Wildlife underpass use with gaps in exclusion fences along a 4‐lane highway 15 years post‐construction
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DOI: 10.1002/wsb.1602
Abstract: In 2005, 3 wildlife underpasses were installed on a section of U.S. Highway 64 in Washington County, North Carolina, USA, with a 3 m tall, chain link exclusion fence passing under the road and extending… read more here.
Keywords: wildlife; use; fence; highway ... See more keywords
Optimization design of highway cable barriers based on collision safety consideration
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DOI: 10.1007/s00158-020-02662-9
Abstract: The severity of traffic accident on the highway has raised more and more public concerns on the crash safety of road traffic. In order to reduce the severity of crashes on the highway, various traffic… read more here.
Keywords: cable; safety; optimization; highway ... See more keywords
Applications of UAV Digital Photogrammetry in landslide emergency response and recovery activities: the case study of a slope failure in the A-7 highway (S Spain)
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DOI: 10.1007/s10346-024-02449-9
Abstract: The disruption of vehicle traffic on important transport infrastructure has a major economic impact. Therefore, the instability of highway cut-slopes poses a significant risk for major infrastructures crossing mountainous regions and rocky coasts. The use… read more here.
Keywords: slope; recovery; emergency response; highway ... See more keywords
Seismic fragility assessment of highway bridges using D-vine copulas
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DOI: 10.1007/s10518-018-0474-x
Abstract: Seismic vulnerability of highway bridges is crucial to the seismic risk assessment of highway transportation networks. A new framework for developing the fragility function at the system level utilizing the D-vine copula theory is proposed.… read more here.
Keywords: fragility; using vine; methodology; highway bridges ... See more keywords
Genetic variation and fine-scale population structure in American pikas across a human-modified landscape
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DOI: 10.1007/s10592-017-0930-1
Abstract: Natural resource extraction can represent a major human modification to the landscape. Habitat reclamation is becoming an increasingly important strategy for abating the loss of biodiversity associated with these developments; however, the demographic and genetic… read more here.
Keywords: habitat; american pikas; landscape; highway ... See more keywords
An interstate highway affects gene flow in a top reptilian predator (Crotalus atrox) of the Sonoran Desert
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DOI: 10.1007/s10592-017-0936-8
Abstract: Roads can substantially impact the population connectivity of a wide range of terrestrial vertebrates, often resulting in loss of genetic diversity and an increase of spatial genetic structure. We studied the Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake (Crotalus… read more here.
Keywords: crotalus atrox; highway; population; predator ... See more keywords
Rockfall hazards assessment along the Aswan–Cairo highway, Sohag Governorate, Upper Egypt
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DOI: 10.1007/s11069-019-03788-w
Abstract: The geotechnical evaluation of rockfall hazards along the Aswan–Cairo highway, Sohag Governorate, Upper Egypt has been achieved throughout a variety of field investigations and lab tests on the slopes and rock cut faces of Lower… read more here.
Keywords: along aswan; cairo highway; highway; aswan cairo ... See more keywords
Preliminary slope stability analysis and discontinuities driven susceptibility zonation along a crucial highway corridor in higher Himalaya, India
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DOI: 10.1007/s11629-019-5524-6
Abstract: Identification of failure susceptible slopes through different rock engineering approach is highly valuable in landslide risk management along crucial highway corridors in the high mountainous region. In this study, a critical highway (NH-5) segment in… read more here.
Keywords: highway corridor; along crucial; crucial highway; highway ... See more keywords
Qualitative stability assessment of cut slopes along the National Highway-05 around Jhakri area, Himachal Pradesh, India
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DOI: 10.1007/s12040-017-0893-0
Abstract: Several deformation phases in tectonically active Himalayas have rendered the rock masses very complex in terms of structure, lithology and degree of metamorphism. Again, anthropogenic activities such as roads, tunnels and other civil engineering constructions… read more here.
Keywords: around jhakri; national highway; mass; highway ... See more keywords
Thermal deformation monitoring of a highway bridge: combined analysis of geodetic and satellite-based InSAR measurements with structural simulations
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DOI: 10.1007/s13349-024-00779-9
Abstract: Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of civil engineering structures is experiencing an increasing progress in the last decades. The present work focuses on the static behavior of a highway bridge due to environmental temperature effects. The… read more here.
Keywords: highway bridge; deformation monitoring; insar; highway ... See more keywords
Site-specific traffic modelling and simulation for a major Italian highway based on weigh-in-motion systems accounting for gross vehicle weight limitations
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DOI: 10.1007/s13349-024-00809-6
Abstract: The present-day road traffic with the persistent change in the type and volume of vehicles needs to be specifically investigated for effective safety management of aging highway infrastructures. Actual traffic data can be implemented in… read more here.
Keywords: simulation; highway; gross vehicle; traffic ... See more keywords