Modifications At Operating Nuclear Power Plants
In these days of continuing regulatory requirement changes and high interest rates, the engineering of structural modifications for operating nuclear power plants has taken on greater...
Civil Engineering Challenge with Nuclear Waste
The planning, design and construction of the ground surface facilities for a nuclear waste repository involves civil engineering in many ways. The transportation of heavy, metal shielded...
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Making Treatment Plants Work
For the most part, past design criteria that have been used were based primarily on historical information from plants that worked or general rule of thumb criteria. With the increasing...
Concepts and Methods in Reliability-Based Structural Optimization
This paper presents an overview of the major concepts and methods used in reliability-based structural optimization. New formulations related to multicriteria optimization are developed....
Probability-Based Load Criteria for Structural Design
Load criteria for use in limit states design of structures are developed using probabilistic methods. Statistical data on load and strengths are integrated by the reliability analysis...
Design Load Combination Factors
This paper reviews alternative load combination formats for ultimate limit states in codified structural design. The need for explicit consideration of load-time variations and random...
Design Considerations for Wind Loadings
The application of reliability concepts to the treatment of wind loadings on structures has increased in the past several years. Advances have been made in assessing the various uncertainties...
Arctic Foundation Selection: A Decision Matrix
An idealized matrix diagram is presented of the decision making process involved in determing an economic Arctic foundation type that is best suited to the proposed above-grade structure....
Attenuating Creep of Piles in Frozen Soils
Results of several long-term creep tests of piles in frozen soils are analyzed; the primary or attenuating creep is predominant in most cases. For effective design of pile foundations...
Snow Effects on Pile Design Temperatures
The construction of North Slope aboveground pipelines and gathering lines is generally from snow workpads constructed proximate to existing access roadways. The pile support centerline...
Aesthetics of High-Rise Building Structures
The structural aesthetics of high-rise buildings is discussed, with particular emphasis on building frames, individual members and on joints and connections. Examples are given of towers...
Effects of Scale on Tall Buildings
The laws of scale in relation to structures are explored within an historic, as well as an aesthetic context. Particular emphasis is placed on the development of structural systems for...
Aesthetics and Design of Prestressed High-Rise Buildings
This paper will address the aesthetics, economic and construction-related advantages of prestressed concrete for high-rise buildings, with an emphasis on the South-East Asia region. While...
Structural Expression in Tall and Super Tall Buildings
The economic and social pressures that have pushed skyscrapers higher above our cities have also brought forth new structural systems for tall buildings. As this trend is expected to continue...
Construction Management: Dallas North Tollway Project
This article will attempt to illustrate the importance of flexibility of the design and construction inspection process to insure the project is constructed within the time and budget...
Embankment Seepage Control Design and Construction
For seepage control features of embankment dams, design criteria and construction practice is reviewed as it is reflected in the experience of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. The generally...
Seepage Control at Cochiti Dam, New Mexico
Significant design data, design assumptions and computations, and performance of the seepage control features provided at Cochiti Dam are summarized in this paper. The dam is a rolled...
The Use and Performance of Seepage Reduction Measures
The utilization and performance of various foundation seepage reduction measures from over 100 dams situated on pervious soils throughout the world has been reviewed. Summary discussions...
Designing and Monitoring for Seepage at Calamus Dam
Given the complex, pervious nature of the foundation for Calamus Dam, every effort has been made to incorporate design features that will reduce and control the anticipated large volumes...
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