Civil and Environmental Engineering
This is the collection for the University of Waterloo's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering .
Research outputs are organized by type (eg. Master Thesis, Article, Conference Paper).
Waterloo faculty, students, and staff can contact us or visit the UWSpace guide to learn more about depositing their research.
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Integrated Daily Windows and But-For Analyses for Accurate Schedule Forensics in Construction Projects
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-04)Construction projects usually operate in dynamic multi-party constrained environments that frequently cause schedule delays and cost overruns and lead to disputes among parties. To mitigate such disputes and fairly apportion ... -
Drinking Water Treatment Technology Resilience for Management of Severely Deteriorated Water after Wildfire
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-29)Severe wildland fire is occurring with increased frequency in many regions and can be potentially catastrophic for the provision of safe drinking water due to increasingly variable or deteriorated source quality. Deteriorated ... -
Coupled Numerical Moelling Of Vacuum Consolidation With Nonuniform Pore Pressure Distribution
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-27)In this study, Biot’s type hydro-mechanical coupled numerical models are used to examine ground improvement of fine-grained soft soil deposits using prefabricated vertical drains (PVD) and vacuum assisted consolidation ... -
Assessing Input Uncertainty in Commodity-Based Freight Demand Models
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-27)Freight demand models are a set of tools utilized for the forecasting, planning, analysis, and/or optimization of the movement of commodities, such as the billions-of-dollars-worth of goods and services that are moved ... -
Characterization of Fresh and Hardened Properties of 3D Printable Cementitious Materials Produced with Ground-Granulated Blast-Furnace Slag
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-24)Application of additive manufacturing technology to promote the digital construction practice in civil engineering has been gaining momentum, especially during the past 5 years. To this end, three dimensionalconcrete ... -
Estimating Intersection Annual Average Daily Bicycle Traffic from 8-hour Turning Movement Counts
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-23)This thesis outlines a set of procedures for estimating annual average daily bicycle traffic (AADB) from one day, 8-hour turning movement counts (TMCs). Factoring methods for annualizing short duration counts have been ... -
Effects of GFRP Reinforcement on the Compressive Behaviour of Square SPF Timber Columns
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-22)Wood structural elements are gaining popularity of use through greater availability of engineered wood products and a more sustainability focused construction industry. Stringent modern codes and extreme load cases (e.g., ... -
Active Acoustics for Monitoring Unreported Leaks in Water Distribution Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-08)Water distribution networks (WDNs) are critical infrastructure elements conveying water through thousands of kilometers of pipes. Pipes - one of the most critical elements in such systems - are subjected to various structural ... -
Bayesian Inference of Stochastic Degradation Models: A Likelihood-Free Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-03)The structural integrity and system performance of large engineering systems are adversely affected by various forms of degradation mechanisms. Modeling of such mechanisms is accomplished by collecting degradation data ... -
Developing a Risk Assessment Framework for Evaluating and Mitigating Occupational Exposure of Migrant Farmworkers to Enteric Pathogens in Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-30)Seasonal migrant farmworkers are a group of workers that annually participate in the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP), a federally managed labour migration program set up to respond to the labour shortage in the ... -
Coagulant addition for managing sediment-associated phosphorus bioavailability to prevent cyanobacterial blooms in drinking water reservoirs
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-27)To ensure the uninterrupted supply of adequate amounts of drinking water, many utilities rely on reservoirs for raw (i.e., untreated) water storage prior to treatment. For example, reservoirs are integral to storing water ... -
Development of Performance-Related Specifications for Asphalt Mixtures in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-25)Superpave mix design relying on volumetric specifications is not completely able to predict the long-term performance of asphalt pavements. Therefore, implementation of suitable performance specifications is crucial to ... -
Remediation of Weathered Light Nonaqueous Phase Liquids by Persulfate: In-Situ Performance Assessment and Numerical Modeling
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-25)Light nonaqueous phase liquids (LNAPLs) petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs) subsurface contamination is complex and poses considerable risks to human health and the environment. The PHC contaminated sites are often difficult to ... -
Transport and Targeted Binding of Polymer-Coated Nanoparticles in Unsaturated Porous Media
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-25)The effectiveness of most in situ remedial technologies lies on successful delivery of reagents to a target treatment zone. Advances in nanoparticle (NP) materials has led to the targeted delivery concept in which the NP ... -
Semi-Automated Microscopic Traffic Flow Simulation Development Using Smart City Data
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-24)Microscopic traffic simulation models have been widely used by transportation planners and engineers for conducting various road network planning and traffic engineering tasks. Due to data limitations, traffic simulation ... -
Automating Water Capital Activities Using Naïve Bayes Classifier with Supervised Learning Algorithm
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-09)Municipal governments have the responsibility to provide safe drinking water to residents. Maintaining water infrastructure systems to keep a certain level of service is a vital service. It is possible by assessing all ... -
Pragmatic Groundwater-Surface Water Model Coupling with Unstructured Grids
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-29)Faced with an array of water issues exacerbated by a rapidly changing climate, hydrologists and hydrogeologists have increasingly found themselves needing to simultaneously model the groundwater and surface water domains ... -
Impact of Anaerobic Biofilm Formation on Sorption Characteristics of Powdered Activated Carbon
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-23)Subsurface contamination by petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs) results from the leakage of petroleum products during extraction, processing or transport. It has been documented that activated carbon (AC) can effectively sorb ... -
Development of a New and Innovative Concrete Paver
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-22)Interlocking Concrete pavers (ICPs) have become increasingly common in North America. These pavements consist of impermeable concrete paving units and permeable joints that allow water to freely enter the surface. The ... -
Mechanistic Framework for Risk Assessment of Cast Iron Water Main Fractures due to Moisture-Induced Soil Expansion
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-09)North American water distribution networks are at significant risk of failure due to aging cast iron pipes. For instance, of the 650,000 kilometers of cast-iron pipes in active service in the United States and Canada, ...
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