Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

 

These digital collections include theses, dissertations, various series, various conference publications, faculty publications, student publications and datasets from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Due to departmental name changes, materials from the following historical departments are also included here: Civil Engineering.

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  • 43rd annual AGU hydrology days 

    Author(s):American Geophysical Union, author; Colorado State University, author; One Water Solutions Institute, author
    Date Issued:2023
    Format:born digital; programs (documents); abstracts (summaries)
    Includes the schedule and presentation abstracts only. The 43rd Annual American Geophysical Union Hydrology Days meeting held on March 21-22, 2023 provides a unique opportunity for students, faculty, staff and practitioners ...

  • Compound strip method for the analysis of continuous elastic plates 

    Author(s):Puckett, Jay A., author; Gutkowski, Richard M., author; Colorado State University. Civil Engineering Department, publisher
    Date Issued:1983-10
    Format:technical reports
    A finite strip method (FSM) is developed for the analysis of Iinear elastic flat plate systems which are continuous over deflecting supports. The approach presented incorporates the effect of the support elements in a ...

  • Nondestructive evaluation of wood properties by stress wave spectral analysis 

    Author(s):Shaler, Stephen M., author; Bodig, Jozsef, author; Histand, Michael B., author; Colorado State University. Civil Engineering Department, publisher
    Date Issued:1982-11
    Format:technical reports
    The influence of selected properties on the propagation of stress waves in wood was investigated. Waveform analysis of the stress waves was performed using spectral analysis techhniques developed for stationary random ...

  • Managing developing landscapes for stormwater, water yield, and ecosystem services with data-driven approaches 

    Author(s):Choat, Benjamin, author; Bhaskar, Aditi, advisor; Sharvelle, Sybil, committee member; Kampf, Stephanie, committee member; Ross, Matthew, committee member
    Date Issued:2022
    Format:born digital; doctoral dissertations
    To view the abstract, please see the full text of the document.

  • Improvements in GRACE-based terrestrial water storage anomalies for groundwater depletion and ecohydrological analyses 

    Author(s):Ukasha, Muhammad, author; Niemann, Jeffrey D., advisor; Grigg, Neil S., committee member; Bailey, Ryan T., committee member; Ronayne, Michael J., committee member
    Date Issued:2022
    Format:born digital; doctoral dissertations
    To view the abstract, please see the full text of the document.

  • Physical-socio-economic systems integration for community resilience-informed decision-making and policy selection 

    Author(s):Wang, Wanting, author; van de Lindt, John W., advisor; Mahmoud, Hussam, committee member; Guo, Yanlin, committee member; Cutler, Harvey, committee member
    Date Issued:2022
    Format:born digital; doctoral dissertations
    Natural hazards are damaging communities with cascading catastrophic economic and social consequences at an increasing rate due to climate change and land use policies. Comprehensive community resilience assessment and ...

  • Quantifying future water resources availability and agricultural productivity in agro-urban river basins 

    Author(s):Aliyari, Fatemeh, author; Bailey, Ryan T., advisor; Arabi, Mazdak, committee member; Bhaskar, Aditi, committee member; Sanford, William E., committee member
    Date Issued:2022
    Format:born digital; doctoral dissertations
    Climate change can have an adverse effect on agricultural productivity and water availability in semi-arid regions, as decreases in surface water availability can lead to groundwater depletion and resultant losses in crop ...

  • Development and characterization of solid-state, internet of things-based pH sensors for in-situ monitoring of soil and groundwater 

    Author(s):VanTilburg, Charles Henry, IV, author; Scalia, Joseph, advisor; Sale, Thomas, advisor; Ham, Jay, committee member
    Date Issued:2022
    Format:born digital; masters theses
    Herein I test and examine a new solid state pH sensor design for use in soils and groundwater monitoring. The concept presented here is intended to expand the capabilities for monitoring geochemical parameters in the ...

  • Development of improved redundancy measure for the Colorado State Highway System 

    Author(s):Bui, Kenny, author; Jia, Gaofeng, advisor; Atadero, Rebecca, committee member; Shakouri, Mahmoud, committee member
    Date Issued:2022
    Format:born digital; masters theses
    The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has been working to improve the resiliency of its transportation system and facilities. A vital attribute of a resilient transportation system is whether or not the system ...

  • Understanding meteorological impacts on ambient PM2.5 concentrations using random forest models in Beijing 

    Author(s):Brehmer, Collin, author; Carter, Ellison, advisor; Bond, Tami, committee member; Carlson, Kenneth, committee member; Pierce, Jeffery, committee member
    Date Issued:2022
    Format:born digital; masters theses
    Policymakers and non-governmental organizations have been implementing policies and interventions designed to reduce exposure to hazardous air pollution. Having knowledge of how non-policy related factors (i.e., meteorology) ...

  • Discussion of "River depletion resulting from pumping a well near a river" 

    Author(s):Glover, Robert E., author; Balmer, Glenn G., author; American Geophysical Union, publisher
    Date Issued:1955
    Format:reports

  • Modeling of velocity distributions inside and above tall crops 

    Author(s):Plate, E. J., author; Quraishi, A. A., author; American Meteorological Society, publisher
    Date Issued:1965-06
    Format:reports
    Velocity distributions inside and above a model crop were investigated. The model crop consisted of flexible plastic strips fastened to the floor of a low speed wind tunnel. The experimental results indicated that at some ...

  • Layered beam vibrations including slip 

    Author(s):Henghold, William Murray, author; Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, publisher
    Date Issued:1972-06
    Format:reports
    This study presents a theory for vibrations of layered beams with the effects of interlayer slip included. The theory is developed using Bernoulli-Euler assumptions with additional developments to account for the interlayer ...

  • Hydraulic head loss at the interface between uniform sands of different sizes 

    Author(s):Leatherwood, Frank N., author; Peterson, Dean F., Jr., author; American Geophysical Union, publisher
    Date Issued:1954-08
    Format:reports
    The hydraulic head loss for flow occurring at an interface between sands or gravels of different sizes was studied by experiment. Dimensional analysis was used In formulating the experiments and in analyzing the data which ...

  • Run-off forecasts: 1954 water supply in the West 

    Author(s):Houston, Clyde E., author; Stockwell, Homer J., author; Western Construction, publisher
    Date Issued:1954-05
    Format:reports
    Surveys of Western snowpack show meager supply in Southwest, virtual drought in New Mexico and Colorado, good margin in Northwest, reservoir storage generally above past 10-year average at start of spring run-off, except ...

  • A new method for predicting transient states of salinity intrusion into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta 

    Author(s):Glover, Robert E., author; American Geophysical Union, publisher
    Date Issued:1955-08
    Format:reports
    The mechanism by which the tidal changes propagate salinity into the Delta channels and the manner in which this propagation is opposed by the fresh water stream flows are expressed in mathematical form. Solutions of the ...

  • Discussion of "Numerical analysis of continuous unsteady flow in open channels" 

    Author(s):Lin, Pin-Nam, author; American Geophysical Union, publisher
    Date Issued:1953-10
    Format:reports

  • Electrokinetic-potential fluctuations generated by jet impingement 

    Author(s):Duckstein, L., author; Cermak, J. E., author; Pergamon Press, publisher
    Date Issued:1963-07-03
    Format:reports
    Electrokinetic-potential fluctuations produced by a two-dimensional submerged water jet impinging on a plate have been measured. The potential fluctuations appear to be approximately proportional to the longitudinal-velocity ...

  • On tides in estuaries and around small islands 

    Author(s):Yih, Chia-Shun, author; American Geophysical Union, publisher
    Date Issued:1953-06
    Format:reports
    Tides in estuaries and around small is lands are studied in this paper. Under the assumption that the width and the mean depth of the estuary can be adequately expressed as power functions of the longitudinal distance from ...

  • Wind engineering study of Merchants Plaza, Indianapolis, Indiana 

    Author(s):Peterka, J. A., author; Cermak, J. E., author; Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, publisher
    Date Issued:1975-07
    Format:reports

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