Design of Large Steam Turbine-Generator Foundations
This report is a guide for engineers who are responsible for the design and analysis of large turbine-generator foundations. A description of the various components of turbine-generator...
Neyrtec Automatic Equipment for Irrigation Canals
The French Company ALSTHOM has developed a line of simple equipment for automatic level control and constant discharge control in canal irrigation systems. The paper includes a description...
Instrumentation: Canal De Provence
A report describing the Canal de Provence and its specific hydraulic regulation system, 'dynamic regulation', is presented in another conference paper. The present...
Stepped Spillway Design with a RCC Dam
The hydraulic model study results for the Upper Stillwater stepped spillway design are presented. The studies encompassed several spillway geometries and design unit discharges ranging...
Underwater Inspection of Hydraulic Structures
Improvements in diving equipment, and underwater testing and instrumentation devices in recent years have increased the value of underwater inspections and reduced the cost. This paper...
Rehabilitation of Williams Bridge Dam
Pennsylvania Gas and Water Company initiated construction work to upgrade the 90-year old dam in order to meet current dam safety standards with emphasis on satisfying Probable Maximum...
Modification of Meander Pattern Using Wing Dams
A sharp river bend and a highway bridge together create potentially hazardous conditions for all down-bound barge tows on the Mississippi River at Lansing, Iowa. The tendency of the river...
Reducing Maintenance Costs of Irrigation Systems
Reducing the costs of maintaining an irrigation water delivery system is becoming more important as the financial problems of the irrigators become more critical. The maintenance costs...
Adding a Climatic Interface to Electronic Irrigation Controllers
Automated irrigation systems have traditionally relied on a time based controller set to operate the irrigation system for a specific duration and frequency. To determine the duration...
The Animas-La Plata Project Cost Sharing Agreement
The United States Congress required a cost-sharing agreement between the project beneficiaries and the Federal government. Under this agreement of June 30, 1986, the project will be constructed...
Future Directions on World Bank Irrigation Projects in India
Irrigation development in India is proceeding at a record rate and will continue for several decades. Experience, however, is showing that future directions must entail substantive emphasis...
Economic Benefit of Irrigation on Beef Ranches
Drought can result in forage shortages leading to possible liquidation of the breeding herd. Liquidation is often at depressed prices, and replacement may be at elevated prices. In this...
The Inflatable Weir and Its Widespread Employment for Irrigation in Japan
Although introduced in the U. S. in the 1950's for groundwater recharging, the inflatable weir has become established only in Japan, in which case it is used almost entirely...
Garbage: Cogeneration's Third Dimension
Burning garbage or refuse derived fuels (RDF) is becoming more common in cogeneration plants being constructed in the U.S. The three-for-one concept turns one fuel into two products (steam...
Nuclear Waste Disposal: Where Are We?
The U.S. Department of Energy is conducting preliminary site characterizations for three candidates for nuclear waste disposal. The sites are in three different geologic sites. A Richland,...
The Scourge of Scour
Among 86 bridge failures from 1961 to 1976, more were caused by scour than by earthquakes, wind, structural problems, corrosion and accidents combined. Scour is the erosion of a stream...
Building a Team, Not Just a Building
The best way to resolve construction disputes is to head them off. And the best time to step in is before your contractor is hired. In the private sector, there is no reason to open the...
Steel Plate Girder Alternate I-10/I-17 Interchange
The scope of the Phoenix I-10 Viaduct allowed extensive study for the optimization of this moderate span steel plate girder bridge. The value engineering studies lead to the use of the...
Three Automatically Erected Folding Spans
The U. S. Navy has identified three rapidly erected bridges. Each is capable of spanning 400 feet (120 m) with a 70 ton (63 tonne) live load at mid-span. Each will also fold into a 15...
Rehabilitation of the SF Calawah River Bridge
The failure of a 4-span reinforced concrete bridge in Washington State initiated a study that ultimately led to a unique method of bridge rehabilitation. Severe scour resulted in settlement...
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