Alternatives to Riprap as a Scour Countermeasure
Risk Analysis of River Bridge Failure
Economic factors of Floods, Scour, and Bridge Failures
Probability of Bridge Failure Due to Scouring
Uncertainty of Bridge Scour Estimates
The Cost of Highway Bridge Scour in the State of Minnesota
Risk-Based Design of Roadway Crossing Structures Considering Intangible Factors
Bridge Scour Research Needs
The Need for Additional Abutment Scour Research
Using Risk to Direct Bridge Foundation Scour Research Needs
Economic Risk Analysis as a Research Directing Paradigm
The Need for Research on Scour at Bridge Crossings
Battling Concrete Corrosion
For decades engineers have fought concrete corrosion, but few methods have offered a long-term solution�until now. Electrochemical techniques such as electrochemical chloride extraction...
Best of Both Worlds
All around the Pacific Rim structural engineers are experimenting with concrete filled steel tubes as structural elements. The concrete filled tubes take advantage of the best properties...
Rebuilding a Railroad Bridge
The Peck Movable Bridge and Bridgeport Viaduct is a four-track crossing in Connecticut that serves three rail lines. The 1904 bridge had deteriorated, causing a kink that forced trains...
Bangkok Blockbuster
When completed, the 54-kilometer Bang Na-Bang Pli-Bang Pakong Expressway in Bangkok, Thailand, will be the longest elevated expressway in the world. The precast segmental method is being...
Concrete Connections
A new application of polymer composites involves the repair and rehabilitation of reinforced concrete frame connections. Test results from a pilot study conducted at the California State...
Equalizing Wet Weather Flows
Sanitary sewer overflows and combined sewer overflows can wreak havoc on communities by flooding basements, contaminating drinking water sources and recreational water bodies, and flowing...
Risky Business
Labor, clients, project conditions and information flow are all potential risks that small design firms face when deciding to agree to a fixed price. If you're in charge of...
Banking on Bioengineering
Geoenvironmental engineers have traditionally used riprap to protect streambanks and river banks from erosion. In recent years, however, river regulators, permitting agencies, and county...
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