Sulfur-Based Construction Materials for Lunar Construction
Several approaches have been suggested to use lunar or Martian aggregate in extraterrestrial construction. These approaches include hot pressing of lunar soils producing cements and concretes...
Astrotectonics: An Overview
Astrotectonics is the science of construction in space of both orbital and planetary structures and facilities, as well as orbitally assembled interplanetary spacecraft. The success of...
The Physics of Sediment Transport by Wind and Water
Sponsored by a special projects committee under the guidance of the Sedimentation Technical Committee of ASCE. This collection contains noteworthy,...
Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete
Composite steel-concrete systems are used extensively for buildings, bridges, and other civil engineering structures. Research and development related to composite construction are in...
Berm Breakwaters
Unconventional Rubble-Mound Breakwaters
This book presents a state-of-the-art review of the design, analysis, hydraulic model testing, and prototype experience of a new class of coastal structures that produce economical designs...
Pipeline Infrastructure
These proceedings include papers which cover the topics of innovative pipeline design, condition monitoring, soil-pipe interaction, inspection, maintenance, and rehabilitation. These collective...
Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics II?Recent Advances in Ground-Motion Evaluation
Ground-motion determination for analysis and design of engineering structures is a shared, interdisciplinary task involving geologists, seismologists, geophysicists, geotechnical engineers,...
Probabilistic Methods in Civil Engineering
This book contains extended abstracts of papers presented at the ASCE Specialty Conerence on probabilistic methods held in Blacksburg, Virginia on May 25-27, 1988. The field of probabilistic...
Assessing the West
Analyzing the geography, geology, flora and infrastructure in eight western states is a massive geotechnical project being undertaken for the military. More than 190,000 square miles have...
Instant Landmark
The 42 story curved glass facade of an $80 million structure at 17 State St. is destined to appear on the New York City postcards that show the tip of Manhattan Island. The site offers...
Retrofitting for a New Life in Power
Despite continued growth in energy demands, electric utilities in the U.S. aren't building many new powerplants these days, due to the economic and regulatory roadblocks they...
Burning Coal's Waste
Culm is the waste coal and shale left behind in mountain-size piles when anthracite mining ceased in northeastern Pennsylvania. Owners of a cogeneration plant now under construction near...
Air Power Boosts Utility Energy Supplies
Based in part on successful findings of tests, in which compressed air was stored in underground aquifers, Central Illinois Public Service engineers are investigating a type of pumped...
Life-Safety, Key to Seismic Evaluation
Most buildings in the U.S. don't meet modern standards for withstanding potential damage from possible earthquakes, and existing buildings present one of the greatest risks...
Recognizing Liquefaction Hazard
Technique for assessing liquefaction hazard are considered herein: Methods for compiling regional opportunity maps are reviewed and a crude national map is developed. Compilation of regional...
Mitigation of Seismic Effects on Water Systems
Historically, earthquakes have caused damage to water systems. In this paper, water system facilities at risk due to seismic activity as well as potential damage mechanisms are identified....
Sylmar HVDC Converter Station East Seismic Design
The Sylmar Converter Station East in Los Angeles receives power from the Northwest via the Pacific HVDC Intertie, a ?500 kV dc transmission line. At Sylmar, the energy is converted to...
Elegant Interchange for Tight Urban Spaces
The Seventh St. underpass, which opened in May of 1987, is a multilevel uban interchange crossing I-10 in the center of Phoenix, Arizona. With little right of way available, the interchange...
Model-Prototype Correlation of Hydraulic Structures
Forty-three papers are contained in these proceedings, from the International Symposium on Model-Prototype Correlation of Hydraulic Structures. The papers cover a broad range of subjects...
Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space
This book includes over 100 papers providing in-depth discussions of space policy, extraterrestrial basing, space stations and orbiting structures, and areas of special interest. Outposts...
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