Future Freight
In 21st-century America, most long-distance cargo will be transported via pipelines linking major cities. The most versatile freight pipeline is the capsule variety, which carries cargo...
Bumpy Road Ahead
By 1999, we will be riding on highways and public transit paid for by the 1991 reauthorization of the National Surface Transportation Act. Or maybe we won't. The new bill,...
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...
U.S. Tackles Leaking Tanks
Regulations to deal with leaking underground storage tanks have been in force since 1984 and deadlines for compliance began in 1989 for tanks installed before 1969. The Environmental Protection...
Quality in the Constructed Project
a Guide for Owners, Designers and Constructors
This final version of the
Waste Containment Systems
Construction, Regulation, and Performance
This proceedings consists of papers presented at a symposium on waste containment systems at the ASCE Convention in San Francisco, California on November 6th and 7th, 1990. Geotechnical...
Wernwag's Design in Historical Perspective
This chapter examines the historical context for the design and construction of the Colossus....
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...
People Movers Move Downtown
Although the people mover has become a common sight at major airports in the U.S. and abroad, the sleek high tech vehicles have yet to establish themselves as a cost effective mode of...
Reconstruction Under Traffic: A Study of Some Effects of the Dan Ryan Project on Motor Carrier Operations in Northeast Illinois
The paper discusses preparations by the Chicago Area Transportation Study for a study of the operational responses of truckers to whatever effects upon the regional highway system are...
Fired Up at Fort Drum
The U.S. Army's first major privatization contract was signed for design, construction, operation and ownership of the Fort Drum powerplant at the newly constructed base for...
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...
Repair and Rehabilitation of Damaged Steel Flexural Members
In earlier years, the primary method for repairing steel flexural members was to replace the member. However, with the cost of labor and material increasing dramatically over the last...
The Fabrication and Erection of the Minneapolis Convention Center
A new convention center is part of the City of Minneapolis' successful plan to maintain an economically strong downtown core. It is the latest addition to a list of civic...
Double Angle Bracing Members
It has been pointed out that when a single line of bracing is used, the member is usually made from structural tubing. It has been suggested that when the loads are not too great, consideration...
Preliminary Design Considerations for Flat Deployable Structures
Deployable structures are prefabricated frames that can be stored in a compact configuration, and can be easily deployed into a large-span, load-bearing space structure. The interest in...
Some Examples of Latticed Structures in Spain
Since the middle of the last sixties latticed structures have extensively been used in Spain to cover different large areas as factories, churches, marketplaces, exhibition palaces etc....
Analysis of Tapered and Stepped Columns by Analogy to Cantilever Deflection
An analysis is developed for handling the buckling design of tapered and stepped columns with the aid of the so called 'amplification factors'. When these factors...
Design Issues in Steel Buildings
The Committee on Design of Steel Building Structures of the Committee on Metals of the Structural Division of ASCE was formed in 1981, with the express purpose of studying problems that...
Shape Optimization of Joints of Steel-Framed Diaphragm Wall
Shape optimization system of the joints of the steel-framed diaphragm wall (abbreviated as steel diaphragm wall) is discussed. The optimization problem is formulated as the minimum cost...
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