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Sizing Up Seismic Bearings
Today in the U.S., there are two general technologies available to protect new and existing bridges from the damaging effects of earthquakes. One type, seismic isolation bearings, provide...

Keeping a Low Profile
The Admiral Clarey Bridge in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, combines fixed and floating bridge elements to span more than 4,500 ft (1,372 m) while hovering just above the harbor waters. The bridge,...

Catch the Wind
Wind turbines can now produce energy that is cost-competitive with other, more conventional power generation methods. The increased efficiency is due in part to the turbines'...

Under Pressure
The Arrowhead East and West contracts for the Inland Feeder water conveyance system being built in California consist of 51,500 ft (15,700 m) of tunnels that cross the San Andreas Fault...

Main Line Mending
Both the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC), of Laurel, Maryland, and the Providence Water Supply Board, of Rhode Island, are conducting massive, multimillion-dollar rehabilitation...

Relining a Relic
By the mid-1980s most of the Boston Low Service water supply network had been in operation for more than 100 years�with little regular maintenance. Many of the system's air...

Expected Seismic Damage to Memphis Highway Systems

Seismic Risk Analysis of Highway Systems: New Developments and Future Directions

Repairing Highways after Earthquakes

Seismic Fragility Curve Theory for Highway Bridges

Empirically-Based Geotechnical Seismic Site Classification

Empirical Prediction of Liquefaction Induced Lateral Spreading (EPOLLS) Prediction of Permanent Ground Deformation Resulting from Lateral Spreading

Earthquake-Induced Rock Fall and Slide Hazard along U.S. Highway 97 and Oregon Highway 140 near Klamath Falls, Oregon

Seismic Slope?Performance Analysis: From Hazard Map to Decision Support System

On Level Two Earthquake Motion for Civil Structures

Seismic Upgrades Techniques of Improving Post-Earthquake Reliability of Pipelines

Girth Joints in Steel Pipelines Subjected to Wrinkling and Ovalling

Geographic Information System (GIS) Characterization of Spatially-Distributed Lifeline Damage

Pipeline Damage Due to Fault Offsets in the Landers Earthquake

Seismic Analysis of Buried Pipelines

 

 

 

 

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