Current Forensic Courses in Civil Engineering
The ASCE is taking a leadership role in the prevention of failures of engineered facilities. The Technical Council on Forensic Engineering Education Committee recently completed a survey...
MRT Cable Supported Roof
A cable supported roof structure for Chientan station (R18A) at Taipei Mass Rail Transit system's Tan-Sui line are under construction. Unique wind and cross sectional dynamic effect has...
Conceptual Design of a Monitoring System for Maglev Guideways
The state-of-the-art in nondestructive testing (NDT) technology has advanced significantly over the past fifteen years and has reached a stage where continuous monitoring of structures...
Crisis Management Training at Nuclear Facilities: Simulations in Bomb Threats
Substantial enhancements to the study of the theoretical and applied foundations of crisis management have been achieved in recent years. Whereas risk managers study 'the probability that...
Functional Analysis: The Path to Effective Training
The regulatory requirements under which the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project (YMP) operates mandate that worker proficiency be achieved and maintained. Individuals performing...
Effect of the Periodic Secondary Irregularity on the Dynamic Behaviour of Railway Bridge-Vehicle System
The deformation and vibration of bridge will be developed due to the moving vehicles, especially for railway bridge. The dynamic deflections in the points under each wheel are called secondary...
Application of Computer Simulation in the Research of Rail Structure Vibration Reduction
The wheel/rail system is described here as a random vibration system, and the state variables are expressed with quadratic evaluation function. The passive control problem of the random...
An Application of Neural Networks to Hysteretic Modeling of Steel Structures
This paper describes an application of the neural networks to realistic hysteretic modeling. The neural networks learn from sample data (training cases) and make predictions for new cases....
Adapting Conceptual Clustering for Preliminary Structural Design
The use of conceptual clustering for knowledge acquisition can facilitate the development of a knowledge base in a domain where little formalized knowledge is really available. The limitations...
The TM? Railroad Track Management System
The TM$ Railroad Track Management System is designed to increase effective access to track performance data, to forecast the effects of deterioration and maintenance activity, and to formulate...
Using Condition Indexes to Evaluate Local Railroad Track Networks
The U.S. Army Construction Engineering Laboratories (USACERL) have developed condition indexes for assessing track condition that apply to local railroads. Indexes were developed for the...
TRACK(1.0): A Railroad Track Design and Evaluation Computer Program for Work Planning and Budgeting
This paper describes TRACK, a track structural analysis method and computer program developed by the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. TRACK is a program for evaluating...
TRACS: A Tool for Track Infrastructure Management
TRACS (Total Right-of-way Analysis and Costing system) combines engineering models with life-cycle costing techniques to estimate track maintenance and renewal costs as a function of track...
Planning Maintenance and Rehabilitation Activities for Local Railroads
This paper presents a structured approach for planning annual and long range (multi-layer) maintenance and rehabilitation (M&R) activities for local railroads. A method is presented...
Aggregate Quarry Operations?From a Railroad's Perspective
This paper describes a study which shows how a railroad company can ensure receipt of a cost-effective, high-quality aggregate product for ballast by monitoring selected quarry operations....
Overview of Current U.S. HSGT Planning
As an introduction to the subject of high-speed ground transportation (HSGT) and to help put the rest of the conference papers in context, two plenary sessions provided an overview of...
High Speed Transportation for the 21st Century: Florida's High Speed Rail and Maglev Projects
This paper presents a brief status report on the State of Florida high speed ground transportation efforts. It includes a description of the amended high speed transportation act in Florida...
Carrying Freight on High Speed Rail Lines
Some basic technical aspects of carrying freight on high speed rail lines are presented. To illustrate certain requirements and considerations, performance comparisons are made using three...
Land Use Planning and HSGT Station Development: The Maglev Grand Terminal/International Drive Experience
In 1996, the Future arrives in Orange County, Florida. It is the ribbon cutting ceremony for the high-tech, high-speed ground transportation magnetic levitation train, connecting the Orlando...
Magnetic Levitation (Maglev) System Integration with Other Urban and Inter-City Transportation Modes
Hypothetical intracity maglev routes are applied to 11 United States metropolitan areas to enhance intermodal passenger transfers at existing bus terminals, metro stops, rail stations,...
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