Avoiding and Resolving Disputes during Construction
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Every Penny's Worth
Value engineering has been used in the construction industry since the 1960s, but highway projects have sometimes been thought of as too simple for VE studies. Now, with the increasing...
A Study of Liquefaction Countermeasures for Manholes Under the Pavement
The gravel drain method has proven to be an effective countermeasure for underground structures in liquefying ground. However, due to the road pavement, there is no draining passage through...
Finite Element Analysis of Three-Way Joint of Buried Pipelines Under Earthquake Loads
A quasi-static finite element procedure for the stress analysis of three-way joint of buried pipelines under earthquake loads has been established by quasi-conforming thin circular cylindrical...
Seismic Response of Buried Pipeline System in a Soil Liquefaction Environment
A project to study the general seismic response behavior of buried pipeline systems during a soil liquefaction process has been initiated at Old Dominion University. Pipeline systems could...
Inelastic Behaviors of Pipelines Buried Through Liquefiable Zone
For the case of a major pipeline transmission system buried through in soil deposits that may be susceptible to liquefaction, its seismio environments can be considered in the following...
Serviceability Analysis of Memphis Water Delivery System
In this paper, Memphis water delivery system is introduced and its seismic performance is analyzed under various seismic conditions. Prior to the seismic analysis, a flow analysis of the...
GIS-Based Interactive and Graphic Computer System to Evaluate Seismic Risks on Water Delivery Networks
As interactive and graphic computer system to evaluate seismic risks of an arbitrary water delivery network is developed, based on G/S (geographic information system) software, ARC/INFO....
Seismic Risk Assessments of Small Earth Dams
A procedure has been developed which attempts to assess the risk of damage or failure of small earth dams and embankments when subjected to seismic input motions. The procedure is based...
Philosophy for Treatment of High-Pressure Natural Gas Pipelines at Active Fault Crossings
Natural gas from fields in the overthrust belt of southwest Wyoming will be collected and transported to Southern California. The proposed Kern River Pipeline will transport gas to Daggett,...
Simplified Uplift Analysis of Unanchored Cylindrical Tanks
Seismic tank damage has been reported in almost every major earthquake in the past, sometimes with serious environmental ramifications, thus raising concerns about the safety of these...
Simplified Numerical Analysis on Earthquake Response of Irregularly Bounded Surface Layer
Evaluation of seismic response of a soft surface layer is the essence in a design of a lifeline in this layer. For this purpose, a quasi-three dimensional ground model was developed by...
SINOD?A Location Reference Tool for Road Information Systems
This paper focuses on the setting up of a location reference system - named SINOD - envisaged as a basic requirement for on going actions and for expected developments in the field of...
Evaluation of Reliability of Road Network for Better Performance, Advanced Management and Future Network Design
This paper proposes reliability as a new indicator for advanced management and future construction of road networks; and also presents a new reliability analysis method. This article contains...
Magnetically levitated vehicle technology, maglev, serves as a potential solution to ever increasing transportation demands. Though interest in maglev appears to be increasing, an appropriate...
Rail Replacement Planning: A Knowledge System Approach
Replacer is a knowledge system that provides a consistent means for developing plans for rail replacement. It was developed, tested, and evaluated in cooperation with Burlington Northern...
Computer Aided Engineering Analysis for Transportation Links ? Management Options
CAD applications on Engineering Analysis have proved very effective in view of its wide applicability & the conceptualization power of interactive computer graphics (ICG). Transportation...
A Catastrophe Theory Approach to Freeway Incident Detection
This paper discusses an approach to incident detection on freeways that classifies traffic conditions at a single station rather than by comparing conditions at adjacent stations. The...
Dana Point Harbor, Orange County, California (A Shallow-Draft Marina)
Dana Point is a shallow draft harbor for 2500 permanently moored vessels. Marina Amenities include boat launching ramps, trailered boat storage, a fuel dock, and sport fishing facilities....
Application of a Numerical Model to Develop Marina Concepts
A numerical model is presented to evaluate wave conditions in a marina basin for development and analysis of marina concepts. This model is based on the boundary integral equation method...
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