Role of Constituents on the Behavior of Flowable Fly Ash Fill
Flowable fills are increasingly used as backfill materials for pipes and retaining structures because of ease of placement and performance of the solidified material. But the role of its...
Functional Considerations for Restoration: A User's Guide for Streambank Stabilization
A brief outline of functional considerations for streambank stabilization....
Fluid Mechanics
An Interactive Text
This multimedia CD ROM,
Hydraulics of Open Channel Flow
This text is designed to make a deliberate effort to extend the modern fluid mechanics approach into the analysis of open channel flow without necessarily requiring the use of advanced...
Water Resources Engineering '98
This proceedings,
Bridge Within a Bridge
A multinational consortium retrofitted the Tagus River suspension bridge in Lisbon, Portugal. The retrofit included widening the roadway deck from five to six lanes, installing a railroad...
Calendar: Bridges 1999 Calendar
Featured bridges are: Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge (NH); John A. Roebling Bridge (KY); Bollman Truss Bridge (MD); Eads Bridge (MO); Brooklyn Bridge (NY); Manhattan Bridge (NY); High...
Dam Engineers Go Over the Top
In the 1980s, dam engineers with the Lower Colorado River Authority worried that the Wirtz Dam, near Austin, Texas, would fail in the event of a maximum probable flood. They looked to...
Delivered into Providence
The Bristol County Water Authority of Rhode Island needed a pipeline to move potable water into the eastern regions, but the Providence River stood in the way. Directional-drilling provided...
Bridge Bashing
Ships can be dangerous to bridges. Collisions are increasing and costs are considerable. There are ways to reduce the risks, but these cost money, too. A 1993 vessel collision with and...
Watching Under Boston
Managing the daily operations of Boston's Central Artery/Ted Williams Tunnel project requires integrating a variety of hi-tech systems to ensure efficient traffic flow. The...
Building Tension in Buffalo
The National Hockey League's Buffalo Sabres have a new home, topped with an unusual tension-braced domed roof. An ingenious combination of dome designs, the Marine Midland...
Overflow Control
The city of Houston devised an innovative flow remonitoring effort that allowed engineers to modify or eliminate many planned overflow control facilities. Net construction savings topped...
A New Look at Old Man River
After the 1993 Midwest flood, a research team conducted one of the largest aerial mapping projects in U.S. history�a year-long, $3.7 million effort that demonstrates the utility of photogrammetry...
Sustainable Development, Botswana Style
A sustainable development project in Botswana, Africa, collected information on industrial wastes. Sustainable development is defined as development that meets the needs of the present...
John F. Kennedy Student Paper Competition and Specialty Seminar Summaries
This proceedings,
Managing Water
Coping with Scarcity and Abundance
The proceedings,
Water for a Changing Global Community
This six-volume collection contains the papers presented at the 27th Congress of the International Association of Hydraulic Research on Water for a Changing Global Community. The Proceedings...
Bringing Low Flow to Eskimos
Engineers in Alaska initiated a program to bring potable water and wastewater service to a town of 500 Yup'ik Eskimos. This entailed building a 7.2 km boardwalk over permafrost...
Florida's Big Bellies
FPL designed and installed double reverse tapered poles, affectionately called big belly because the width gradually increases toward the middle and narrows at both ends. The poles replace...
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