Deltas of the World
This proceeding,
Engineering Hydrology
This proceedings,
High Speed Ground Transportation Systems I
Planning and Engineering
This proceedings,
Hydraulic Engineering
This proceedings,
Microcomputers in Transportation
Microcomputers continue to revolutionize the productivity and creativity of transportation professionals leading to improvements in transportation planning, design, and management processes....
Hassle-Free Bridge Rehab
Engineers involved in Cleveland's Main Bridge rehab invoked whatever was necessary to keep area traffic moving and the bridge closure period to a minimum. They helped change...
Finite-Element Analysis as a Design Tool
This chapter covers the role of finite-element analysis in professional structural design. Past and present usage is covered lightly, with practice in a reputed design office as example....
Lime Sludge Amended Fly Ash for Utilization as an Engineering Material
Sludges generated from various water treatment operations are predominantly subject to the fate of land disposal. To prepare sludges for land disposal typically requires time consuming...
3-D Deformation Analysis of Pile Groups During Wave Loading
Deformation predictions of pile group supporting one leg of Magnus platform were conducted using the 3-D nonlinear computer program SPLICE (Structure/Pile/Soil Interaction Analysis) and...
The Transistor Psychrometer: A New Instrument for Measuring Soil Suction
The transistor psychrometer is the latest instrument available for the measurement of soil moisture suction. It has been developed over a number of years and is very similar in operation...
HUD Concerns: Post-Tensioned Foundations in Texas
An investigation was conducted of post-tensioned slab foundation systems in Texas pursuant to a request from the Headquarters Office's of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development...
The Use of Structural Composites in 21st Century Infrastructure Technology
The purpose of this paper is to create and transmit a sense of the unique benefits which effective application of composites technology can bring to the civil engineering. infrastructure...
Going International: Profit or Peril?
Six veterans of the international engineering and construction market discuss the financial risks of international work, including currency risk; expatriate living conditions; difficulties...
Infrastructure, IFC-Style
Interview with Everett J. Santos, head of the infrastructure department at the International Finance Corp.�the World Bank's private-sector arm. The department, created in...
Bringing Finance to the Table
Advice for companies whose marketing efforts have won them overseas projects�with the condition that they arrange financing for those projects. The competition for the few projects funded...
Can the U.S. Compete?
Though some American firms, particularly those providing turnkey delivery systems, are very competitive abroad, as a rule U.S. engineering and construction firms face daunting obstacles...
Advances in Site Characterization
Data Acquisition, Data Management, and Data Interpretation
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Digital Image Processing
Techniques and Applications in Civil Engineering
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Geographic Information Systems and their Application in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
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Waterpower '93
This proceedings contains the papers presented at the Waterpower '93 conference held in Nashville, Tennessee, August 10-13, 1993. The conference brought together owners, planners,...
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