Design and Construction of Waterfront Facilities at U.S. Navy Homeport at Ingleside, Texas
The waterfront facilities for the largest of the Navy's new homeports in the Gulf of Mexico were completed in 1990. The project included over 2,500 feet (762 m.) of deep draft bulkhead...
Underground Refrigeration Outlets
This paper discusses facilities for underground refrigeration at terminal at Port of Tacoma, to provide services to Evergreen line, the worlds largest container shipping company....
Floating or Fixed Dock for RO/RO Ship Operations
Floating pontoon-type dock structures are typically used for RO/RO ship berthing. Primary advantage of a floating dock for RO/RO berthing is the relatively constant height relationship...
Modern Crane Control Enhancements
Terminal operators are continually looking for innovative ways to enhance the productivity and safety of their container cranes. This paper discusses examples of control enhancements that...
Upgrading Today's Terminals for Tomorrow's Needs
This paper describes how a 1940's vintage, timber pile supported wharf is being modernized to serve post-Panamax ships: how the Massachusetts Port Authority (MASSPORT) is rebuilding their...
Replacement of a Deteriorated Steel Sheet Pile Bulkhead
This paper presents a life history of a marine steel sheet pile bulkhead, over 35 years old, that has been exposed to a salt water environment with minimal maintenance or repair in the...
Historic Seawalls of the Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Region: Evolution, Construction and Repair
The earliest seawalls in the Boston region were of crib construction. Cobb cribs had an open framework and could readily be floated into position and sunk with rock from local sources....
Draft Chapter 2?Planning and Design Guidelines for Small Craft Harbors?Entrance Design and Breakwaters
The paper will present a very preliminary draft of the second chapter of an ASCE manual that is currently being developed. The new manual is entitled Planning and Design Guidelines for...
Unit Hydrograph Derivation Using Geographic Information System
Geographical information system (GIS) data management and processing functions are used to develop synthetic unit hydrographs using input data consisting of digital elevation models (DEM)...
Use of Interactive Simulation Environments for Evaluation of Water Supply Reliability
This paper investigates physical performance measures and their practical application to a regional water resource system for western Washington. Specific criteria for characterizing the...
Estimating Urban and Suburban Sewage Flows with Assistance of GIS Technology
The Massachusetts Water Resource Authority (MWRA), an agency created by the Massachusetts legislature to provide wholesale water and sewer services to the metropolitan Boston areea, is...
Critical Public Issues for Well Head Protection
New Jersey adopted in 1991 a Well Head Protection Program Plan to provide added safeguards to water supply wells. Through extensive public participation efforts the Department of Environmental...
System Operating Strategies in Water Rights Modeling and Analysis
The appropriative surface water rights permit structure in Texas has provided the impetus to develop TAMUWRAP, a river basin simulation package that will allow the response of multiple...
Design and Maintenance of Rural Water Supply Systems for Improved Performance
During the period 1980-1990 the United Nations sponsored a comprehensive effort to bring potable water supplies throughout the world. For many urban and rural areas in developing countries...
Computing in Civil Engineering and Geographic Information Systems Symposium
This proceedings consists of the papers presented at the Eighth National Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering and Geographic Information Symposium, held in conjunction with A/E/C...
Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space III
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Building Better Bridges: Concrete Vs. Steel
The authors debate the merits of concrete segmental and steel bridge design and construction based on five criteria: initial and life-cycle costs; structural advantages; durability; construction...
The Diagnosis of Pavement Ills
The paper defines the 'health' of a road pavement in terms of parameters of serviceability, safety and structural integrity and defines 'illness' as any departure from 'healthy' values...
Masonry as a Structural Material
Four case studies are presented which illustrate the use of masonry as a structural material. Results of laboratory studies for unreinforced piers subjected to in-plane lateral forces,...
Application of SMA Technology in Georgia
In 1991, the Georgia Department of Transportation participated in a cooperative effort with the Federal Highway Administration to conduct one of a series of field evaluations of Stone...
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