Lessons Learned from First Impulse Turbine Installation in the U.S. Mining Industry
The paper discusses a research study to recover energy from service or cooling water brought into deep mines. The test site was the Luck Friday Mine, owned and operated by the Hecla Mining...

Report of the Task Committee on Test Cases for Verification of 2-D Depth-Averaged Hydrodynamic Models
The Computational Hydraulics Committee has established a Task Committee to identify test cases which can form a uniform, objective basis for model verification. The scope is limited to...

Ensuring Quality Construction
This paper describes the US Army Corps of Engineers' efforts at procuring quality construction: 1) a three-phase approach (preparatory, initial, follow-up) was developed to...

Computers Aren't Infallible
Blindly accepting answers just because they are computer-generated does not make for good engineering. Wrong answers may result from software, computer or input problems. Users and programmers...

Integrated Testing and Analysis
This paper represents a new approach which greatly streamlines the entire process. In those cases where finite element modeling is used without test verification, the procedure consists...

Design Verification of HVAC Duct Turning Vanes in Nuclear Power Plants
HVAC ducts in nuclear power plants utilize short radius elbow construction with turning vanes to minimize the space requirement for duct work and to reduce flow losses in the elbows. Turning...

The Corps' Environmental Effects of Dredging Programs
The major programs addressing environmental effects of dredging and disposal that have been or are being conducted by the Corps since 1973 are: Dredged Material Research Program, Dredging...

Timber Trestle Carries Air Force Bombers
A 12-story high timber trestle, built at Kirtland Air Force Base near Albuquerque, N.M., is the world's largest all-wood structure in terms of board-feet of timber used. Its...

Research Needs in Structural Engineering
Here are some highlights of the state of Research Needs in Structural Engineering, prepared at National Science Foundation�ASCE workshop in June 1979. Overall, the statement says, U.S....

Plastic Design in Steel
A Guide and Commentary
This manual, Plastic Design in Steel: A Guide and Commentary, documents the applicability of plastic analysis to the design of structural steel...

 

 

 

 

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