Advancing Composites (Available in Structural Engineering Special Section only)
Advanced composites, particularly fiber-reinforced polymers, have received considerable attention from bridge owners over the last few years, as cost-effective, durable alternatives to...
Summary of Evaluation Findings for the Testing of Ice Ban
Prepared by the Highway Innovative Technology Evaluation Center, a CERF Service Center. This report describes a HITEC laboratory and field evaluation...
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers 1998
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers Vol. 163, 1998 contains abstracts for all ASCE journal and periodical papers and technical notes, Civil Engineering - ASCE feature...
ASCE Annual Combined Index 1998
The 1998 ASCE Annual Combined Index provides a guide to materials appearing in publications of ASCE published during 1998. This includes papers and technical notes from ASCE technical...
A Composite Sketch
Engineers are using the lightweight advantages of fiber reinforced polymers to build short span vehicular bridges and pedestrian bridges, particularly in remote areas, such as national...
Ground Attack
Buried surfaces made of concrete, ductile iron and carbon steel are susceptible to corrosion by the soil that surrounds them, but there are numerous ways that these surfaces may be protected....
Muscle Made of Carbon Fiber
Carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) extends service life and increases load-bearing capacity when applied to concrete structures. CFRP is less expensive than traditional strengthening...
Over the Top Concrete
The 60-year-old Tongue River Dam in southeastern Montana is undergoing extensive dam safety and reservoir enlargement modifications. Major features of the project include a 60,000 cfs...
When the Levee Inflates
Rubber dams�long, flexible tubes, anchored to a concrete base and abutments and inflated with air or water�have been used since the 1950s, but installations have risen as technology has...
A Corps Chief Looks at Rising Tide
A former head of the U.S. Army corps of Engineers reviews a book about the Great Flood of 1927. The book, entitled, Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed...
A Stockholder's Story
A former partner in an engineering consulting firm tells about what happens when a firm goes public. His view is that while it benefitted financially, the firm changed for the worse. The...
Concrete Change
The concrete industry has an array of options when it comes to recycling. Incorporating glass, chicken feathers, palm fronds, sludge, crushed computer casings or other recycled materials...
Positively Not Pedestrian
An elaborate pedestrian and bicycle bridge in Eugene incorporates a number of innovative engineering features to create an aesthetically pleasing structure to complement the surrounding...
Putting Polystyrene to Work
Geofoam, the generic name for block or low density cellular plastic foam solids used in geotechnical applications, has low density and good insulation properties, which makes it well suited...
California and the World Ocean '97
Ocean Resources: An Agenda for the Future
The conference, California and the World Ocean '97 (CWO '97), was organized by the Coastal Zone Foundation and Resources Agency of California. CWO '97...
Ports '98
This proceedings,
Seismic Guidelines for Ports
Making the Grade
A new grade of high performance steel, HPS-70W, allows engineers to design tougher, lighter structures. The high performance weathering steel has a yield strength of 70 ksi, or 485 MPa....
Czech It Out (Available only in Structural Engineering Special Issue)
Bridge and transportation engineers and architects combined on the design of a unique bridge in a small city in the Czech Republic. The cable-stayed bridge only has one tower which is...
Building Knowledge (Available only in Structural Engineering Special Issue)
The Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory (ITLL) at the University of Colorado provides hands-on engineering lessons for students. Electrical, HVAC, structural, illumination, and...
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