Settlement of a Reactor Containment on Sand
In this paper, predicted and observed settlements are presented for the reactor containment structure of the Beaver Valley Power Station - Unit 2, Shippingport, Pennsylvania. The Beaver...
Innovations in the Design of Electrical Transmission Structures
New concepts are being advanced for the design of electrical transmission structures. The papers in this book cover the following: weather-element loading conditions, structural options,...
Pavement?An Integral Part of the Terminal as a Container Handling System
A modern container terminal requires extensive areas of paving for stacking and moving containers, the provision of which often proves to be one of the most expensive single items, in...
Recent Advances in Structural Dynamics
The four papers in this book emphasize the design, testing, and analysis of large structures. The topics covered include base isolation in the design and construction of power plant structures,...
A Modern Cone Penetration Testing Vehicle
The geotechnical group at the University of Florida recently purchased a new insitu testing cone truck. This is a powerful, all wheel drive, off-the-road vehicle designed specially for...
In-Situ Testing to Characterize Electric Transmission Line Routes
A review of the literature has shown few definitive studies which separate test variability from soil inhomogeneity. A sensitivity study was performed to evaluate the effects of the overall...
CPT/DMT QC of Ground Modification at a Power Plant
The use of 908 static cone penetration test (CPT) and 33 Marchetti dilatometer test (DMT) soundings provided the quality control (QC) needed to improve a power plant site by the use of...
Uplist Capacity of Pile Foundations Using CPT Data
Southern California Edison Company has performed field uplift load tests on concrete driven piles, cast-in-place straight shaft piles and cast-in-place belled piers along transmission...
Comparison of Two Audits for Electric Utilities
Two case studies on environmental audits were examined to illustrate the differences between the comprehensive audit and a focused audit. The differences in audit team composition, technical...
Hydrodynamics of Earth Fill Dam Breach Erosion
An analytical model is suggested in this paper. The model is based on the continuity equation of water mass within the reservoir, a broad-crested weir discharge formula and a velocity...
Hydroelectric Program for Development in Mexico
This work deals with the process at present followed in Mexico for the development of hydroelectric projects. Then, the participation of hydroelectricity in the electric sector is given...
Cherokee Nation Power Development at a Corps Lock and Dam
In an arrangement among the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Southwestern Power Administration, the Cherokee tribe will finance, design and construct...
Future Hydrothermal Power of the United States
Public indignation toward nuclear-power expansion, and dwindling oil and gas reserves dictate the needs to look for alternative-power sources, such as coal and water. It is a prime time...
Remote Sensing to Assess Effects of Hydroelectric Development
Planning for hydroelectric development of rivers in the province of Ontario, Canada requires extensive environmental evaluation and assessment. To test the feasibility of using digital...
Small Hydro is Very Rarely Typical
Engineering design of a small hydro project is often considered to be straightforward. Many potential developers assume that the engineering effort can be reduced to 'typical'...
Diamond Fork Hydroelectric Power Development
The Strawberry Valley Project was conceived in the early 1890s as an irrigation project to supply a maximum of 635 cfs of water from the Strawberry Reservoir through a 3. 8-mile-long tunnel...
Hydropower on the Arkansas?A Non-Federal Development
Only two of the eleven navigation locks and dams in Arkansas were initially constructed with hydropower facilities. In 1980, Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC) filed preliminary...
Water Management of the Snowy Mountains Scheme Australia
The Snowy Mountains Scheme in south-eastern Australia provides a classic example of Water Resources Planning and Management on a National scale. The Scheme provides mainly peak electricity...
Applied Hydro System Operations Models
The paper discusses computer simulation of system operations. Computer programs that simulate operations through future time periods on hourly, daily or monthly time periods are routinely...
California Water Project Operation
The California State Water Project (SWP) is operated and managed using state-of-the-art operations research and optimization techniques. Medium- and long-range studies for the operation...
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