| The History of American Settlement at Camp Atterbury |
Jan 2010 |
176 pages |
| Authors:
Steven D Smith; Chris J Cochran; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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 | This report details the history of 19th and 20th century farm and community settlement within the Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, IN. It also provides a historic context for the identification, evaluation, and preservation of significant historic properties within installation boundaries. This historic context defines property types, poses research questions, and provides evaluation criteria based on the Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center's settlement history, in an effort to ... |
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| A Spatially Explicit Model of Red Imported Fire Ant Behavior for Managing Species at Risk on Military Lands |
Jul-2009 |
37 pages |
| Authors:
James Westervelt; Tim Peterson; Bart Rossmann; John Drake; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Cave cricket populations are essential to the survival of many rare invertebrates that are endemic to the karst regions of Fort Hood, TX. These crickets bring organic matter into the caves, where it serves as an energy source for a variety of karst invertebrates. At Fort Hood, Red Imported Fire Ants (RIFA) migrating from South America into the southern United States prey upon cave crickets, which potentially threatens some populations ... |
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| Environmentally Friendly Cleaners for Removing Tar from Metal Surfaces |
Apr-2009 |
99 pages |
| Authors:
Wayne Ziegler; Joyce C Baird; Veera M Boddu; Pam Khabra; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| As part of its mission, the Sustainable Painting Operations for the Total Army (SPOTA) working group evaluated solvents that will not impact the environment while cleaning armament equipment, in particular ground vehicles. ERDC-CERL researchers, in support of the SPOTA program, were tasked with conducting a preliminary study and develop a methodology to evaluate environmentally friendly cleaners that would be effective in cleaning road tar on military vehicles. The study involved ... |
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| Public Reporting and a More Sustainable Army |
Apr-2009 |
95 pages |
| Authors:
Gary L Gerdes; Stuart D Foltz; Michelle J Hanson; David A Krooks; Chris C Rewerts; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The United States Army has embraced the goal of incorporating sustainability into its operations, all the while meeting its primary mission to defend the United States. The Army also has indicated a desire to be both transparent and accountable, so it has adopted a recognizable reporting framework - as outlined by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). This review considers the Army's response to the GRI framework in its recent sustainability ... |
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| Proceedings of the Military Applications for Emerging Water Use Technologies Workshop |
Apr-2009 |
95 pages |
| Authors:
John Hall; William D Goran; Kurt Preston; Gary L Gerdes; Richard J Scholze; Malcolm McLeod; David Sheets; Richard Sustich; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| This first ever Military Applications for Emerging Water Use Technologies workshop gathered Department of Defense (DOD), academic, trade association, and other government subject matter experts to explore the topic of water for the military at the installation and forward operating levels. The goals of this workshop were to share information, spread visibility on current efforts, explore the potential of existing, emerging, and future technologies and other options for military installations ... |
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| Evaluation of DOD Priority Species at Risk (SAR) and Applications for Remote Sensing |
Feb-2009 |
42 pages |
| Authors:
Michael V Campbell; Stephen D Newman; Scott A Tweddale; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The presence of species on military training lands that could potentially be listed as threatened or endangered as defined under the Endangered Species Act as Species at Risk (SAR) may result in increased training restrictions if they were to be listed. Accurate and repeatable remote sensing methods in combination with field surveys are required to quantify the presence, and to characterize and monitor the spatial extent of SAR or their ... |
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| Sensor Enabled Water Quality and Corrosion Degradation Assessment Systems for Water Distribution Networks |
Feb-2009 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Mark Ginsberg; Vincent F Van Hock; Vicki Blaricum; Eddy D Smith; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| This is system that consists of: Corrosion Rate Sensors, Water Quality Sensors (HACH Pipe-Sonde), and Water Distribution Monitoring Process Sensors (HACH Guardian Blue). Tying it all together - each of these technologies contributes to improved corrosion control and water quality management for water distribution systems |
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| Two Approaches to Rehabilitation of Metal Roofing at Wheeler Army Airfield Hawaii |
Feb-2009 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
Dave Bailey; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Objective: * To demonstrate and implement rehabilitation technologies to extend service life of existing metal roofs identified for replacement due to corrosion related problems * Two metal roofs at Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii * Two corrosion mitigation technologies: polyurea coating over existing metal roof and new metal roofing system over existing metal roof. |
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| The Use of Vitreous Enamel Coatings to Improve Bonding and Reduce Corrosion in Concrete Reinforcing Steel |
Feb-2009 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Philip G Malone; Sean W Morefield; Vincent F Hock; Weiss; Orange S Marshall; Donna C Day; Charles A Jr; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Overview: * Corrosion of Reinforcing Steel in Concrete * Strategies to Prevent Corrosion * Alkali-resistant Vitreous Enamel Testing and Results * Ongoing Demonstration Work at CCAD * Summary |
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| Laboratory Testing of Electro-Osmotic Pulse Technology to Reduce and Maintain Low Moisture Content in Concrete |
Feb-2009 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
Vincent F Hock; Orange S Marshall; Brendan J Danielson; Katherine A Masko; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Electro-Osmotic Pulse Technology stops water intrusion through concrete. Water can enter a structure via seepage or through joints and cracks. Electrodes are installed in the concrete and the adjacent soil. A small voltage (up to 30 VDC) is applied between the electrodes producing an electric field across the concrete. The electric field promotes cation, anion, and water molecule movement within the concrete; creates counterflow and associated pressure that opposes seepage; ... |
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| Novel Corrosion Control Coating Utilizing Carbon Nanotechnology |
Feb-2009 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Susan A Drozdz; Todd Hawkins; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| This briefing describes a novel corrosion control coating that consists of a epoxy/polyurethane system using single wall carbon nanotubes. |
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| Overhills: Entrance Compound. Historic Building Survey |
Jan-2009 |
255 pages |
| Authors:
Adam Smith; Sunny Stone; Jennifer Feucht; Martin Stupich; Christella Lai; Elizabeth Campbell; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The buildings in the Entrance Compound portion of the Overhills historic district at Fort Bragg, NC are eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The Historic District contains fifty contributing structures that were built between 1906 and 1938. This report documents the buildings in a similar style to the Historic American Buildings Survey standard. This report satisfies sections 106 and 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 ... |
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| Lipari Landfill Piping Network Corrosion Condition Assessment and Service Life Prediction Analysis |
Dec-2008 |
77 pages |
| Authors:
Charles P Marsh; Thomas A Carlson; Robert A Weber; Carl A Feickert; Peter B Stynoski; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The Lipari Landfill, located in Mullica Hill, NJ, accepted hazardous chemical waste for most of its service life, until operations were discontinued in 1971 by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. After being designated as a federal Superfund site in 1982, a containment structure was built starting in 1983. Further remediation continued into the 1990s, including the construction of injection and extraction wells to eliminate chemical residues in the ... |
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| Comparison of NDTI Methodologies to Classify Infrastructure in an Urban Battlespace From Thermal IR Signatures |
Dec-2008 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Robert Lozar; Michael McInerney; Jonathan Trovillion; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| A major challenge of remote infrastructure classification is to distinguish pavements from roofs. We proposed that, due to their differing thermal masses, these elements will heat and cool differently. Therefore, their thermal infrared (IR) signatures will differ throughout a 24-hour cycle. We propose a method to rapidly identify urban infrastructure that will assist the Future Force in dominating the urban battlespace to the same degree that the current force dominates ... |
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| Acoustic Nondestructive Testing of Steel Reinforcing Members in Concrete |
Dec-2008 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Michael K McInerney; Sean W Morefield; Vincent F Hock; John M Carlyle; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Many concrete structures contain internal pre- and post-tensioned steel structural members that are subject to fracturing and corrosion. Corrosion of steel components can lead to loss of tension and consequent severe problems, such as cracking of the concrete or fracturing of the steel. This work addresses the problem of determining tension in embedded pre- and post-tensioned rods. The major problem with existing test techniques is that they use indirect and ... |
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| Reactive Silicate Coatings for Protecting and Bonding Reinforcing Steel in Cement-Based Composites |
Dec-2008 |
8 pages |
| Authors:
S W Morefield; P G Malone; Weiss; C A Jr; V F Hock; M L Koenigstein; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Reinforced concrete (RC) is the major construction material for hardened structures for the Army. As a basis for shelters and for infrastructure reinforced concrete has two drawbacks: the bond between the concrete and its steel reinforcement at the interfacial zone is typically very weak and the increased porosity of the interfacial zone can accelerate penetration of chloride ions to the surface of the embedded steel reducing the time to the ... |
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| Reversible Polymer Hydrogels |
Dec-2008 |
4 pages |
| Authors:
V M Boddu; N Naismith; H Patel; R C Flowers; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Temperature sensitive hydrogels based on N-isopropyl acrylamide (NIPA) and acryloyl glucosamine (AG) were synthesized using ammonium persulfate (APS) as initiator, N,N,N',N' -tetramethylenediamene (TEMED) as activator, and N,N'-methylene bisacrylamide (BIS) as cross-linker. The hydrogels were characterized using FTIR spectral analysis to investigate the chemical composition of the hydrogels. Swelling studies of the gel in water at room temperature to relate the swelling characteristics to the chemical composition were conducted. Further, the ... |
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| Invasive Species Biology, Control, and Research. Part 1: Kudzu (Pueraria montana) |
Nov-2008 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
Linda Nelson; Patrick J Guertin; Michael L Denight; Dick L Gebhart; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| A 2007 Report to Congress documented a crucial factor in the loss of Army training land: uncontrolled vegetation growth. Of the 53 installations surveyed for the report, 30 reported that approximately 12 percent of their training lands were unusable for certain types of training. Uncontrolled vegetation was a source of such problems as an inability to conduct mounted and dismounted maneuver training, interference with equipment used in line-of-sight training, safety ... |
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| Fort Gordon Woodworth Library: Historic Building Survey |
Oct-2008 |
58 pages |
| Authors:
Adam Smith; Sunny Stone; Martin Stupich; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The Woodworth Library at Fort Gordon building is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. This report documents the building in a similar style to the Historic American Buildings Survey standard. This report satisfies Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 as amended and will help the Department of Defense in managing their historic building. |
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| Hydrothermal Processing of Base Camp Solid Wastes To Allow Onsite Recycling |
Sep-2008 |
41 pages |
| Authors:
Gary L Gerdes; Deborah Curtin; Christopher Gutkowski; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Bouldin Corp., McMinnville, TN, has developed a technology to process domestic solid waste using a unique hydrothermal system. The process was successfully demonstrated at Forts Benning and Campbell, where it was determined that, while the process was energy intensive, it had potential as a means to recycle Army solid wastes, both within and outside the Continental United States. The purpose of this study was to determine if the hydrothermal system ... |
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| Energy Optimization Assessment at U.S. Army Installations: Fort Bliss, TX |
Sep-2008 |
177 pages |
| Authors:
Alfred Woody; William D Jr; Chvala; Leon Shapiro; Robert Colbert; James P Miller; Alexander M Zhivov; David M Underwood; Curt Bjork; Douglas Dixon; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| An Energy Optimization Assessment was conducted at Fort Bliss as a part of the Annex 46 Holistic Assessment Toolkit on Energy Efficient Retrofit Measures for Government Buildings (EnERGo) initiative to identify energy inefficiencies and wastes and propose energy related projects with applicable funding and execution methods that could enable the installation to better meet the energy reduction requirements mandated by Executive Order 13123 and Energy Policy Act (EPAct) 2005. The ... |
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| Proceedings of the 1st Army Installation Waste to Energy Workshop |
Aug-2008 |
55 pages |
| Authors:
Franklin H Holcomb; Rene S Parker; Thomas J Hartranft; Kurt Preston; Harold R Sanborn; Philip J Darcy; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| This first-ever waste to energy (WTE) workshop gathered Army environmental and energy subject matter experts to explore WTE at the installation and forward operating level. Historically, the Army environmental community has focused on solid waste disposal and the energy community on energy efficiency and power delivery, with no orchestrated integration of the two. The Energy Branch of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory has ... |
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| Pythian Powerhouse and Laundry: Historic Building Survey |
Aug-2008 |
79 pages |
| Authors:
Adam Smith; Sunny Stone; Sara Lask; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The Pythian Powerhouse and Laundry building is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. This report documents the building in a similar style to the Historic American Buildings Survey standard. This report satisfies Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 as amended and will help the 89th Regional Readiness Command in managing their historic building. |
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| Condition Assessment Methodology for Spillways |
01-Jun-2008 |
126 pages |
| Authors:
Stuart Foltz; Luc E Chouinard; Jean Robichaud; Ralph Wittebolle; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has primary responsibility for maintaining and operating U.S. navigable waterways and Federal flood control dams. Dam safety is a critical priority, but assessment and prioritization of dam safety concerns is difficult. This report describes a condition assessment and prioritization methodology for structural, mechanical, electrical, and operational aspects of spillways. The methodology was developed to help provide a firmer engineering basis for prioritization and ... |
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| Physiological Response and Habituation of Endangered Species to Military Training Activities: SERDP 2006 Annual Report |
MAY 2008 |
54 pages |
| Authors:
Timothy J. Hayden; Isabelle Bisson; Martin Wikelski; Luke Butler; L. M. Romero; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Effects of transient human disturbance on avian species is a concern on Department of Defense installations that support populations of federally listed endangered birds. Military training often is conducted within habitats that support endangered bird species, thus exposing individuals of these species to harassment as defined under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973. During the 2006 breeding season on Fort Hood, Texas, evaluations of two major physiological response systems ... |
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| Fort Bliss Standards for the Treatment of Historic Buildings |
May-2008 |
306 pages |
| Authors:
Adam Smith; Sunny Stone; Ryan Murphy; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| This report satisfies Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966 as amended and will help the Fort Bliss Cultural Resources Office and Directorate of Public Works in managing their historic building. All buildings, especially historic ones, require regular planned maintenance and repair. The most notable cause of historic building element failure and/or decay is not due to the fact that the historic building is old, but ... |
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| Field Test of Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus Polyphemus) Population Estimation Techniques |
01-Apr-2008 |
53 pages |
| Authors:
William D Meyer; Saif Z Nomani; Raymond R Carthy; Madan K Oli; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The Army is very concerned about the preservation of Threatened and Endangered Species (TES) that make their home on Army training lands. The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is one species that the Army is particularly concerned about. To ensure that the Army is able to execute its training mission requirements while mitigating adverse impacts to the gopher tortoise, installation natural resource managers have to track species abundance in a consistent ... |
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| Provision of Ecosystem Services Through Market-Based Approaches: Department of Defense Applications |
17 MAR 2008 |
66 pages |
| Authors:
Elizabeth Keysar; William D. Goran; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Military installations face increasing competition for important natural resources that provide ecosystem services not captured by current economic methods of valuation. Ecosystems naturally assimilate waste, attenuate noise, form soil, control erosion, regulate surface water flow, and buffer installations from surrounding communities. These services mitigate environmental impacts of training, help installations comply with environmental regulations, and ultimately enable the Department of Defense (DoD) to conduct training on installation lands. When undeveloped ... |
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| Constitutive Models for Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Masonry Prisms and Infill Walls |
Mar-2008 |
71 pages |
| Authors:
Ghassan L Al-Chaar; Armin Mehrabi; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| After much previous research, many controversial issues related to well developed design recommendations and well accepted analytical procedures for infilled frames are still unresolved. The main difficulty in evaluating the performance of bearing and shear wall structures is determining the type of interaction between the infill and the frame, which has a major impact on the structural behavior and load-resisting mechanism. A simplified model that captures the characteristics of infill ... |
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| Remote Structural Monitoring and Corrosion Degradation Modeling of Bridges |
14-Feb-2008 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Vincent Hock; Richard Lampo; Steven Sweeny; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Bridges are essential infrastructure. Many Army and DoD bridges in need of repair and replacement due to corrosion/material degradation. Over 11-year period, 503 U.S. bridges failed, 100 of these due to corrosion. Routine inspection may not detect hidden cracks and avoid catastrophic failure. The objectives of these briefing charts are to demonstrate capabilities and validate benefits of remote structural health monitoring and corrosion degradation modeling to greatly reduce the risk ... |
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| Fort Drum Miscellaneous Building Survey |
FEB 2008 |
152 pages |
| Authors:
Adam Smith; Sunny Stone; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Through the years, the United States Congress has enacted laws to preserve the national cultural heritage. The first major Federal preservation legislation was the Antiquities Act of 1906. This Act was instrumental in securing protection for archeological resources on Federal property. The benefits derived from this Act and subsequent legislation precipitated an expanded and broader need for the preservation of historic cultural resources. With this growing awareness, the United States ... |
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| Source Term Model for Fine Particle Resuspension from Indoor Surfaces |
FEB 2008 |
76 pages |
| Authors:
Yoojeong Kim; Ashok Gidwani; Mark Sippola; Chang W. Sohn; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| This Phase I effort developed a source term model for particle resuspension from indoor surfaces to be used as a source term boundary condition for CFD simulation of particle transport and dispersion in a building. Specifically, this work: (1) investigated responsible mechanisms for fine particle resuspension from indoor surfaces, (2) identified parameters relevant to resuspension, (3) performed a dimensional analysis and derivation of a resuspension model, and (4) evaluated the ... |
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| Technology Demonstration of the Zero Emissions Chromium Electroplating System |
FEB 2008 |
161 pages |
| Authors:
K. J. Hay; Stephen W. Maloney; John J. Cannon; Max R. Phelps; Jason Modrell; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| This report documents the demonstration of a technology developed by PRD, Inc, for control of chromium emissions during hard chromium electroplating, the Zero Emissions System. The technology involves placing a blanket of a proprietary fluid, called PRD-EL1, on top of the plating bath. This fluid blanket prevents the formation of aerosols, which is the mechanism by which chromium is emitted from the plating bath to the air. The majority of ... |
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| Anaerobic Treatment of Wastewaters Containing Perchlorate from Munitions Handling and Production |
01-Jan-2008 |
87 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen W Maloney; Emina Atikovic; Makram T Suidan; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Perchlorate, an oxidizer routinely used in solid rocket motors, is easily washed out of old motors. The washout operation, however, leads to wastewater containing perchlorate. Royal Demolition Explosive (RDX), a major component of military high explosives, is transferred to Army industrial wastewaters during assembly of new munitions and during demilitarization of old munitions. New high explosives contain perchlorate, commingling perchlorate and RDX for the first time. In addition to their ... |
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| Condition Assessment Aspects of an Asset Management Program |
JAN 2008 |
146 pages |
| Authors:
Stuart D. Foltz; David T. McKay; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Central to a comprehensive asset management program is the ability to evaluate and know the condition and performance characteristics of all inventoried assets in the real property inventory (Federal Real Property Council [FRPC] Guidance, Section 4 Operations of Real Property Assets ). In the case of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Civil Works business area, this inventory includes an enormous array of multipurpose dams, locks, levees, and hydropower ... |
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| Joint Distributed Regional Training Capacity: A Scoping Study |
DEC 2007 |
109 pages |
| Authors:
James Westervelt; Michael P. Case; Michael L. Hargrave; Susan J. Bevelheimer; Linda J. McCarthy; Karl D. Radnitzer; Kay McGuire; William D. Meyer; Joseph S. Rank; Bruce A. MacAllister; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Current Army National land use strategy seeks to protect current training/testing areas, and address shortcomings with computer simulation, a strategy insufficient to completely meet future training and testing needs. The transformation of the U.S. Army and Department of Defense (DoD) will incorporate new weapons and tactics requiring more training land and more frequent joint-Service training than current fenced installations containing tracts of contiguous land can accommodate. This document investigates the ... |
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| Facility Composer (Trademark) and PACES (Trademark) Integration: Development of an XML Interface Based on Industry Foundation Classes |
NOV 2007 |
129 pages |
| Authors:
Susan D. Nachtigall; Beth A. Brucker; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The Architectural Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry has made substantial effort over the past several years to create a standard facility modeling format that better enables their different software applications to work together. This emerging standard, known as the Industry Foundation Class (IFC), is being developed by the International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI) and can be found in recent releases of commercial AEC software. With the evolution of this facility ... |
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| Profiles for High-Priority Species. Focus of the Army Threatened and Endangered Species Research Program |
NOV 2007 |
185 pages |
| Authors:
Harold E. Balbach; Elizabeth L. Keane; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| A need arose during the conduct of Threatened and Endangered Species (TES) research for a source of material about the Army s priority TES that would be accessible to (primarily) non-biologist researchers performing various studies on habitat associations using remote sensing, GIS, and other technologies. This is a primer to the characteristics of the species, and why they were of interest to the Army; it also identifies in a preliminary ... |
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| Threatened and Endangered Species Surveillance in Inaccessible Areas: A Feasibility Study |
NOV 2007 |
50 pages |
| Authors:
Harol Balbach; Donald Pitts; William Meyer; Scott Tweddale; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Monitoring threatened and endangered species on Army installations is not always feasible with respect to the areas that are either inaccessible or have limited times for entry. When biologists are unable to enter an area freely for periodic surveys, it prevents normal application of standard methods, which results in the data being unavailable for reporting either management successes or problems. If these species are present in the inaccessible area, they ... |
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| Predicting Future Training Opportunities Using the Land-Use Evolution and Impact Assessment Model |
OCT 2007 |
63 pages |
| Authors:
James D. Westervelt; Sarah B. Nemeth; Michael J. White; Michael R. Kemme; Dawn A. Morrison; Christa Eastgate; Mark Ginsberg; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The future training/testing capacities of military installations and their surrounding regions are increasingly based on today's smart regional planning in collaboration with surrounding cities, counties, and states. Developing urban patterns around installations can be steered in a manner that ensures the continued viability of the installation to support present and future missions. Researchers have developed a two-step process to link proposed regional plans to future training/testing opportunities. The first step ... |
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| An Investigation of Community Attitudes Toward Blast Noise: Methodology |
OCT 2007 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Larry L. Pater; Edward T. Nykaza; George Luz; Anthony Atchley; Kathleen Hodgdon; Robert Baumgartner; Pamela Rathbun; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The military has determined that current blast noise impact assessment procedures do not fully meet the military's noise management needs. Noise impacts are almost universally assessed in terms of the response metric "annoyance" as predicted by a long-term average noise level metric. This has proven to be unsatisfactory for extremely variable impulsive military noise. Individual event noise levels from military testing and training activities can be loud enough to elicit ... |
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| Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell Operation With Dual Fuel Flexibility |
OCT 2007 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
JOSEPH DALY; George Steinfeld; David K. Moyer; Franklin H. Holcomb; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The ability to operate highly-efiicient, pollution-free, distributed-generation power plants on either natural gas or HD-5 grade propane is of interest to the U.S. Army and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as secure power for critical power operations. To address this interest, Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) teamed with FuelCell Energy (FCE) to test an internally reforming 250 kW carbonate direct fuel cell using HD-5 propane. This fuel cell power plant, ... |
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| Preventive Maintenance and Reliability Study for the Central Heating and Power Plant at Fort Wainwright, Alaska |
01-Sep-2007 |
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| Authors:
John L Vavrin; Brown; William T III; Michael R Kemme; John Westerman; Robert Lorand; Charles Walden; Curtis Swinehart; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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 | The Technology Requirements Study for a new Central Heating and Power Plant (CHPP) at Fort Wainwright, Alaska (FWA) (Vavrin et al. 2006) recommended that if the option for a new CHPP were to be pursued, among the tasks suggested for further analysis was to determine predictive maintenance requirements and new technologies for the existing plant. This study was undertaken to develop a Preventative Maintenance (PM) assessment that includes a maintenance ... |
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| Electrical Assessment, Capacity, and Demand Study for Fort Wainwright, Alaska |
01-Sep-2007 |
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| Authors:
John L Vavrin; Brown; William T III; Michael R Kemme; Marcus A Allen; Wayne J Percle; Robert T Loran; David B Stauffer; Kenneth Hudson; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Headquarters, Installation Management Command (HQ IMCOM) commissioned a study team under the leadership of the Engineer Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (ERDC-CERL), to determine the electric power requirements of Fort Wainwright, Alaska (FWA) through the year 2020, and energy supply alternatives to meet these requirements. Of particular importance was that FWA management projected that the installation might experience electrical power shortages during the impending winter of 2006/2007 ... |
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| Fort Leonard Wood Cantonment Landscape Context, Inventory, and Management |
01-Sep-2007 |
105 pages |
| Authors:
Adam Smith; Sunny Stone; Megan W Tooker; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| This document is an inventory and evaluation of the landscape features of the cantonment area at Fort Leonard Wood. This document serves to meet the requirements for Federal agencies to address their cultural resources, defined as any prehistoric or historic district, site, building, structure, or object, specifically, Section 110 which requires Federal agencies to inventory and evaluate their cultural resources. The layout of the cantonment in response to the rolling ... |
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| Low Maintenance Water Treatment for Heating and Cooling Systems: Review of Technologies and Guidelines for Implementation |
SEP 2007 |
51 pages |
| Authors:
Kent W. Smothers; Susan A. Drozdz; Vincent F. Hock; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Manufacturers of chemicals and treatment programs for new and existing heating and cooling systems continuously discontinue old products and introduce new ones onto the market. To be "smart buyers" of these products, Army installations require periodic technology reviews to stay informed about advances and new capabilities of water treatment products available in the marketplace. This work reviewed current state-of-the-art treatment schemes and technologies, and summarized general guidelines for developing chemical ... |
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| Direct Carbon Fuel Cells: Converting Waste to Electricity |
SEP 2007 |
54 pages |
| Authors:
Ronald H. Wolk; Scott Lux; Stacy Gelber; Franklin H. Holcomb; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The U.S. Army has policies to minimize production of waste materials, maximize recycle of waste materials, and minimize energy consumption on its installations. A beneficial way to implement these policies is to convert paper, wood, vegetation, and Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) fractions into a carbon-rich feed stock by pyrolysis to fuel Direct Carbon Fuel Cells (DCFCs). DCFCs potentially offer a unique approach for the direct conversion of biomass-derived, carbon-rich solid ... |
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| Burrow Collapse as a Potential Stressor on the Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphenus) |
AUG 2007 |
64 pages |
| Authors:
Mary Mendonca; Richard Beauman; Harold Balbach; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The gopher tortoise is a species of concern throughout the Southeast, and is a keystone species throughout its range. It is federally listed as Threatened in part of its range and has been proposed for listing elsewhere. During forest thinning and harvesting, and during military training exercises, tortoise burrows are often accidentally run over. No formal studies of the potential for tortoise injury resulting from burrow collapse had been conducted ... |
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| A Programmatic Approach to Determine Eligibility of Prehistoric Sites in the San Diego Subregion, Southern Coast Archeological Region, California, for the National Register of Historic Places |
AUG 2007 |
136 pages |
| Authors:
Seetha N. Reddy; Tad Britt; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| This report presents the thematic landscape approach that will be taken to prepare the regional prehistoric context for the San Diego Subregion of the Southern Coast Archeological Region (SDSSCAR). The goal of this project was to research and develop a regional, archeologically based, historic context that will facilitate a programmatic approach to determining National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility for archeological sites at a subset of Navy Region Southwest ... |
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| Biological Assessment of the Effects of the Proposed Revision of the 1996 Management Guidelines for the Red-cockaded Woodpecker on Army Installations |
Aug-2007 |
100 pages |
| Authors:
Timothy J Hayden; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| In 1996, in an effort to meet conservation obligations under the Endangered Species Act, the Army revised earlier programmatic guidance for management of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers (RCW) on Army lands. The 1996 Management Guidelines for RCWs on Army Installations established procedures for determining installation population goals; inventory and monitoring requirements; management and forestry practices; and protective measures for RCWs and their habitat on Army lands. In the spring of 2005, the ... |
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