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Publications from Charles Dowding

TEA-21 Year 8
A214: Autonomous crack Monitoring

Aimone-Martin, C. T. and Rosenhaim, V. (2006). Structure response of two structures near the Sibley Limestone Quarry, LLC, Trenton, Michigan. Technical report,Aimone-Martin Associates LLC, Socorro, New Mexico.

Aimone-Martin, C. T. and Rosenhaim, V. (2007). Structure response study at the Pineville Quarry. Technical report, Aimone-Martin Associates LLC, Socorro, New Mexico.

Dowding, C. and Aimone-Martin, C. (2007). Micro-meter crack response to rock blast vibrations, wind gusts, and weather effects. In Proceedings, Geo Denver 2007: New Peaks in Geotechnics, Denver, Colorado. ASCE.

Dowding, C., Revey, G., and Waldron, M. (2007a). Ground motions from and house response to underground aggregate mining. In Proceedings, 33rd Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique, Cleveland, Ohio. International Society of Explosives Engineers.

Dowding, C., Sullivan-Green, L., and Hime, W. (2007b). Accelerated protocol for measurement of carbonation through a crack surface. Elsevier, 37:916–923.

Kosnik, D. (2005). Florida SR-66 sinkhole monitoring: April 2005 field trip report. Technical report, Infrastructure Technology Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

A217: Wireless Sensors

Jevtic, S., Kotowsky, M., Dick, R., Dinda, P., and Dowding, C. (2007). Lucid Dreaming: Reliable analog event detection for energy constrained applications. In Proceedings, IPSN 2007, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

 

TEA-21 Year 6/7
A490: Autonomous Crack Monitoring

Aimone-Martin, C. (2005). Blasting attenuation study: Crystal Ridge, MacDonald Ranch, and MacDonald Highlands. Technical report, Aimone-Martin Associates LLC, Socorro, New Mexico.

Aimone-Martin, C. and Dowding, C. (2005). Blast induced structural and crack response of a brick residential structure near an aggregate quarry. In Proceedings, 31st Conference on Explosives and Blasting, Orlando, Florida.

Dowding, C. (2006). Blast and construction vibration monitoring and control: Thirtyfive-year perspective. Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, 11(1):8–12.

Dowding, C. and Aimone-Martin, C. (2007). Micro-meter crack response to rock blast vibrations, wind gusts, and weather effects. In Proceedings, Geo Congress 2007, Denver, Colorado. ASCE.

Dowding, C., Marron, D., and Baillot, R. (2007a). Response of historic structure to long-term environmental and construction vibration effects. In Proceedings, FMGM 2007: International Symposium on Field Measurements in Geomechanics, Boston, Massachusetts.

Dowding, C., Revey, G., and Waldron, M. (2007b). Ground motions from and house response to underground aggregate mining. In Proceedings, 33rd Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique, Cleveland, Ohio.

Dowding, C. H. and McKenna, L. M. (2005). Crack response to long-term environmental and blast vibration effects. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 131(9).

Hughes, B. (2006). Qualification of autonomous crack monitoring systems. Master’s thesis, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

Kosnik, D., Kotowsky, M., Dowding, C., and Finno, R. (2007). Case studies in integrated autonomous remote monitoring. In Proceedings, FMGM 2007: International Symposium on Field Measurements in Geomechanics, Boston, Massachusetts.

Rosenhaim, V., Dowding, C., and Aimone-Martin, C. (2005). Structure response to trench and road blasting. In Proceedings, European Federation of Explosives Engineers Conference, Brighton, England.

Sullivan-Green, L. (2005). Effect of crack width on carbonation: implications for crack dating. Master’s thesis, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

Waldron, M. (2006). Residential crack response to vibrations from underground mining. Master’s thesis, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

A492: Wireless Sensors

Dowding, C., Kotowsky, M., and Ozer, H. (2007). Multi-hop wireless crack measurement for control of construction vibrations. In Proceedings, FMGM 2007: International Symposium on Field Measurements in Geomechanics, Boston, Massachusetts.

Dowding, C., Ozer, H., and Kotowsky, M. (2006a). Wireless crack measurement for control of construction vibrations. In Proceedings, Geo Congress 2006: Geotechnical Engineering in the Information Technology Age, Atlanta, Georgia.

Dowding, C., Ozer, H., and Marron, D. (2006b). Potentiometers for measuring microinch crack displacements with wireless systems. In Proceedings, Eighth International Symposium on Rock Fragmentation by Blasting, Cleveland, Ohio.

Kotowsky, M. and Ozer, H. (2004). Wireless data acquisition system. Smart Dust Challenge, Crossbow, Inc., San Jose, California.

Ozer, H. (2005). Wireless sensor networks for crack displacement measurement. Master’s thesis, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

A493: Maintain NDE Websites

Kosnik, D. (2006). Internet-enabled remote monitoring of civil infrastructure with TDR. In Proceedings, TDR 2006, West Lafayette, Indiana. Purdue University. Paper ID 6, 12 p., https://engineering.purdue.edu/TDR/Papers.

Kosnik, D. (2007). Internet-enabled geotechnical data exchange. In Proceedings, FMGM 2007: International Symposium on Field Measurements in Geomechanics, Boston, Massachusetts.