Small Strain Measurements Using Triaxial Apparatus
This paper presents a detailed testing methodology which can be used to determine the cyclic properties of soils at very small strains using triaxial apparatus. A discussion of specific...
Romanesque Reused
When Union Station in St. Louis, Mo. was built in the 1890s it was the world's largest railroad station. Having been abandoned by the railroads in the 1970s, it was reopened...
Foam Grout Saves Tunnel
Pittsburgh's 81 year old Mt. Washington tunnel has been made safe for many more decades of light-rail transit use, with the use of foamed chemical grout. The job is the first...
Construction Cost Control
The second edition of
Hurricane Alicia
One Year Later
In the pre-dawn hours of August 28, 2983, Hurricane Alicia ripped its way ashore at the western tip of Galveston Island and moved northward to the Greater Houston area. This storm caused...
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of the annual Conference on environmental engineering is to pursue scientific knowledge and promote sound engineering judgement and practice in the solution of environmental...
Coastal Zone '85
Coastal Zone '85 was a multidisciplinary conference for professionals, interested citizens, and decision-makers to exchange information and views. Coastal zone management...
Project Management Software: What Is in the Future?
This paper predicts the future of project management software and provides a discussion of the assumptions made to develop these predictions. It provides a flexible framework for future...
Computer Management Concepts for Student Engineering
This paper presents many of the principles and concepts being taught to engineers of the future concerning their use of computer related activities. For example, from the cost/risk/benefit...
Computers on the Project Team
This paper presents the utilization of various computer technologies as an integral part of the project team at a large multi-discipline Architectural/Engineering firm. Technologies discussed...
Painless Method of Using Computers in A/E Firms
There is now an efficient and economical method of using computer technology in a small A/E firm. The recent advances in microcomputer technology have made it possible to take advantage...
Encouraging and Controlling Use of Automation
Judicious use of automation can greatly enhance the productivity of an engineering staff. Integration of multiple computing processes with technology such as plotting, digitizing, total...
Design, Construction & Performance of Fades Dam
The project, construction and performance of les Fades dam are described. Les Fades dam is one of the first concrete faced rockfill dams compacted with a vibratory roller. A vibratory...
Weak Rock in Two Rockfill Dams
Two South Australian concrete face compacted rockfill dams, built from soft rock won from each dam site, have performed successfully in service with only small leakage and settlements...
Batang Ai?Transition Zone
The Batang Ai Dam in Sarawak includes two concrete faced rockfill embankments. The transition zone between the concrete face and the rockfill consisted of natural river gravels but some...
It? Dam?Selection of Type
This paper describes the studies carried out for the type of dam selection for the Ita Hydroelectric Project. Drastic rainfall conditions, large river diversion flows and an abundance...
The Upstream Zone in Concrete-Face Rockfill Dams
The upstream zone of small rock, the supporting zone for the slab at many recent concrete-face rockfill dams has contained less than 20% of particles smaller than the No. 4 sieve. Such...
Need a Dependable Backfill?Try a Flowable Fly Ash
Flowable fly ash is a relatively new cementitious structural backfill material. It can be used in water or in the dry and will flow into place without the usual labor-intensive activities...
Low Cement Content High Strength Concrete
The fundamental objective of this research project was to develop mix design information for structural grade concrete using high fly ash content. The fly ash used in this project was...
Advances in Fiber Reinforced Concrete
The idea of using strong discontinuous fibers as reinforcement for concrete seems to have been both a seduction and a challenge to many civil engineers. Adding the reinforcement to the...
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