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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Evaluating the Confinement Effect to Improve Gravel Runway Performance
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-23)This research was intended to adapt an existing strength testing method used only in Russia for conformance with Aircraft Flight Manuals typical of North America. Bearing strength requirements are typically listed by minimum ... -
Investigation of Parameters Effecting Concrete Core Performance for Quality Control and Assurance
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-23)The ever-evolving concrete construction industry has required stronger concrete, faster turnarounds, and better durability. To achieve this, the concrete mixtures have changed drastically, including a large amount of ... -
Online Monitoring Framework for Pressure Transient Detection in Water Distribution Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-23)Access to potable drinking water is a necessity and basic human right. Most North Americans obtain treated water through water distribution networks, an essential part of municipal infrastructure that is subject to decay ... -
Methodology for improving the net environmental impacts of new buildings through product recovery management
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-18)Buildings contribute significantly to the global environmental load caused by human activities. There has been a growing interest in improving a building's performance over all of the life-cycle stages (production, ... -
Feasibility Study of Lean Oil Sand as Base and Surface Material on Gravel Roads in Alberta
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-18)A major concern has been raised by Imperial Oil Inc. that dust issues extensively occurred on the gravel roads in Kearl Lake Oil Sand site in northern Alberta, Canada. Some mitigation measures had been utilized to minimize ... -
An Investigation of Non-stationary Nature of Environmental Data
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-17)Several investigations have shown that the Earth's climate is experiencing change, as evident by rising global temperatures, receding ice sheets and reducing glacier sizes. There is also empirical observation supporting ... -
Development of a Compact, Energy-Positive Food Waste Treatment Process
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-17)This study developed an innovative bioprocess for food waste (FW) treatment by combining a leach bed reactor (LBR) with an anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR). The two bioreactors were consistently operated at neutral ... -
Chaotic Advection for Enhanced Reagent Mixing
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-17)In situ remediation techniques commonly involve the injection of a reagent into the subsurface to create a zone in which biological and/or chemical reactions lead to mass destruction of contaminants. In these injection-driven ... -
Evaluation of Techniques for Flood Quantile Estimation in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-08)As one of the most destructive natural hazards, floods have a strong and devastating influence on various aspects of human society and the environment. Damages from floods can include property loss, destruction of ... -
Sodium Chloride and Freezing Temperatures Increasing the Weathering of a Shale Bedrock Channel
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-05)Studies on erodibility in shale channels attribute slaking as the primary weathering mechanism, and consider chemical weathering mechanisms as a secondary agent (Tinkler and Parish, 1998). This research examines the roles ... -
Engineering and Environmental Assessment of Foam Glass Lightweight Aggregate for Pavement Application
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-02)Foam-Glass Lightweight Aggregate (FG-LWA) is an innovative lightweight material based 95% on waste and recycled glass. Several European countries use this type of material in the pavement structure and mainly as lightweight ... -
Deployable Vibration Control Systems for Lightweight Structures
(University of Waterloo, 2019-03-27)The recent push towards lightweight, efficient, and innovative structural designs has brought forth a range of vibration control issues related to implementation, effectiveness, and control system design that are not fully ... -
Risk-Based Decision Support Framework for Managing Excessive Geometric Variability Issues in Modular Construction
(University of Waterloo, 2019-03-15)Managing and controlling excessive dimensional and geometrical variability (i.e., tolerances) of modular components and assemblies during the fabrication, transportation, and erection phases, represents a major issue in ... -
Improved Data Uncertainty Handling in Hydrologic Modeling and Forecasting Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2019-03-15)In hydrologic modeling and forecasting applications, many steps are needed. The steps that are relevant to this thesis include watershed discretization, model calibration, and data assimilation. Watershed discretization ... -
Advances in Hydraulic Fracture Simulation - Dynamic and Quasi-static Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2019-03-05)Hydraulic fracturing (HF) is an effective technique for permeability enhancement of conventional and unconventional reservoirs. HF is performed by injecting a fluid (usually water-based), sand, and chemicals into a formation ... -
Efficient treatment of climate data uncertainty in ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) based on an existing historical climate ensemble dataset
(Elsevier, 2019-01)Successful data assimilation depends on the accurate estimation of forcing data uncertainty. Forcing data uncertainty is typically estimated based on statistical error models. In practice, the hyper-parameters of statistical ... -
Turbulence structures in isolated pool-riffle units
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-28)The macroscale morphology of a river has significant effects on sediment transport, flow pattern, bed stability, and ecosystem function. Pools and riffles, which are respectively the deeper and shallower parts of the bed, ... -
Three Dimensional Digital Image Correlation for Dynamic Measurements
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-25)Structural inspections have traditionally been completed by inspectors using simple tools to determine the health of a structure. The limitations using these techniques led to the development of quantitative sensors such ... -
Pressure Sensor Placement for Leak Diagnosis under Demand Uncertainty in Water Distribution Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-24)Leakages in concealed pipes in urban water distribution systems (WDS) can cause losses of up to 25% of potable water supply in municipalities. These losses are not only a tremendous waste of water but also the energy spent ... -
Construction Site-Layout Optimization Considering Workers' Behaviors Around Site Obstacles, Using Agent-Based Simulation
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-24)The majority of construction projects, especially large ones, experience time delays, cost overruns, productivity loss, and/or accidents. This is particularly so in case of congested and disorganized sites that contain ...
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