Interactive Flood Response Plans: Internet/Intranet Formats with National Implications
(No paper) An effective flood response plan takes into account the needs of and utility to the end user of that plan?namely the local emergency response community. A flood response plan...
Why the Latrines in Benin are so Few and Far Between: Implications for Improving Sanitation in Developing Countries
(No paper) This paper contributes to such an understanding with research about how consumers make their sanitation choices in developing countries from a case study of latrine adoption...
Sizing Up Seismic Bearings
Today in the U.S., there are two general technologies available to protect new and existing bridges from the damaging effects of earthquakes. One type, seismic isolation bearings, provide...
Keeping a Low Profile
The Admiral Clarey Bridge in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, combines fixed and floating bridge elements to span more than 4,500 ft (1,372 m) while hovering just above the harbor waters. The bridge,...
Bridge Safety and Reliability
Sponsored by the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE. This report covers a wide range of applications of modern structural safety and reliability...
Coastal Sediments
This proceedings,
Geo-Engineering for Underground Facilities
The papers collected in this proceedings
Holding the Advantage
Small firms are constantly under a number of business pressures, and competing for qualified engineers with both large and small engineering firms is just one more challenge to contend...
Stream Stability and Scour at Highway Bridges
Compendium of Stream Stability and Scour Papers Presented at Conferences Sponsored by the Water Resources Engineering (Hydraulics) Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Sponsored by the Water Resources Engineering (Hydraulics) Division of ASCE. This collection contains 75 papers and 321 abstracts presented at conferences...
Enduring Elegance (Available in Structural Engineering Special Issue only)
Every architect who designs for earthquake-prone areas wants to create an elegant aesthetic form despite the limitations of seismic considerations. The San Francisco International Airport's...
The Arch Bridge Mystery
For some years, concrete from the Manayunk Bridge�a long-idle, spandrel-arch railroad bridge in Philadelphia�had been spalling toward the streets and river below. While a system of nets...
Cold Regions Engineering
Putting Research into Practice
This proceedings,
Pipeline Safety, Reliability, and Rehabilitation
This proceedings,
Newsletters That Deliver
A newsletter consultant and business manager for a small engineering firm explains how to create an effective newsletter for new and potential clients. Among the necessary steps are establishing...
Special Geotechnical Testing: Central Artery/Tunnel Project in Boston, Massachusetts
The Central Artery/Tunnel Project (CA/T) in Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest urban highway construction project in the history of the interstate system. The magnitude and complexity...
On the Wild Side
Designers of today's roller coasters are constantly looking for new ways to exhilarate riders, from higher drops to tighter turns to launch mechanisms that exert more force...
Easy Interface
Engineers have long desired to be able to move freely from computer-aided design (CAD) programs to geographic information systems (GIS) and their vast databases. Now, thanks to improvements...
Forming Civil Engineering's Future
Proceedings of the 1999 National Civil Engineering Education Congress, held in Charlotte, North Carolina, October 16-20, 1999. This collection contains...
Construction Control for Earth and Rockfill Dams
Technical Engineering and Design Guides, as adapted from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, No. 27 This manual provides critical guidance for constructors...
Advances in Composite Materials and Mechanics
Recent advances in the development and use of composite materials have renewed interest in the applications of engineering mechanics in this growing field. This proceedings provides a...
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