Nonlinear Trial Load Method of Arch Dams
The trial load method is still an important method for the stress analysis of arch dams at present. However, the trial load method can be used only for the linear elastic analysis of arch...
Simulative Calculation of Highrise Building Structure Under Vertical Loads
It is well known, the general structural stiffness and the vertical construction loads are formed storey by storey from bottom to top of the building especially for cast R.C. structure....
Graph?database of Large Dams in China (GLDC)
GLDC is a software with the dynamic processing and categorizing of the main graphs and data of the large dams in China. It can run by means of screen sidebar menu and in interactive mode...
Model-Based and Interactive Planning for Predictive Plant Maintenance Management
Maintenance of process in power plants represents about 30% of the operating cost of these plants, including the cost of repair labor, materials and out side services but not the cost...
How to Get Local Public Works Agencies to Use Structured Infrastructure Management Approaches
As more agencies consider adopting infrastructure management systems, the lessons learned in developing and supporting the use of current systems should be used to structure the support...
Private Sector Role in Infrastructure Renewal: Challenges and Opportunities
In order to solve the problem infrastructure renewal it is necessary to get leadership from both public and private sectors. This paper looks at how the private sector can play a role...
Highway Investment Analysis: The Next Generation
The Department of Transportation has developed and is now testing a state-of-the-art modeling procedure which simulates highway improvement selection decisions based on the relative benefits/cost...
Economic Paradigms for Infrastructure Management
A key characteristic which has emerged in infrastructure management system is the use of economic models at the network level (as opposed to project level) to help in evaluating program...
Uncertainty in Economic Evaluation of Upgrading Gravel Surface Roads
Many highway links in the world are still gravel surfaced. As traffic volumes increase, the demand for upgrading these surface also increases. The challenge to highway infrastructure management...
Aggregate Quarry Operations?From a Railroad's Perspective
This paper describes a study which shows how a railroad company can ensure receipt of a cost-effective, high-quality aggregate product for ballast by monitoring selected quarry operations....
Risk Analysis of the Financial Viability of the New Denver Airport
A risk analysis of the financial viability of the New Denver International Airport, conducted for the U.S. General Accounting Office, showed it highly unlikely that the new airport would...
Towards a `Simple' Long Term Evaluation of HSGT
The author examines, analyzes, and pursues the roots of several fundamental economic and related theories and techniques commonly used to determine technological performance, its measurement...
High Speed Rail: An Alternative Route to Preserve Quality of Life in the Northwest
The impacts of population growth threaten quality of life in the Pacific Northwest. Existing transportation systems cannot meet projected demand nor special needs of an aging society....
High Speed Ground Transportation on U.S. East Coast
The United States has entered into a new era of need for domestic improvement. The demand for high speed transportation far exceeds the supply. The increasing congestion of our roads and...
The Pittsburgh Maglev Project
MAGLEV, Inc. is a public/private/labor partnership created in response to the ever growing need to provide new transportation solutions to the escalating problem of highway and airport...
The Effects of HSGT on Urban Decentralization
While promoting a more efficient use of resources, high-speed ground transportation also could retard the process of urban decentralization which has been encouraged by the location of...
Estimation and Testing of Alternative Approaches to Model Intercity Rail Ridership
Assessment of proposals to improve intercity rail transportation service requires careful evaluation of their economic, developmental and environmental impacts. This paper addresses the...
Aerodynamic Resistance of Trains Running Through a Tunnel
In what follows, some previously published results and formulae have been combined in order to obtain an applicable tool for evaluating the energy consumption of trains in tunnel as a...
Application of the Maglev System in Germany
After the unification of Germany in 1991, the Federal Government decided to investigate Maglev links between the old and new Federal States to cope with the considerable increase of East-West...
ICE-HSR-System?Infrastructure, Rolling Stock, Operation
High-Speed trains such as the Japanese Shinkansen train in operation since 1964, the French TGV (train a grande vitesse) introduced in 1981 and the German ICE (InterCityExpress) running...
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