Applying the Time-Reliability Equation
This paper presents a methodology for rigorously including time-varying elements of reliability through the use of the time-reliability equation. An example reliability analysis which...
Stochastic Risk Assessment for Structural Safety
Through the United States the structural safety of major and/or innovative structures has become a serious concern for engineers and to the general public. The objective of this paper...
Computerized Bridge Coding for HEC-2 Applications on I.B.M. P.C.
A computer program for conversion of survey field notes directly into SB, BT, and GR cards with simultaneous cross-section plot is described. It was designed to simplify the coding of...
Building Code Requirements for Masonry Structures and Specifications for Masonry Structures
The proposed Building Code Requirements and Specifications for Masonry Structures presented in this book were developed by the Joint American Concrete Institute, American Society of Civil...
A Study in Nuclear Decommissioning
The Gentilly-1 nuclear power plant two year decommissioning project launched a series of firsts for the nuclear power industry. It was the first commercial sized plant in the world to...
Swiss Cheese Box Girders
Now going up in the French Alps, the Sylans and Glacieres viaducts have decks supported by three-dimensional arrays of concrete trusses. The superstructures look like concrete box girders...
Skytrain Crosses the River
The cable stayed bridge that will carry Vancouver's light rail line across the Fraser River is the world's longest such bridge built solely for mass transit....
High Strength High Rise
For the sixth time in history, a structure billed as the world's tallest concrete building (over 950 ft) is under construction in Chicago. The contractors describe the structure...
New Installation Designs for Buried Concrete Pipe
The rational development of new installation designs for buried concrete pipe is described. Over 100 analyses were performed using a new computer program named SPIDA (Soil Pipe Interaction...
A Multilayered Model for Analysis of Composite Pipes
A multilayered model is developed to analyze the behavior of composite pipes, such as prestressed concrete pipe, to the combined effects of internal pressure and applied loads. The pipe...
Successful Rehabilitation of Sewers at Hawaii Kai
Two common problems in sanitary sewer deterioration are hydrogen sulfide attack to concrete pipe and structures and infiltration leakage into the system. Within the 100 miles (160 km)...
Inspection of Under Bridge Length Culverts
Culverts over 20 feet in span length are classified as bridges and are inspected under the National Bridge Inventory and Inspection Program. Those facilities under bridge length, less...
The Use of Restrained Joint Ductile Iron Pipe
This paper addresses some of the problems we at U. S. Pipe have observed from restrained joint installations during the past several years and the solutions devised. The restrained joints...
Pipe Geometry and Pipeline Bridge Wind Oscillation
Static and modal analyses of two pipeline suspension bridges owned by American Natural Resources - the Patterson Loop Aerial Crossing (PLAC) with a span of 850 feet (259 meters) and the...
An Investigation of the Supports of a Water Main
Two 48 inch (1. 22 m) diameter cast iron pipes constructed 50 to 70 years ago form a major part of the potable water transmission system of Atlantic City. For the most part of their length,...
Monitoring of a Gas Main During Construction
This paper focuses on the task of formulating and implementing a viable plan for protecting an existing gas main located in a construction site where construction activities include excavation,...
Cables in Trouble
Having inspected more than half of the world's cable stayed bridges, the authors conclude that many are in danger of sudden collapse unless corrosion problems can be stopped....
Design/Construct Contract Speeds Bridge Job
In the name of time and money savings, Pennsylvania DOT is building a bridge using a modified turnkey contract. In contrast, the standard approach is first to design the bridge, then ask...
Rehabbing the Underground Railroad
The Park Ave. Railroad Tunnel brings three commuter rail lines into New York City's Grand Central Station. The four tracks occupy three tubes from 97th St. to 57th St., where...
Japan Spans the Inland
Japan recently opened the Kojima-Sakaide Route, a 13.1 km series of bridges across the Inland Sea. The route connects two of Japan's four main islands�Honshu and Shikoku....
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