Transit-Oriented Brownfield Redevelopment

Best Poster Award, Department of Economics, Fall 2019Brownfield properties are properties wherein future use is inhibited either by the presence or perceived presence of harmful pollutants. As a consequence, these properties are difficult to develop and prospective developers require sufficient positive incentives in order to be attracted to these projects. To investigate the extent to which public transit can act as an amenity for these properties, this study examines the relationship between commuter rail transit stations and brownfield property redevelopment rates in Mecklenburg County, NC using both a linear probability model and a propensity score matching approach. The analysis results indicate that there is indeed a relationship between light rail and brownfield redevelopment, but the direction of the relationship depends on the analysis technique used.No embargoAcademic Major: Economic

Local and non-local normalised equivalent strain functionals for cyclic fatigue

The concept of Cyclic Normalised Equivalent Strain Functionals (CNESnFs) suitable for lowcyclic fatigue is developed in this paper. It reduces any fatigue strength and durability model to a unique form what facilitates the models comparison. Generalisation of some known fatigue durability models and introduction of new linear and nonlinear ones including those sensitive to the load sequence, are made. The functional concept allows to unite the strength and durability description under static, fatigue, creep and dynamic loading and their combinations. Examples of such new complex functional strength conditions are presented. The non-local versions of the CNESnFs applicable to strain fields sharply varying in space coordinates and to crack initiation and propagation analysis are also presented