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The evolution of passenger accessibility in the US airline industry, 1980-2010
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Since deregulation, passenger air travel and the airline industry as a whole have changed dramatically. While most previous research has focused on the changes experienced by the airlines, this thesis seeks to understand ...
Influence of soil parameters on the motion of rocking walls
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Introduced as a system in earthquake engineering in 2004 [6], rocking walls are a fairly new system in earthquake engineering. Their performance has been proven, both in research as in practice. However, a few uncertainties ...
Piecewise truckload network procurement
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Faced with procuring transportation over its freight network, a shipper can either bid out all of its lanes at once, or somehow divide up the network and bid it out in pieces. For large shippers, practical concerns such ...
Assessment framework for wireless V2V communication-based ITS applications
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Inter-vehicle communication enabled by wireless technology is an emerging area of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). This technology has generated great interest among automobile manufacturers and ITS researchers ...
A study of natural gas extraction in Marcellus shale
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
With the dramatic increases in crude oil prices there has been a need to find reliable energy substitutions. One substitution that has been used in the United States is natural gas. However, with the increased use of natural ...
Designing sanitation projects in rural Ghana
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Providing sanitation to rural areas in Ghana remains a huge challenge. Government funding is scarce while many international donor projects are ineffective. This thesis explores the difficulties with rural sanitation ...
Active control of tensegrity structures and its applications using Linear Quadratic Regulator algorithms
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
The concept of responsive architecture has inspired the idea structures which are adaptable and change in order to better fit the user. This idea can be extended to structural engineering with the implementing of structures ...
Wetland model in an earth systems modeling framework for regional environmental policy analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
The objective of this research is to investigate incorporating a wetland component into a land energy and water fluxes model, the Community Land Model (CLM). CLM is the land fluxes component of the Integrated Global Systems ...
The effect of reinforcement on loadbearing capacity of structural glass
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
The transparent property of glass makes it a favored choice of material in the design of structures because it maximizes light and creates an illusion of larger spaces. However, it is a very brittle, making it difficult ...
Regional factors governing performance and sustainability of wastewater treatment plants in Honduras : Lake Yojoa Subwatershed
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Lake Yojoa, the largest natural lake in Honduras, is currently experiencing eutrophication from overloading of nutrients, in part due to inadequate wastewater treatment throughout the Lake Yojoa Subwatershed. Some efforts ...