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At Four Western Stadiums, Wood Comes Out on Top
In recent years, several long-span timber roofs have been constructed atop large arenas and stadiums in the Western states. The choice of glued-laminated timber offers designers good economy,...

For Office Buildings: Long Span Concrete Slabs
A survey of 36 office buildings in the United States and Canada featuring long span concrete slabs showed concrete is a technically feasible and cost effective material for office structures....

Environmentally Sound Water and Soil Management
These proceedings contain the papers and abstracts presented at the 1982 Irrigation and Drainage Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers Specialty Conference held in Orlando,...

Engineers Notebook: Checking Capacities of Eccentrically Loaded Columns on an Existing Bridge
This article focuses on the structural analysis of eccentrically loaded columns. A simple and novel graphical technique for determining the load-carrying capacity of the columns is presented....

Organic Chemical Fire in Illinois: Emergency Response and Cleanup
In April 1980 at Hillsboro, Illinois, a fire in an agricultural chemical warehouse generated a hazardous smoke plume, and some 250,000 gallons of water used in fighting the fire were highly...

Does Landfill Leachate Make Clay Liners More Permeable?
Most environmental regulations require that clay liners exhibit permeabilities less than 1 x 10/u-⁷ cm/sec. While permeability is typically determined...

Replacing Corroded Cables on a Cable-Stayed Bridge
The cable-stayed bridge across Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo is among the longest bridges of its type. But after years of service, corroded cables threatened to snap, which would...

Evaluation, Maintenance and Upgrading of Wood Structures
Prepared by the Subcommittee on Evaluation, Maintenance, and Upgrading of Timber Structures of the Committee on Wood of the Structural Division of ASCE. ...

The Fabricator/Designer Connection
What can the designer-fabricator team do to improve the overall function of design details? One of the best ways is to begin with team work by bringing the fabricator in on the project...

Gravity Sanitary Sewer Design and Construction
This Manual provides both theoretical and pracctical guidelines for the design and construction of gravity sanitary sewers. The initial chapter introduces the organization and administrative...

Shanghai Tunnel Projects Spur Construction Innovations
Since underground construction in soft ground is newly developed in Shanghai, there is little experience there as compared to what is known for specific sites in other countires. Well...

Protecting Post-Tensioning Tendons in Concrete Structures
Patterns of corrosion problems related to tendon systems are analyzed based on the author's experience in evaluating over 50 corrosion related performance problems in prestressed...

Compression Rings Support Deep Cut
The plans for building the Cuyahoga Valley Interceptor Lift Station in Cleveland, Ohio, called for 126 ft. (38.4 m) by 105 ft. (32 m) construction, some 80 ft. (24.4 m) below grade. Bracing...

Unified Soil Classification System
The most common soil classification method used by foundation engineers in the United States is A Standard Method for Classification of Soils for Engineering Purposes, ASTM D-2487, usually...

The Northern Community
A Search for a Quality Environment
Fifty-eight of the papers prepared by individuals attending the 1981 Specialty Conference on the Northern Community are presented. The papers are organized into seven main subjects related...

Selected Papers by Alfred M. Freudenthal
Civil Engineering Classics
Fifty-six papers written by Alfred M. Freudenthal, or co-authored by Prof. Freudenthal, are included. The papers are divided into three areas: structures, theories of mechanical behavior...

Tall Building Systems and Concepts
The structural, mechanical and electrical systems of tall buildings are explored. The eight areas of focus are, structural systems, mechanical and service systems, electrical systems,...

Dynamic Consolidation - Dramatic Way to Strengthen Soil
The dynamic consolidation technique consists basically of dropping a heavy pounder of up to 4 x 10⁴ kg from a height varying between 50 to 148 ft....

The Structural Fuse: An Inelastic Approach to Earthquake-Resistant Design of Buildings
An alternative to the empirical approach to earthquake-resistant design of buildings is proposed and illustrated with a design example. Instead of strengthening every member to resist...

The ABC'S (and Q) of Cold-Formed Steel Design
Cold-formed structural members are steel components that have been put into their cross-sectional shape by cold bending of flat sheets. Local compressive buckling must be carefully considered...

 

 

 

 

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