Grouting Slip Liners: The New Inside Story
There are approximately 800,000 miles of water and sewer pipelines in the U.S. that need remedial work. About 2% need work each year, usually due to normal or accidental corrosion. Normal...
Future Freight
In 21st-century America, most long-distance cargo will be transported via pipelines linking major cities. The most versatile freight pipeline is the capsule variety, which carries cargo...
Seismic Risk Considerations for Transportation Systems
During the recent Loma Prieta Earthquake, major damage to certain key transportation elements greatly affected operations of major transportation systems within the San Francisco Bay Area....
Changes in Tubular Design Codes
This paper summarizes a number of changes in design provisions for tubular structures that have recently been adopted. These are the result of a number of research advances concerning...
Neural Network Approaches in Structural Mechanics Computations
The neural computing paradigm has not been extensively researched in terms of its applicability to a wide variety of structural engineering problems. At an intellectual level this research...
An Optimal Design of Steel Pipe Pile Foundation
This paper presents an optimal design method for the steel pipe pile foundation of bridge pier using a nonlinear programming. It is firstly assumed that an imaginary wall model behaves...
The Fatigue Performance of Welded Joints in a Marine Environment
The fatigue lives of plate-plate, pipe-plate, and tubular welded joints tested in seawater under free corrosion, optimum cathodic protection and cathodic overprotection measured in the...
Inelastic Response of Buried Pipelines Due to Landslide Effects
During earthquakes, a buried pipeline may experience significant loading as a result of large relative displacements of the ground along its length. Large ground movements can be caused...
An Evaluation of Pile Design in Fraser River Delta Using In-Situ Tests
Modern methods of pile design often take advantage of in-situ test data. Thirteen axial pile capacity design methods have been evaluated using the results from eight full-scale pile load...
Analysis of Pile Load Tests at Lock and Dam 26
This is a summary of the results collected during the extensive load test program performed by the U.S. Army Engineer District, St. Louis, during the construction of the new Lock and Dam...
Interpretation of Instrumented Driven Steel Pipe Piles
This paper presents the results of a series of studies on the behavior of driven close-ended steel pipe piles. Extensive field explorations and geotechnical analyses have been carried...
Cost Effective Pile Foundation Supports Fast Track Paper Mill
This paper decribes the generalized subsurface conditions, pile evaluation and load test program, pile and piling contractor selection, production pile installation, and quality assurance...
Innovative Foundation Designs for Permafrost Conditions in the Arctic
This paper describes the engineering solution to restore the structural properties of permafrost at a site location in the Western Operating Area of the Prudhoe Bay Field. Steel pile supports...
Graphics Interchangeability in a Heterogeneous Network
The paper outlines the complex problems of graphics interchangeability in a heterogeneous network of workstations, and discusses requirements for a practicable solution. The design of...
LAN Implementation in a Teaching Laboratory for Computer Integrated Manufacturing
The CIM (Computer Integrated Manufacturing) lab at Western Washington University contains a miniature factory with five robotic workcells and eight computers representing various departments...
Organization of Software Application Areas at The University of Michigan College of Engineering
This paper emphasizes the organizational aspects of bringing workstation use into a wide variety of courses through small interdisciplinary organizations within the College called sectors....
The Implementation of Open System Computing for Centralized and Departmental Requirements in a University Environment
Brigham Young University, and the College of Engineering and Technology in particular, have implemented an open, shared resource computing environment allowing the interconnection of personal...
Implementation of CAE at UDC: A Pioneer Approach
This paper describes the initiation and implementation of Computer Aided Engineering at the department of electrical engineering of the University of the District of Columbia, using state-of-the-art...
Adaptation of ANSI Standards for Communications Testing in the Connectionless Environment
American National Standards (X 3.102 and X 3.141) establish a uniform means for specifying, assessing and comparing performance of data communications systems and services from the point...
Local Area Network Communications Testing
This paper presents the philosophy developed for benchmark communications testing in networks typical of CAD/CAM environments. Implementation of the test philosophy in a connectionless...
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