The Magnetically Levitated Transport System TRANSRAPID?Characteristics and Aspects of Application
After a development of less than two decades the magnetic levitation TRANSRAPID is virtually ready for revenue service since 1985. The service has been continuously tested since 1985 on...
An Integrated GIS and Model for Assisting the Managers of an Army Training Area
The ARC/INFO geographic information system (GIS) has been combined with the ARX spatial expert system and the SMSP soil moisture-soil strength model to assist the managers of a major training...
River Engineering and Environmental Resources
The federal government and the Corps of Engineers (CE) are committed to preserving and enhancing environmental quality. Research and development support for this commitment in the realm...
Stresses in Concrete Armor Units
This book is derived from a Seminar at the Waterways Experiment Station, Coastal Engineering Research Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi held on November 7-8, 1989. It presents a state-of-the-art...
Education At a Crossroads
Undergraduate education of civil engineers may be in for a change in the 1990s for several reasons: The profession is mired in image and recruitment problems, the curriculum is under fire...
Transportation: New Systems for the New Century
By the end of this decade, a new coordinated transportation system for the U.S. could consist of high speed rail, maglev, regional airports and highways built solely for trucks. It would...
Setting Sights on Safety
Despite enactment of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 20 years ago, annual construction fatalities still number in the thousands. Various agencies and institutions have their own...
ATC-22: Development of a Handbook for ATC-14
The ATC-22 project is the development of a Handbook for the application of the methodology of ATC-14 for the seismic evaluation of existing buildings. The development of the Handbook itself...
Organization of Software Application Areas at The University of Michigan College of Engineering
This paper emphasizes the organizational aspects of bringing workstation use into a wide variety of courses through small interdisciplinary organizations within the College called sectors....
Training Water Delivery System Operators with Simulators
A graphical display training simulator has been developed on a microcomputer to mimic the operation of a multi-reservoir water delivery system. The simulator functions as a training device...
Perspectives on Irrigation/Drainage Education and Training
The Task Committee on Water Resources Education and Training (TCWRE) was organized in 1985 for the purpose of conducting an opinion survey to assess the adequacy of current education and...
River Training Works in Gezhouba Project on the Yangtze
A great number of research results of the river regime planning and river training work in Gezhouba Project on the Yangtze are described together with their application in the Project....
Grid Requirements for Numerical Models Containing Training Works
The numerical modeling of the rapid changes in flow variable in open channel flow systems containing training works, such as dikes, requires special attention in grid development. This...
Odors: The Other Effluent
Neighbors object to unpleasant odors emitted at wastewater treatment plants, and dealing with such odors requires tact as well as technology. The operators and engineers must listen to...
Training the Waste Watchers
Whether an engineer is going to work at a Superfund site himself, or if his firm will be doing cleanup work at the site, that engineer will want to take the 40 hour training course as...
Specifications and Constructibility
The article discusses these and other aspects of the subject, including training programs for inspectors and project managers, research/development and pilot testing of new products, methods...
High Speed Multi-Link Automated Control
A new manipulator control technique is being investigated with potential for improving equipment life and productivity without requiring more operator training. It can retrofit to multi-link...
Who Pays for the Unexpected in Construction?
On April 25, 1963, the ASCE Metropolitan Section held a seminar on 'Who Pays for the Unexpected in Construction?' at the United Engineering Center in New York...
Texas A&M University Construction Executive Program
The Texas A&M Construction Executive Program fulfills a long-standing need for continuing education for construction executives. It provides a service to the engineering-construction...
Effects of Driver Factors and Training on Wrecks
A training program for professional drivers is reviewed. The effects of driver factors, as well as their training, on accidents is presented....
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