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Phase II: Correlation Between Experimental and Finite Element Analysis
(2014)In this study, we will monitor the behavior of the Alaska Chulitna Bridge for the specific purpose of assisting the DOT in performing an accurate condition assessment of this bridge. Based on the state-of-the-art SHM ... -
A Platform for Proactive Risk-Based Slope Asset Management - Phase I
(2014)Unstable slopes, including landslides, rock falls, and debris flows, present significant risk to safety and regional commerce, and present a chronic concern for highway managers. Due to the widespread spatial and temporal ... -
A Platform for Proactive Risk-Based Slope Asset Management - Phase II
(2015)The lidar visualization technique developed by this project enables highway managers to understand changes in slope characteristics along highways. This change detection and analysis can be the basis of informed decisions ... -
Predicting Liquefaction in Near-Real-Time (NRT): An Assessment of Geospatial vs. Geotechnical Models During the Canterbury Earthquakes
(2017-10)Semi-empirical models based on in-situ geotechnical tests have become the standard of practice for predicting soil liquefaction. Since the inception of the "simplified" cyclic-stress model in 1971, variants based on various ... -
Probabalistic Prediction of Severity of Liquefaction Surface Manifestation Using Geotechnical and Geospatial Models
(2017-08-08)The severity of liquefaction manifested at the ground surface is a pragmatic proxy of damage potential for various infrastructure assets, making it particularly useful for hazard mapping ,land-use planning, and preliminary ... -
Production of Renewable Diesel Fuel from Biologically Based Feedstocks
(2014)Renewable diesel is an emerging option to achieve the goal set by the Federal Renewable Fuel Standard of displacing 20% of our nation’s petroleum consumption with renewable alternatives by 2022. It involves converting ... -
Refinement and Dissemination of a Digital Platform for Sharing Transportation Education Materials
(2015)National agencies have called for more widespread adoption of best practices in engineering education. To facilitate this sharing of practices a web-based system framework used by transportation engineering educators to ... -
Regional Map-Based Analytical Platform for Statewide Highway Safety Performance Assessment
(2016)This research extended models for predicting current crash counts by severity (CCS) by developing a two-stage regression model and a generalized nonlinear regression model for formulating a new method for identifying ... -
Rendering of Dense, Point Cloud Data in a High Fidelity Driving Simulator
(2014)Driving Simulators are advanced tools that can address many research questions in transportation. Recently they have been used to advance the practice of transportation engineering, specifically signs, signals, pavement ... -
Roundabout Design Training for Alaska's Engineers
(2015)Roundabout are an emerging type of intersection design, are a relatively new addition to the transportation system in the United States. As a result, guidelines for roundabout design and construction are very broad and ... -
Rural Bridge Safety: Evaluation of Atypically Large Farm Vehicles
(2018)The Pacific Northwest region has no data on the assessment and recommendations on rural bridge design and safety subjected to Farm Vehicle (FV) loading. The proposed study will determine how different types of FVs with ... -
Safe from Crime at Location-Specific Transit Facilities
(2018)Transit agencies identify two types of exposure to crime: the safety of riders and security. Transit operators have long monitored crime and are cognizant of high incident locations. However, they lack data-driven tools ... -
Safe Main Street Highways Part II: Analyses of Collisions Involving Pedestrians and Bicyclists in Washington State
(2016)This project contributes to the Washington State Strategic Highway Safety Plan, whose goals are to achieve zero road fatality and serious injury by 2030 and to reduce the number of pedestrians and bicyclists involved in ... -
Safe Truck Parking on PacTrans Interstate Corridors: I-5 and I-90
(2018)An inadequate supply of parking spaces for long-haul drivers creates safety issues that may lead to severe or fatal crashes, as tired drivers face the decision of choosing between parking at unsafe locations or continuing ... -
Safety and Operations Assessment of Various Left-Turn Phasing Strategies
(2018)This research evaluated the safety and operational impacts of different left turn movement treatments at signalized intersections. The project (1) compared the safety and operational impacts of protected-only left-turn ... -
Safety Communication Networks: Females in Small Work Crews
(2016)Construction workers experience one of the highest rates of injuries and fatalities in the U.S. Communication is essential for construction safety. Recent research has shown that worker demographics affect the diffusion ... -
Safety Data Management and Analysis: Addressing the Continuing Education Needs for the Pacific Northwest
(2016)Recent advancements in data collection capabilities have allowed transportation-related agencies to collect mountains of safety data. There is an immediate need to find out what types of safety data are being collected, ... -
Safety Data Management and Analysis: Addressing the Continuing Education Needs for the Pacific Northwest (Phase 2)
(2018)The purpose of this two-part project was to respond to gaps in delivering transportation safety education and to develop introductory curriculum materials for both academicians and practitioners. The project objectives ... -
Safety Evaluation of Statewide Off-Highway Vehicle Use in Alaska
(2018)Standard measures of risk and conflict, design guidelines, and informed policies and regulations for off-highway vehicle users (e.g., all-terrain vehicles and snow machines) near and on the traveled way are not well ... -
Safety of Idaho Rural Highways under 129,000-pound Trucks
(2018)A significant number of local highway jurisdictions in Idaho lack the engineering expertise and financial resources to conduct detailed assessments when requests are received to increase weight allowances for local roadways ...