A Fail-Safe Subaqueous Concrete Sewer
Describes the design and installation of a unique, tri-gasketed 87-in. (2210 mm) diameter reinforced concrete sewer force main. The total system is approximately 14,000 ft (4,300 m) long,...

Salt Damaged Bridge Decks: Cathodic Helps
Cathodic protection of bridge decks against spalling caused by deicing salts has been demonstrated effective in decks already damaged. Construction of new decks may use other means to...

The Sinking of the Amsterdam Metro
Subway construction was not practical in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, until this new placement technique. Most of the buildings in Amsterdam rest on old, untreated wooden piles that would...

Practical Proposal for Restoring Manhattan's West Side Highway
New York City's West Side Highway is an elevated roadway running along the west edge of Manhattan, adjacent to the once booming piers along the Hudson River. When opened in...

Protection of Piles: Steel, Concrete, Wood
Normal construction materials have a very limited life when placed in a corrosive soil or water environment; steel rusts, concrete spalls, and wood rots (if the insects don't...

The Darwin Cyclone�� Valuable Lesson in Structural Design
Eighty percent of Darwin, Australia's residential buildings were severly damaged in the wake of cyclone Tracy in the early hours of December 25, 1974. Overall damage was caused...

Design and Construction of Steel Chimney Liners
This is believed to be the first book to be compiled and published on this subject, even though the steel liner is now the most widely used in fossil-fueled electric generating stations...

Wood Structures
A Design Guide and Commentary
This book, Wood Structures: A Design Guide and Commentary, is intended to present significant research and development findings as related...

Terzaghi Lectures
1963-1972
The lectures included in the books are: Foundation behavior of iron ore storage yards; Role of the calculated risk in earthwork and foundation engineering; Progressive failure in slopes...

Planning and Design of Tall Buildings
Structural Design of Tall Concrete and Masonry Buildings
The objective of this monograph, Structural Design of Tall Concrete and Masonry Buildings, is to document the state of art relative to the...

Plastic Design in Steel
A Guide and Commentary
This manual, Plastic Design in Steel: A Guide and Commentary, documents the applicability of plastic analysis to the design of structural steel...

Guide for Design of Steel Transmission Towers
The purpose of this report, Guide for Design of Steel Transmission Towers, is to provide a basis for the structural design of self-supporting...

American Standard Building Code Requirements for Excavations and Foundations
American Standard Building Code Requirements for Excavations and Foundations covers a broad range of relevant issues in building code requirements...

Pile Foundations and Pile Structures
This manual, Pile Foundations and Pile Structures, is an assembly of data relating to pile foundations and pile structures which is intended...

A.S.T.M. Specifications and Methods of Test
This document, A.S.T.M. Specifications and Methods of Test Referred to in the Report of the Joint Committee on Standard Specifications for Concrete and Reinforced...

Timber Piles and Construction Timbers
Timber Piles and Construction Timber covers a broad range of timber related topics. Results of studies by the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of...

Erection of Steel Buildings
Accepted Good Practice in the Selection of Plant and Methods
The data and directions in this manual, Erection of Steel Buildings: Accepted Good Practice in the Selection of Plant and Methods, have been...

George Washington Bridge Across the Hudson River at New York, NY
This publication includes selected papers on George Washington Bridge reprinted from The Transactions of American Society of Civil Engineers (Vol, 97, 1933).The titles of papers: General Concept and Development...

 

 

 

 

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