Total-System Analyzer for Performance Assessment of Yucca Mountain
The Total-System Analyzer is a modular computer program for probabilistic total-system performance calculations. The code employs stratified random sampling from model parameter distribution...
Expert System Applications for Bridge Engineering
Expert systems (ES) are computer programs that attempt to simulate the reasoning processes and knowledge of a human expert. The particular problem of bridge analysis/design is a prime...
Computerized Bridge Monitoring System
Research at the University of Connecticut has generated a full scale vibrational monitoring system for installation on a Connecticut bridge. The monitoring system consists of a field computer...
An Electronic Specification for the Earthquake Resistance Design of the Highway Bridges in Pennsylvania
An interactive C program for the seismic design of highway bridges in the state of Pennsylvania is described in this paper. The program was developed in C language on a personal computer....
Boston's Sewage Outfall
The centerpiece of the Boston Harbor cleanup plan will be the sewage plant on Deer Island, which will treat water from 43 municipalities in the Boston metro area�500 mgd to start. In order...
Building a Geographic Information System (GIS) for Siting New York City Sludge Management Facilities
Siting studies for waste facilities usually focus on a particular geographic region, or a defined study area, and are restricted to a specific technology. However, the siting of land-based...
A GIS for the Louisiana Coastal Zone
The U. S. Army Engineer District, New Orleans is responsible for collecting, interpreting, and publishing large amounts of data related to engineering geology, subsidence, and land loss...
GIS in Transportation Modeling: Merging MINUTP with GIS
Transportation system modeling involves a great deal of information on features which are geographically distributed over a study area. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are suited...
Transportation GIS Applications
The Ala-carte of important Transportation GIS topics we will be discussing are: US Department of Defense's (DOD) Global Positioning System (GPS) US Census Bureau's...
Geographic Engineering Management System
The Memphis District Engineering Division is developing a GIS type data base as part of a Geographic Engineering Management System (GEMS) to assist both the District and the Lower Mississippi...
GIS Applications Floodplain Reconnaissance Studies
U.S. Army Engineer District, New Orleans (NOD) employed a Geographic Information System (GIS) to support a flood plain management Reconnaissance Study. The study region encompassed the...
Applications of GIS to Wastewater System Master Planning in Albuquerque
The City of Albuquerque Public Works Department provides wastewater collection and treatment services to a metropolitan area of over 550,000 people. In order to plan for needed wastewater...
Integration of SCADA and GIS Technologies in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Due to its physiographic setting in the delta region of the Mississippi River, a majority of the inhabited lands in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana are below local mean sea level and much...
Updating New York City's Sewer and Water Main Distribution Systems: Practical Applications of GIS
To systematically begin meeting infrastructure management challenges, the City of New York has dedicated precious resources to implement a utility-based Geographic Information System (GIS)....
Milwaukee's Work Tracking IMS: Building Upon a Geographic Foundation
The City of Milwaukee's Department of Public Works is composed of eight operating Bureaus and a General Office and is responsible for maintaining the City's streets,...
Establishing a Geographic Information System
The ultimate test of an advancement in civil engineering is the successful integration of aspects of the advance into the general engineering community. Success stories in this area include...
A Geographic Information System to Support State-Wide Hydrologic Modeling with the SCS-TR-20
A geographic information system (GIS) that is structured for hydrologic analyses has been installed in the Maryland State Highway Administration's (MSHA) Division of Bridge...
Runoff Modeling Using the Geomorphological Instantaneous Unit Hydrograph and ARC/INFO Geographic Information System
The degree to which the spatial variability of watershed characteristics (geographical and climatological) is recognized for simulating watershed runoff depends on the hydrologic model...
Regional Flood Control District GIS Applications
Clark County, Nevada is currently implementing a Geographic Information System (GIS) to support County planning and engineering functions. The Regional Flood Control District is in the...
California's Orange County Water District A Model for Comprehensive Water Resources Management
The Orange County Water District in Southern California has developed over several decades a water resources management program that incorporates innovative control strategies, proven...
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