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50th Anniversary of the Hydraulic Division 1938-1988
This publication consists of the papers presented at the special sessions of the 1988 ASCE National Conference on Hydraulic Engineering held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, August 8-10,...

Rehabilitating West Point's Tunnel
Conrail, the Northeast's largest freight railway, had a problem with a tunnel carrying the fastest freight line between the New York area and the Pacific. The 1882 tunnel...

Cleaning Up: The Second Decade
Endless media coverage and a high level of public anxiety make it seem as though the U.S. has been attempting to clean toxic waste sites for decades. In fact, the 1980s were our first...

A Possible Paradigm
`We work only on a lump sum basis, with work guaranteed on time, and no extras. We help you define the scope of work, using our experience and unmatched computerized databases, then guarantee...

Remediation Technologies in Use for Groundwater and Soil Contamination in the Santa Clara Valley
Silicon Valley is known as the origin and the heart of the high technology (Hitech) industry. However, tech-nologies used for soils and groundwater remediation in the valley are not necessarily...

Leveling the Playing Field
As professional sports grow, so does the market for elaborate multi-use sports arenas. The new Target Center in Minneapolis features a unique movable floor, 68 luxury suites and a state-of-the-art...

Aussie Steel
The 50-story Chifley Square Building being built in Sydney will be the tallest Australian steel building. Scheduled for completion in June 1992 at a cost of $310 million, it will house...

Behavior of Structures During Earthquakes
Originally published in: Journal of Engineering Mechanics Division, ASCE, EM4, October 1959, pp. 109-129...

Vibrations of Linearly Tapered Cantilever Beams
Originally published in: Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division, ASCE, EM2, April 1962, pp. 95-123...

Natural Periods of Buildings
Originally published in: Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division, ASCE, EM4, August 1963, pp. 31-65...

Generation of Artificial Earthquakes
Originally published in: Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division, ASCE, EM1, February 1964, pp. 113-150...

Ambient Vibration Tests of a Suspension Bridge
Originally published in: Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division, ASCE, EM5, October 1978, pp. 983-999...

Progress in Hydromechanics
The historical development of hydromechanics in the fifty years since the founding of the Hydraulics Division is reviewed. Rouse's 1938 text, Fluid Mechanics for Hydraulic Engineers, provided...

Superstructure: Statics Discussion
This chapter briefly discusses the statics of the Colossus....

Building Moon Bases
It is widely accepted that the U.S. will begin to build a base on the moon at the turn of the century, and much of the design work has already been done. Based on papers presented at Space...

Diatomaceous Soils: A New Approach
Diatomaceous soils are formed over long periods of time when the skeletal remains of plankton and other single-celled marine creatures sink and accumulate in lakes, estuaries and oceans....

High Tech on Campus
Hannan Hall, the new laboratory building at The Catholic University of America, has a structure entirely made up of precast concrete panels and 24 in. deep double tees. The loadbearing...

Transmission Line Insulator Assembly Reliability
Transmission line insulator assemblies made up of ceramic or composite insulators and associated hardware are used to mechanically support and electrically isolate energized conductors...

Analysis of the Non-Planar Response of a Cantilever, with the Aid of Computerized Symbolic Manipulation
The nonlinear differential equations governing the static deformations of a cantilever with a tip mass are formulated and analyzed with the aid of computerized symbolic manipulation. The...

Neural Network Approaches in Structural Mechanics Computations
The neural computing paradigm has not been extensively researched in terms of its applicability to a wide variety of structural engineering problems. At an intellectual level this research...

 

 

 

 

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