faculty Research by Department "Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Construction Management"
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A Scientometric Analysis of Predicting Methods for Identifying the Environmental Risks Caused by Landslides
(2022-04-25)The effects of a landslide can represent a very big problem, including the death of people, damage to the land, environmental pollution and the loss of natural resources. Landslides are the most important medium for ... -
An Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition, Self-Organizing Map, and Linear Genetic Programming Approach for Forecasting River Streamflow
(6/9/2016)This study focused on employing Linear Genetic Programming (LGP), Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition (EEMD), and the Self-Organizing Map (SOM) in modeling the rainfall–runoff relationship in a mid-size catchment. Models ... -
Analysis of Bicycle-Motor Vehicle Crashes in San Antonio, Texas
(9/1/2021)Bicycling is inexpensive, environmentally friendly, and healthful; however, bicyclist safety is a rising concern. This study investigates bicycle crash-related key variables that might substantially differ in terms of the ... -
Analysis of Damage Caused by Hydrometeorological Disasters in Texas, 1960–2016
(10/20/2018)Property damages caused by hydrometeorological disasters in Texas during the period 1960–2016 totaled $54.2 billion with hurricanes, tropical storms, and hail accounting for 56%, followed by flooding and severe thunderstorms ... -
Analysis of Flood Fatalities in the United States, 1959–2019
(7/5/2021)Flooding is one of the main weather-related disasters that cause numerous fatalities every year across the globe. This study examines flood fatalities reported in the contiguous United States (US) from 1959 to 2019. The ... -
Analysis of Intersection Traffic Safety in the City of San Antonio, 2013–2017
(5/10/2021)An understanding of the contributing factors to severe intersection crashes is crucial for developing countermeasures to reduce crash numbers and severity at high-risk crash locations. This study examined the variables ... -
Analysis of Pedestrian–Motor Vehicle Crashes in San Antonio, Texas
(6/10/2021)Pedestrian safety is becoming a global concern and an understanding of the contributing factors to severe pedestrian crashes is crucial. This study analyzed crash data for San Antonio, TX, over a six-year period to understand ... -
Application of Viscous Damper and Laminated Rubber Bearing Pads for Bridges in Seismic Regions
(10/20/2021)Normally, Laminated Rubber Bearing Pads (LRBPs) are directly placed between girders and piers and their role is to provide the bridge span with horizontal movement, and to transmit the gravity loads from the deck to the ... -
Assessment of Sea Level and Morphological Changes along the Eastern Coast of Bangladesh
(2022-04-11)Bangladesh is one of the climate risk-prone countries in South Asia facing tremendous challenges to combat sea-level rise and its associated coastal morphological changes. This study aimed to determine the interaction of ... -
Assessment of the Performance of Satellite-Based Precipitation Products for Flood Events across Diverse Spatial Scales Using GSSHA Modeling System
(5/28/2018)Accurate precipitation measurements for high magnitude rainfall events are of great importance in hydrometeorology and climatology research. The focus of the study is to assess the performance of satellite-based precipitation ... -
A block forward substitution method for solving the hypercomplex finite element system of equations
(Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering;387, 2021-12-15)The hypercomplex finite element method, ZFEM, allows the analyst to compute highly-accurate arbitrary-order shape, material property, and loading derivatives by augmenting the traditional finite element method with multiple ... -
Brief Communication: Analysis of the Fatalities and Socio-Economic Impacts Caused by Hurricane Florence
(1/26/2019)Florence made landfall on the southeastern coast of North Carolina (NC) generating torrential rainfall and severe flooding that led to 53 fatalities in three states (NC, SC, and VA) and $16–$40 billion in damage. Seventy-seven ... -
Coastal Runoff in the United Arab Emirates—The Hazard and Opportunity
(9/29/2019)Properly quantifying the potential exposure of hyper-arid regions to climate extremes is fundamental to developing frameworks that can be used to manage these extremes. In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), rapid growth may ... -
A complex-variable cohesive finite element subroutine to enable efficient determination of interfacial cohesive material parameters
(Engineering Fracture Mechanics;247, 2021-04-15)A new complex-variable version of a cohesive element is presented that provides highly accurate first order derivatives of the nodal displacements with respect to the cohesive fracture parameters. These sensitivities are ... -
A complex-variable finite element method-based inverse methodology to extract constitutive parameters using experimental data
(2022-05-15)This paper presents the use of full-field kinematic measurements obtained using the digital image correlation (DIC) procedure and load–displacement data to determine constitutive material properties by solving an inverse ... -
Data- and Model-Based Discharge Hindcasting over a Subtropical River Basin
(9/17/2021)This study aims to evaluate the performance of the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT), a simple Auto-Regressive with eXogenous input (ARX) model, and a gene expression programming (GEP)-based model in one-day-ahead ... -
Deterioration Models for Texas Bridges and Culverts
(2023-02-18)This paper discusses 38 bridge- and eight culvert deterioration models of three bridge and one culvert condition rating stored in the National Bridge Inventory (NBI) as Items 58, 59, 60 and 62. The models were developed ... -
Development and Assessment of High-Resolution Radar-Based Precipitation Intensity-Duration-Curve (IDF) Curves for the State of Texas
(7/23/2021)Conventionally, in situ rainfall data are used to develop Intensity Duration Frequency (IDF) curves, which are one of the most effective tools for modeling the probability of the occurrence of extreme storm events at ... -
Development of a Photovoltaic-Based Module for Harvesting Solar Energy from Pavement: A Lab and Field Assessment
(2023-04-09)The concurrent worldwide energy crisis has become a strong incentive for researchers, governments, and industry professionals to focus on sustainable energy solutions. Consequently, pavement photovoltaic energy harvesting ... -
Digital Filter Design for Force Signals from Eulerian–Lagrangian Analyses of Wave Impact on Bridges
(2022-11-14)Finite element (FE) models that simulate wave–superstructure interactions with the coupled Eulerian–Lagrangian (CEL) technique provide a viable and economical solution to estimate wave impact forces on bridge superstructures. ...