Incremental Assembly Stage Concepts for Space Station Freedom: Structural Design and Verification
The design and development of the U.S./International Space Station Freedom poses extreme technical and management challenges to the NASA/industry team. A comprehensive system engineering...
Space Station Truss Longevity
This paper describes the approaches taken to ensure Space Station truss longevity. The expected environmental and operational threats to structural integrity and the specific solutions...
System and Utilization Study of Japanese Experiment Module for International Space Station
The paper briefly reviews the overall system study of Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) which consists of Pressurized Module, Exposed Facility and Small Remote Manipulator System (RMS)....
A Supertrain Solution?
A high speed steel wheel rail line has been highly successful in France, where ridership has been very high. Financial backers were paid back in seven years, half the projected payback...
Industrial Strength 3-D
Williams assesses the benefits of using three-dimensional computer modeling in the design of industrial structures, comparing the reality in which the computer is a useful tool for engineers...
Small Project Management
Effective management of the small project must guard against overmanagement. Quick, accurate project tracking is required since small projects normally have short schedules, and adjustments...
Advances in Pipeline Materials and Design in Europe and North America
This paper presents an overview of various developments in materials technology and design procedures in the Western Hemisphere over the last 20 years. Some projections for anticipated...
Comprehensive Leak Detection Survey and Benefit/Cost Analysis
Fort Carson, Colorado was the site of a comprehensive leak detection investigation of the potable water system with the express purpose of quantifying the benefits to be derived by a military...
Next Stop: The Los Angeles Metro Rail
The Los Angeles Metro Rail is a $6.5 billion light and heavy rail system, which may be entirely completed by the year 2000. A 22 mi segment of the 150 mi light rail system, connecting...
Whatever Happened to Long-Term Bridge Design?
The Chairman of the Board of one of the leading engineering firms in the nation ponders the future of American bridges. In today's designing of bridges, Thomas R. Kuesel points...
Evaluation and Selection Methodology for Determination of a Preferred Pipeline Alignment
The San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) had need to construct a regional 108 to 72 inch (2.7 to 1.8 meter) diameter pipeline through San Diego County to increase water supply to its...
Museum Showcases the Future
On May 4 in Philadelphia, the Franklin Institute's new wing, called the Futures Center, will open to the public. When the institute's neoclassic main buiding...
Creative Connections: Bridges as Art
Princeton University professor of civil engineering David P. Billington, at the invitation of civil engineering professors at Tokyo University, tours Japan and critiques several of the...
Do Current Practices in Continuing Education Fulfill the Ethical Needs of the Profession and Society?
As part of the Code of Ethics of ASCE, it is the responsibility of the engineer to fulfill both the ethical needs of the profession as well as those of society. He or she can accomplish...
The Next Earthquake
The California's October 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake confirmed must of the current research and practice about structural engineering and seismic events. It also highlighted...
Educating American College Students on Issues Associated with the Isolation of Radioactive Wastes
A successful college-level course has been developed on issues associated with high-level and low-level radioactive waste. It emphasizes the background science. It has been taught to 150...
The Transportation Operations System: A Description
A system engineering approach is being applied to organize and develop relations among the people, hardware, and software of the Transportation Operations System (TOS), which will be a...
Systems Engineering Applied to a Regulatory Program
The Nuclear Waste Policy Act directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to complete the licensing hearing process for the High-Level Radioactive Waste Geologic Repository within three years,...
A Demonstration of the Systems Integration Modeling System (SIMS) as a Decision-Support Tool
In April 1989, the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) Integration Branch completed major demonstration of the Systems Integration Modeling System (SIMS). That system...
Systems Integration During the Development of a Federal Waste Management System
Systems integration in the development of the Federal Waste Management System for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste involves not only the activities traditional to development...
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