Bridges constitute key elements of the nation's infrastructure and are subjected to considerable threats from natural hazards including seismic events. A range of potential bridge retrofit measures may be used to limit ...

This study uses a distributed hydrologic model to assess the impact of wetland loss on flood peaks. There is large agreement among hydrologists that wetlands have significant flood-mitigation potential. However, the lack ...

A pilot-scale aquifer system was used to evaluate groundwater quality impacts from a continuous release of an aqueous 10% v:v ethanol solution mixed with benzene and toluene (50 mg/L each). The geochemical footprints ...

The governing differential equations for the vibration of uniform circular arches have been derived considering in addition to the usual actions the effect of rotatory inertia and shear de-formation. A trial eigenvalue ...

The lower natural frequencies and the associated modes of vibration of uniform circular arches which are either fixed or simply supported at the ends are computed and studied in this thesis. A general theory which considers ...

This thesis presents a novel methodology for predicting flooding in complex urban environments. MIKE-FLOOD was used to dynamically model the interactions between overland flow, storm sewer drainage, and tail water by linking ...

A new generation of distributed hydrologic models has been developed to be compatible with recent advancements in remotely sensed and GIS data. In contrast to lumped conceptual rainfall-runoff models, physics-based distributed ...