Research on Structural System Reliability of Cable-Stayed P.C. Railway Bridge Across Hong-Shui River
This paper analyses the structural system reliability of cable-stayed bridge by using the modified all failure modes. The concept of the structural subsystem is used to help the selection...
Vibration Tests and Damage Detection of P/C Bridges
A three-span countryside P/C bridge has been found to have excessive deflections in two of the three spans. It is reported that the prestresses in tendons of two girders of different spans...
Chicago's Loop: A New Approach
Reconstruction of the Wells St. Viaduct cleaned up a dangerous area just north of Chicago's Loop by providing a structurally sound approach for CTW commuter trains and a column-free...
A Doubling Design: Rochester's Expanding Airport
Few projects offer greater design challenges or pose more critical construction complexities than a new air passenger terminal, especially when that new terminal must be built on land...
Unlocking Arena Gridlock
The Charlotte Coliseum features a $22 million reversible lane system, which provides easier access to and from 8,000 parking spaces. To improve access to the arena, a 3.6 mi road extension...
The NOVA SPAN Bridge System
The NOVA SPAN Bridge concept provides the basis for the design and construction of a new variant in the field of bridges and culverts which, in its performance and operation, incorporates...
Whatever Happened to Long-Term Bridge Design?
The Chairman of the Board of one of the leading engineering firms in the nation ponders the future of American bridges. In today's designing of bridges, Thomas R. Kuesel points...
Seam Examination
Charron discusses the importance of seam sampling in geomenbrane installation. In 1988, about 30 million mi of polyethylene geomembranes were used to line landfills, liquid impoundments,...
Creative Connections: Bridges as Art
Princeton University professor of civil engineering David P. Billington, at the invitation of civil engineering professors at Tokyo University, tours Japan and critiques several of the...
Selecting Preferred Routes for Highway Route Controlled Quantity Shipments of Radioactive Materials
The amount of spent nuclear fuel move in the U.S. in recent years has increased due to a number of government actions. One such action was the passage of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act which...
Role of Waste Packages in the Safety of a High Level Waste Repository in a Deep Geological Formation
The safety of a radioactive waste disposal facility lays on the three following barriers placed between the radioactive materials and the biosphere: the waste package, the engineered barriers,...
Environmental Permitting a Major Expressway Facility in Florida
As general consultant to the Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority, Howard, Needles, Tammen and Bergendoff (HNTB) was responsible for the environmental permitting required for...
Overview of Artificial Intelligence Applications in Transportation
The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of artificial intelligence technologies, especially expert systems, as they may relate to highway engineering and operations. Included...
Managing the Introduction of New Technologies: An A1 Case Study
The way in which a new process or product is introduced into an organization can be critical to its acceptance and successful implementation. Even if the innovation is a major technical...
Creating a Transportation Microcomputer User's Group in Mid-Michigan: Organizational Issues and Opportunities
This paper describes the Mid-Michigan Transportation Microcomputer User's Group. Purposes of the User's Group include promoting demonstrations and evaluations...
Tri-County Based Travel Demand Forecasting Analyses in the Tampa Bay Area, State of Florida
This paper describes the application of the micro-computer compatible Florida Standard Urban Transportation Modeling Structure (Micro-FSUTMS) to estimate traffic volume for the purpose...
Integrated Transit Network Analysis
As part of an update of the Boston, Massachusetts regional transit simulation process, the Central Transportation Planning Staff (CTPS) has implemented a microcomputer-based integrated...
Microcomputer Applications in the Development of a Traffic Operations Control Center
There is a growing need for new methods to maximize highway transportation operations, and a growing set of tools for the engineer to use in this task. This report examines one specific...
A Knowledge-Based Approach to the Design of Highway Bridge Foundations
This paper discusses the development of a prototype expert system using a commercially available expert system shell. The system is to be used for the selection of highway bridge foundations....
Current Status and Future of the Highway Capacity Software
This paper discusses the current status of the Highway Capacity Software (HCS) and comments on its future, including its relations with other capacity software. Subjects covered include...
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