The Hydraulic and Hydrological Interactions Between Urban Sewer Systems and Receiving Waters at High Discharges
In the transition region from sewer to river, the penetration of river flood water into the sewer network or the hydraulic overload of small rivers due to sewer system discharges, may...
Pressure and Stress Distributions Due to a Submerged Impinging Jet
This investigation examines the pressure and shear stress distribution at a smooth planar boundary in the impingement region of a submerged vertical jet in water. The mean pressure and...
Physical Forces Generated by Barge-Tow Traffic Within a Navigable Waterway
Movement of navigation traffic such as barge tows within a restricted inland waterway such as the Illinois, Mississippi, or Ohio Rivers can and will alter the flow field in and around...
Flow Field Near an Inland Navigation Tow
As a vessel moves through a body of water, disturbances are created in the form of altered water levels such as waves or drawdown and altered flow fields such as increased velocities and...
The Equivalence of Path and Node Methods for Water Distribution Network Analysis
This paper deals with the equivalence between commonly employed methods, path and node adjustment methods, for analyzing water distribution networks. The basic equations for steady-state...
Model Study to Design a Small Intake
A 1:4 scale model was used to design the make-up water intake structure for Burrillville Combined-Cycle Power Plant, Ocean State Power Project. The objective of the study was to assure...
Optimal Depth for Nearshore Wave Power Extractors of Fixed Type
An approach to find the water depth which brings the minimum cost of energy extracted with the wave power extractors of nearshore fixed type is proposed. A case study with Pendulor wave...
Theoretical Prediction of Temperature Distributions in Airfield Runway Pavements Due to Aircraft Operation
The determination of this transient temperature distribution is important in predicting the thermal effects on pavements due to aircraft operation. In this research, heat exchange at the...
Behavior and Strength of Telescopic Steel Shores
To study the load distribution between concrete floors and shores during construction, the non-linear axial load-shortening behavior of a single post shore must be modeled properly. In...
Probabilistic Prediction of Losses to Lifeline Systems Due to Earthquakes
An efficient and practical method for earthquake loss estimation for lifelines is developed, using the recent advances made in the areas of lifeline earthquake engineering and probabilistic...
Recent Lifeline Seismic Risk Studies
This monograph is a collection of four papers presented at the 1990 Annual Civil Engineering Convention and Exposition in San Francisco, California. The papers summarize seismic loss and...
Local Buckling Behavior of Plate Elements
In the elastic post-local buckling range, the stress distribution across the width of compression elements of light gauge steel shapes is nonlinear. For code implementations, these stress...
Optimization of Cable Prestresses of Cable Stayed Bridges Based on Minimum Strain Energy Criterion
In this study, an attempt is made to determine the optimum cable prestresses based on the strain energy criterion. The validity of the strain energy criterion on the optimum cable prestresses...
Low-Cycle Fatigue Reliability of Offshore Structures Subjected to Earthquakes
This paper develops and implements a methodology for predicting probabilistically the damage an offshore structure will experience in an earthquake. The analysis begins with the probability...
Lateral Force Distribution in Manufactured Housing from Full-Scale Testing
The research focused on the behavior of two manufactured 14 ? 66 ft houses under simulated wind loads. Extensive instrumentation was employed to insure the collection of data that would...
The Validation Problem?Historical Developments
Validation of a probability consists of the estimation of the reliability of the probability. Validation is important when probabilities are based on data, rather than theoretical exercises....
Issues in the Validation of Probabilistic Methods
Probabilistic models are being used increasingly in safety assessments and regulatory decision-making. There is a need to relate the risks computed using these models to service data in...
Applications of Probability for Structural Analysis in the Nuclear Industry
Probabilistic techniques are being used as part of structural analysis in the nuclear industry to investigate various safety-related issues. Historically nuclear power plants have been...
Load Combinations for LRFD With Wood Construction
Probability based limit states design for wood construction is complicated by the fact that wood is a natural material with large variations in mechanical properties and is sensitive to...
A Use of Geostatistics to Predict the Occurrence of Collapsing Soils
Collapse susceptible soils are those that are stable under load while they are dry, but undergo large decreases in volume virtually instantaneously, when they become wetted to near saturation...
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