Category: Recent Publications

Recent Conference Papers, Recent Publications

Hossain S M K, Fu L, Li D S, Donnelly T. (2015). Ice Melting Performance of Road Salt: A Mechanistic-Empirical Approach. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Cold Region Engineering Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Abstract: Optimal and sensible salting for deicing operations in transportation facilities is an indispensable need, since salting operations consume a significant amount of resources and pose significant challenges to infrastructure and the environment. To realize optimal salting, a thorough understanding of the snow melting performance of salt is required.… View More
Recent Journal Articles, Recent Publications

Hossain S M K, Fu L, Law B. (2015). Winter Contaminants on Parking Lots and Sidewalks: Friction Characteristics and Slipping Risks. ASCE Journal of Cold Regions Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CR.1943-5495.0000083

Abstract: Pedestrian safety on parking lots and sidewalks is a main concern under adverse winter conditions because of the reduced friction level caused by snow and ice contaminations. Although there is an intuitive understanding that the risk of slipping is related to the friction level of a pavement surface affected by snow and ice, there is limited knowledge on the underlying relationship and how friction level is affected by various factors such as contaminant type and amount, pavement type, and other factors.… View More
Recent Conference Papers, Recent Publications

Muresan M, Hossain S M K, Fu L,Xie, R. (2016). Survey of Current Winter Road Maintenance in Municipalities of Canada and the United States. 96th Annual Conference of Transportation Research Board (TRB) of National Academies of Science and Engineering. Washington DC, USA.

Abstract: This paper presents the results from an online survey conducted to investigate the current winter maintenance practices for parking lots and sidewalks used by municipalities in Canada and the United States. The survey was designed to extract key information from a large sample of municipalities facing a wide variety of winter conditions and following different winter maintenance practices.… View More
Recent Journal Articles, Recent Publications

Hossain S M K, Fu L, Donnely T, Lamb Z, Muresan, M. (2016). Field Investigation on the Effectiveness of Pre-wetting Strategy for Winter Road Maintenance. ASCE Journal of Cold Regions Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CR.1943-5495.0000101

Abstract: This paper presents the results of an extensive field study of the comparative deicing performance of conventional dry road salt and prewetted road salt for the snow and ice control of transportation facilities. Approximately 500 tests in side-by-side sections were conducted in a real-world environment, covering a wide range of weather conditions in 31 snow events.… View More
Recent Conference Papers, Recent Publications

Shiravi S, Hossain S M K, Fu L, Ghods A. (2016). Evaluation of Using Wi-Fi Signals to Estimate Intersection Travel Time. Resilient Infrastructure – Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE) Conference. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Abstract: Travel time is an important measure in traffic engineering and planning with many applications including identification of network bottlenecks, plan to improve traffic mobility, providing commuters with travel time information, and traffic signal control evaluation and control. Currently a number of technologies can provide travel time information such as GPS enabled probes and identifying vehicles with Bluetooth or Wi-Fi devices.… View More
Recent Journal Articles, Recent Publications

Hossain S M K, Fu L, Lake R. (2016). Optimum Winter Road Maintenance: Effect of Pavement Types. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjce-2016-0010

Abstract: This paper presents the results of an extensive field study of the comparative performance of road salt on different pavement types for snow and ice control in transportation facilities. Approximately 400 tests were conducted in a real-world environment, covering three different pavement types and 27 snow events.… View More
Recent Journal Articles, Recent Publications

Hossain S M K, Fu L, Lu C. (2014). Deicing Performance of Road Salts: Modeling and Applications. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board of National Academies of Sciences and Engineering. https://doi.org/10.3141/2440-10

Abstract: This paper describes the results of a field study designed to quantify the effects of various factors on the snow-melting performance of salt. Many tests were conducted in a realistic environment over two winter seasons, covering more than 70 snow events, with temperatures ranging from -14°C to 3°C and snowfalls ranging from ~0.2 to 21.0 cm.… View More
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Swarna S T, Reddy K S, Reddy M A, Pandey B B. (2018). Analysis of Stresses Due to Traffic and Thermal Loads in Two-Lift Bonded Concrete Pavements by Finite Element Method. Advances in Civil Engineering Materials. https://doi.org/10.1520/ACEM20170028

Abstract: The current practice in the construction of jointed plain concrete pavements (JPCP) in India is to lay paving quality concrete (PQC) over roller compacted concrete designated as dry lean concrete (DLC). A plastic sheet of thickness 125 microns is placed as a bond-breaking layer at the interface of DLC and PQC.… View More
Recent Conference Papers, Recent Publications

Rahman S, Farnaz T, Islam T. (2019). Experimental Investigation of Concrete by Partial Replacement of Sand with Red Soil. In 5th International Conference on Engineering Research, Innovation And Education (ICERIE 2019). Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Abstract: An experimental investigation was carried out to study the behavior of concrete by replacing the fine aggregate with locally available red soil. It involves a certain tests to find the quality improvement of concrete when red soil is added to it.… View More
Recent Conference Papers, Recent Publications

Rokon A, Hoque M M, Ahamed F, Alam R, Sarkar S. (2016). Pedestrian Safety Hazards at Uncontrolled Roadway Sections near School Zones at Tongi. Proceedings of BUET-ANWAR ISPAT 1st Bangladesh Civil Engineering Summit. Dhaka, Bangladesh. 79-86.

Abstract: School pedestrian death due to road accidents is one of the major concerns in a developing country like Bangladesh. According to WHO, in developing countries about 30 to 40% children account for road traffic deaths. In Bangladesh child pedestrian involvement in road traffic casualties are around 24 percent, while 78 percent of them turns into fatalities.… View More