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Strength activity and microstructure of blended ultra-fine coal bottom ash-cement mortar by Oruji, Soheil, Brake, Nicholas A., Nalluri, Likhith, Guduru, Ramesh K.

“…•Pulverized BA increases the setting time and workability of mortar.•Pulverized BA strength activity can be retained above 100% at high replacements.•C-S-H in…”
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Flexural strength and fracture size effects of pervious concrete by Brake, Nicholas A., Allahdadi, Hamid, Adam, Fatih

“…•Pervious concrete notch bend tests were conducted to ascertain strength size effects.•Inverse analysis was used to determine the tensile strength of bending…”
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Prediction of size effect and non-linear crack growth in plain concrete under fatigue loading by Brake, Nicholas Andres, Chatti, Karim

“…•Determine cyclic induced bridging stresses in a plain concrete TPBSEN specimen using inverse analysis under cyclic loading.•Equivalent crack resistance is…”
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Enhancing Recycled Aggregate Concrete Using a Three-Stage Mixed Coal Bottom Ash Slurry Coating by Oruji, Soheil, Brake, Nicholas A., Hosseini, Seyedsaeid, Adesina, Mubarak, Nikookar, Mohammad

“…AbstractCoal bottom ash was pulverized into a fine powder and dispersed within a polycarboxylate-water solution to reinforce the interfacial transition zone…”
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Mitigation of ASR expansion in concrete using ultra-fine coal bottom ash by Oruji, Soheil, Brake, Nicholas A., Guduru, Ramesh K., Nalluri, Likhith, Günaydın-Şen, Özge, Kharel, Krishna, Rabbanifar, Saeed, Hosseini, Seyedsaeid, Ingram, Emily

“…•Fineness of pulverized bottom ash influences strength activity and ASR expansion.•ASR expansion is 10% less in F fly ash mortar than fine pulverized bottom…”
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Efficient Wireless Power Charging of Electric Vehicle by Modifying the Magnetic Characteristics of the Transmitting Medium by Mahmud, Mohammad Hazzaz, Elmahmoud, Weam, Barzegaran, M. R., Brake, Nicholas

“…There is a developing enthusiasm for electric vehicle (EV) innovations because of their lower fuel utilization and greenhouse emission output. Integrating EVs…”
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Real-Time Road Crack Mapping Using an Optimized Convolutional Neural Network by Brake, Nicholas A., Zhang, Jing, Hosseini, SeyedSaeid, Naddaf-Sh, M-Mahdi, Zargarzadeh, Hassan

“…Pavement surveying and distress mapping is completed by roadway authorities to quantify the topical and structural damage levels for strategic preventative or…”
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Interagency deployment of a shared low‐cost flood monitoring system to improve flood resilience across Southeast Texas: A case study by Adesina, Mubarak, Brake, Nicholas, Haselbach, Liv, Hariri Asli, Hossein

“…In 2021, eight counties in Southeast Texas formed a non‐tax authority flood control partnership to provide a forum for communication, create a regional…”
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Stabilization of Silty Clayey Dredged Material by Nguyen, T. Thuy Minh, Rabbanifar, Saeed, Brake, Nicholas A, Qian, Qin, Kibodeaux, Kyle, Crochet, Harold E, Oruji, Soheil, Whitt, Remington, Farrow, Joshua, Belaire, Brandon, Bernazzani, Paul, Jao, Mien

“…AbstractThis paper compares experimental results on the stabilization of clayey dredged material (DM) using quicklime (QL), hydrated lime (HL), portland cement…”
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Field surveying data of low-cost networked flood sensors in southeast Texas by Hariri Asli, Hossein, Brake, Nicholas, Kruger, Joseph, Haselbach, Liv, Adesina, Mubarak

“…Floods are common natural disasters worldwide and pose substantial risks to life, property, food production, and natural resources. Effective measures for…”
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Reusing Dredged Material through Stabilization with So-Called Bio-Enzyme Products by Rabbanifar, Saeed, Nguyen, Thi Thuy Minh, Qian, Qin, Brake, Nicholas A., Kibodeaux, Kyle, Crochet, Harold E., Oruji, Soheil, Whitt, Remington L., Farrow, Joshua S., Belaire, Brandon G., Bernazzani, Paul, Jao, Mien

“…Sediments are dredged from waterways to maintain maritime activities and prevent floods. Exorbitant amounts of money are budgeted for the removal of dredged…”
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Fatigue crack resistance characterisation of fully supported plain concrete beams by Brake, Nicholas A., Chatti, Karim, Albanna, Ali

“…A framework for characterising the static and fatigue crack resistance of a fully supported beam on an elastic foundation is presented. The crack resistance is…”
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Evolution to Critical Race Theory: Kentucky Legislative Curriculum Bans in 1922 and 2022 by Brake, Nicholas

“…This article draws from primary and secondary historical sources such as public policy documents, speeches, and media reports to trace attempts made by the…”
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Past, current, and future re-use of recycled non-potable water sources in concrete applications to reduce freshwater consumption- a review by Nikookar, Mohammad, Brake, Nicholas A., Adesina, Mubarak, Rahman, Ashiqur, Selvaratnam, Thinesh

“…This paper systematically reviews published studies involving the recycling and reuse of alternative non-potable industrial and domestic wastewater, seawater,…”
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Mechanochemically activated bottom ash-fly ash geopolymer by Hosseini, Seyedsaeid, Brake, Nicholas A., Nikookar, Mohammad, Günaydın-Şen, Özge, Snyder, Haley A.

“…A source of sub-bituminous coal bottom ash was mechanochemically activated by co-grinding fly ash and a sodium silicate powder for use in a geopolymer…”
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Equivalent Crack, Fracture Size Effect, and Cohesive Stress Zone of Plain Concrete under Quasi-Static and Variable High-Cycle Fatigue Loading by Brake, Nicholas Andres, Chatti, Karim

“…AbstractCompliance-derived equivalent cracks are often used in high-cycle fatigue cracking predictions for computational expediency. Its dependence on the…”
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Enhanced strength and microstructure of dredged clay sediment-fly ash geopolymer by mechanochemical activation by Hosseini, Seyedsaeid, Brake, Nicholas A., Nikookar, Mohammad, Günaydın-Şen, Özge, Snyder, Haley A.

“…•Activation efficacy depends on fly ash quantity and reactivity.•Activation is most effective when dredge clay loading is<25%.•Activation significantly…”
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Durability, workability, and setting time of cementitious systems containing chloride-rich oil and gas production wastewater by Nikookar, Mohammad, Brake, Nicholas A., Asli, Hossein Hariri, Adesina, Mubarak, Rahman, Ashiqur, Selvaratnam, Thinesh, Bradley, Robert K.

“…•Produced water can successfully be used as concrete mixing water.•Produced water increases pore formation factor in low w/c systems.•Produced water reduces…”
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Reutilization of oil and gas produced water in cement composite manufacturing by Nikookar, Mohammad, Brake, Nicholas A., Adesina, Mubarak, Rahman, Ashiqur, Selvaratnam, Thinesh, Snyder, Haley A., Günaydın-Sen, Ozge

“…Fast-paced urbanism results in the growing demand for more infrastructure, leading to increased concrete production, further depleting freshwater sources. One…”
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Properties of a magnetic concrete core transformer for application in wireless power transfer systems by Edwards, Kyle A.T., Al-Abed, Suhaib H., Hosseini, Seyedsaeid, Brake, Nicholas A.

“…•Composite steel – magnetic concrete cores were cast and tested under a sine wave.•Ferritic inclusions can reduce the flux losses between steel rod…”
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