The US Transportation Collection consists of documents from across all transportation modes with specific focus on research reports from US DOT, state DOTs, and other transportation organizations.
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This report reviews existing and proposed legislation relevant to connected vehicle infrastructure (CVI) implementation, identifies existing funding mechanisms for CVI implementation, reviews CVI pilot programs and case studies, and provides an overview of CVI technology. CVI technology is one component of the broader category of Intelligent Transp
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The Panama Canal is a set of locks that allows vessels to pass through the Isthmus of Panama. When the Panama Canal opened in 1914, it provided the first ever direct water passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The new all-water global shipping route allowed for shorter maritime travel distances between several key markets and significant
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This study focused on the presence of a crack in the railway wheel’s subsurface and how it affects the wheel’s fatigue life. A 3-D FE-model was constructed to simulate the stress/strain fields that take place under the rolling contact of railway wheels on rails. To achieve computational efficiency and accuracy, a multiscale technique was employed.
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This report aims to supplement our previous report (Yonge et al. 2016; WA-RD 816.3) that assessed copper and zinc adsorption to lignocellulosic filtration media using laboratory tests and field-scale column tests for urban stormwater remediation. The current project extends the species of wood materials that were investigated in the earlier study.
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Pretensioned bent caps are an attractive substructure component because they offer contractors an option for fabrication by prestressing plants and can be used to eliminate or reduce cracks. Two sets of design recommendations were developed to enable implementation of pretensioned caps. The first allows for conversion of RC designs to pretensioned
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Highway construction disturbs soil, which must be stabilized to prevent migration of soil particles into water bodies. Stabilization is enforced by law, regulation, and a permit system. Stabilization is most efficiently attained by reestablishment of vegetation, and permits sometimes specify this method of stabilization. Revegetation is difficult i
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The herbicide applicator training program of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) consists of initial pesticide applicator training schools, certification testing, sprayer calibration workshops and on-going yearly continuing education sessions. Four pesticide applicator certification schools were conducted by Oklahoma State University (
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Two independent modelers ran two hydraulic models, SRH-2D and HEC-RAS 2D. The models were applied to the Lakina River (MP 44 McCarthy Road) and to Quartz Creek (MP 0.7 Quartz Creek Road), which approximately represent straight and bend flow conditions, respectively. We compared the results, including water depth, depth averaged velocity, and bed sh
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This study was conducted under RE-CAST Project 1B “Formwork Pressure Measurements and Prediction of High Performance Concrete with Adapted Rheology.” High performance concrete with adapted rheology (HPC-AR) is a term for a wide range of concrete materials for which flow and workability is a major design objective. HPC-AR includes self-consolidating
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The primary goal of this study was to develop an implementation plan for the Dynamic Cone Penetrometer (DCP) device and specifications. In an effort to reach this goal, two field demonstrations of the DCP were conducted for contractors and NJDOT personnel on active NJDOT job sites. Each job site also conducted compaction quality testing using the n
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This report describes research work to develop an automated acoustic scanning system for rapid concrete bridge deck evaluation. The system consists of multiple channels of ball-chain impact sources and MEMs microphones for continuous acoustic wave excitation and non-contact acoustic sensing. A high precision RTK GPS with centimeter resolution provi
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Wind turbines located on sites known as wind farms have become popular in the United States and elsewhere because they may be able to reduce, if not replace, the use of fossil fuels for energy production. The development of wind farms has been particularly rapid in recent years along the so-called "wind corridors" in such areas as Kansas, Nebraska,
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This project focused on the chloride-induced corrosion of reinforcing steel in structural concrete. The primary goal of this project is to analyze the surface chloride concentration level of the concrete bridge decks throughout Colorado. The study indicates three factors that can affect chloride concentration levels in bridge decks: age of the conc
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The National Cooperative Highway Research Program’s Domestic Scan (NCHRP Project 20-68A) on bridge scour risk management brought more than 30 national bridge scour experts together for a week in July 2016 to examine ways to prevent and remediate bridge scour. To help disseminate these experts’ knowledge and innovations to professionals in Michigan,
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Wind turbines located on sites known as wind farms have become popular in the United States and elsewhere because they may be able to reduce, if not replace, the use of fossil fuels for energy production. The development of wind farms has been particularly rapid in recent years along the so-called "wind corridors" in such areas as Kansas, Nebraska,
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This report explores the application of a discrete computational model for predicting the fracture behavior of asphalt mixtures at low temperatures based on the results of simple laboratory experiments. In this discrete element model, coarse aggregates are explicitly represented by spheres, and these spheres are connected by bonds representing the
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In this research, a policy framework was developed and used as a tool to determine the impacts of change in truck traffic on a regional level as a result of policy change. To achieve the objective, three demand models were used in the framework which is built on the principle of behavioral route choice and mode-choice assignment problem. The proble
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A method is proposed herein for predicting the onset of thermal buckling in rails in such a way as to provide a means of avoiding this type of potentially devastating failure. The method consists of the development of a thermomechanical model of rail buckling, together with the construction of an on-the-fly experimental apparatus that is capable of
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This guide has been prepared as a tool to help stakeholders and participants in bridge and railing design to better understand options available for potentially successful application in future projects. Hopefully, this information will help to streamline the processes of rail selection and coastal development permitting. Part II, Rails and Barrier
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This report includes: (1) an overview of relevant literature related to maintenance scheduling, prioritization, and methodologies; (2) Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) maintenance background and current approach including information from the Field Operations Guide Manual, Maintenance Rating Program, and Maintenance Guidance Manual; and (3) R
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