Design and application of accessible land-use modeling tools for Texas regions (open access)

Design and application of accessible land-use modeling tools for Texas regions

"This report consists of two parts. The first summarizes key details of the Suitability Analysis (SA) model, while the second illustrates the implementation details of the Gravity Land-Use Model (G-LUM). Both modeling approaches have been applied to the Austin region of Texas, but for different case study examples."
Date: August 2010
Creator: Kockelman, Kara; Anjomani, Ardeshir; Paul, Binny M.; Nostikasai, Dian; Tayyebi, Ali & Kharel, Gehandra
System: The Portal to Texas History
Training Manual for Pavement Concrete Proportioning Method (open access)

Training Manual for Pavement Concrete Proportioning Method

"This manual presents a method to proportion concrete paving mixtures made with manufactured sands and increased micro-fines percentages in a step-by-step manner. This method was adapted from Koehler's (2007) proportioning method for self-consolidating concrete" (p. 1).
Date: February 2010
Creator: McLeroy, Meredith; Fowler, David; Won, Moon & Whitney, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Proposed TxDOT strategic research program (open access)

Proposed TxDOT strategic research program

"This report documents the results of the work conducted by the Center for Transportation Research (CTR) at the University of Texas at Austin, the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), and The Center for Multidisciplinary Research in Transportation (TechMRT) at Texas Tech University, to assist TxDOT in developing the elements of the SRP."
Date: October 2010
Creator: Persad, Khali (Khali Ram), 1956-; Gilliland, Cynthia A. Weatherby; Nash, Phil; Machemehl, Randy B.; Stockton, Bill & Cleveland, Theodore
System: The Portal to Texas History
Assessing the environmental justice impacts of toll road projects (open access)

Assessing the environmental justice impacts of toll road projects

"The objective of this study was to extend the work that was conducted under TxDOT Research Project 0-5208 by (a) reviewing the ability of available tools and analysis techniques to quantify and qualitatively describe the (environmental justice) EJ impacts associated with toll road projects and toll road systems through an evaluation of state-of-the-practice applications, and (b) recommending a suitable approach to assess the EJ impacts of toll roads and toll road systems on EJ communities."
Date: October 2010
Creator: Prozzi, Jolanda; Carroll, Lindsey; Loftus-Otway, Lisa Dawn; Bhat, Chandra; Paleti, Rajesh & McCray, Talia M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guidance for erection and construction of curved I-girder bridges (open access)

Guidance for erection and construction of curved I-girder bridges

"This report summarizes the methods, results, and recommendations from a research investigation on the behavior of horizontally curved girders during construction. This information provides guidance on critical issues that bridge engineers face when designing curved steel plate I-girders."
Date: May 2010
Creator: Stith, Jason; Schuh, Andrew; Farris, Jamie; Petruzzi, Brian; Helwig, Todd; Williamson, Eric et al.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Progress during the first year towards building the Total Pavement Acceptance Device (TPAD) (open access)

Progress during the first year towards building the Total Pavement Acceptance Device (TPAD)

This report discusses the significant progress that was made towards developing the Total Pavement Acceptance Device (TPAD) during the first year of Project 0-6005.
Date: September 2010
Creator: Stokoe, Kenneth H.; Kallivokas, Loukas F.; Nam, Boo H.; Carpenter, Claire K.; Bryant, Adam D.; Weeks, Damon A. et al.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Laboratory evaluation of influence of operational tolerance (acceptance criterion) on performance of Hot-Mix Asphalt Concrete (open access)

Laboratory evaluation of influence of operational tolerance (acceptance criterion) on performance of Hot-Mix Asphalt Concrete

Report on a study examining the effects of variability in mix design of hot-mix asphalt concrete. The study tested the laboratory performance of the asphalt mixes and performed statistical analyses to determine the effects of each variable.
Date: June 2010
Creator: Vazquez, Christian G.; Aguiar-Moya, José Pablo; Smit, Andre de F. & Prozzi, Jorge Alberto
System: The Portal to Texas History