Short Span Bridges
Short span bridges, seemingly simple and innocuous structures, in fact embody many interesting problems and developments: The need to replace hundreds of thousands of bridges (safety and...
News in Bridge Decks
This is the second of two articles on short span bridges. The first, in the July issue, described cost-cutting ideas in design. This article focuses on bridge decks: expansion joints,...
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...
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...
Landmarks in Reinforced Concrete
To properly understand the significance of ASCE'S National Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks the instrumental steps in engineering history leading up to the landmarks period...
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...
Planning and Design of Tall Buildings
Bibliography on Tall Buildings
A complete listing of the bibliography available on the tall building data base, entered in and processed by the computer, is presented with the abstracts where available. It is the result...
Planning and Design of Tall Buildings
Structural Design of Tall Concrete and Masonry Buildings
The objective of this monograph,
Planning and Design of Tall Buildings
Tall Building System and Concepts
Proceedings of the International Conference on Planning and Design of Tall Buildings, held at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, August 21-26, 1972. Sponsored by the American...
Safety and Reliability of Metal Structures
Proceedings of the Specialty Conference on Safety and Reliability of Metal Structures, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 2-3, 1972. Sponsored by the American Society of Civil...
Stability of Rock Slopes
Proceedings of the Thirteenth Symposium on Rock Mechanics held at the University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, August 30 September 1, 1971. Sponsored by the U.S. National Committee for...
The Economics of High-Rise Apartment Buildings of Alternate Design Configuration
This is a study of the economic problems of conceptual design of high-rise apartment buildings. Definitions and techniques useful in total cost analysis are developed. The economic of...
Current Research on Tall Buildings
Abstracts
This report summarizes the results of a worldwide survey of current research on tall buildings conducted by the ASCE-IABSE Joint Committee on Tall Buildings. The Survey was conducted over...
Planning and Design of Tall Buildings
Introduction, Conference Record, Indexes
Proceedings of the International Conference on Planning and Design of Tall Buildings, held at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, August 21-26, 1972. Sponsored by the American...
Plastic Design in Steel
A Guide and Commentary
This manual,
Guide for Design of Steel Transmission Towers
The purpose of this report,
Research Conference on Shear Strength of Cohesive Soils
Proceedings of the Research Conference on Shear Strength of Cohesive Soils, held at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, June, 1960. Sponsored by the Soil Mechanics and Foundations...
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