Fast Tracking Military Waste
The installation restoration program, the military version of Superfund, helped fast track the cleanup contracts for four military hazwaste sites located at Hanscom Air Field, Bedford,...

Seismic Isolation of Storage Tanks
There has been a significant amount of research activity over the past decade on the seismic design of storage tanks. The seismic design issues and limit states are quite complex due to...

Comparison of Slitted and Non-Slitted R. C. Shear Walls With Boundary Elements Under Horizontal Forces
This paper compares the differences of aseismic behaviours between slitted and non-slitted shear walls under horizontal forces. There are 5 specimens for slitted shear walls and another...

Structures for Enhanced Safety and Physical Security
This book presents the state-of-the-art in the general subject of structures for enhanced safety and physical security. The technical papers written are by engineers and researchers who...

State-of-the-Practice Mitigation Measures for Collapsible Soil Sites
Mitigative alternatives for collapsible soil sites are reviewed considering shallow, as well as deep, collapsible soil deposits. In the case of deep soil deposits the overburden pressures...

Case Histories of Shallow Foundations on Improved Soil
Case histories for four projects, with structures varying from a 27-story high rise to a one-story shopping center, are presented. For each of these projects, improving the soil to allow...

Rock Excavation with Boom Mounted Hydraulic Impact Hammers
A hydraulic demolition hammer mounted on a common backhoe or excavator carrier has gained world wide acceptance in the construction industry as a viable alternative to blasting. This paper...

Simplified Seismic Analysis of Pile Foundations
The determination of displacement of the pile cap and displacements and forces of individual piles is essential to the design of pile foundation subject to both static and/or dynamic loading....

Human Factors and Communication Problems in Foundation Engineering
Recent findings in non-engineering fields related to human factors are reviewed with emphasis on communication difficulties. Foundation engineering tasks are discussed in the context of...

Movement Control of Excavation Support Systems by Iterative Design
Conventional design practice for excavation support systems emphasizes determination of loads and selection of structural components. This paper presents a method which uses movement control...

Nondestructive Testing of Deep Foundations with Sonic Methods
Nondestructive testing and evaluation (NDT&E) of deep foundations with three sonic methods is discussed. Case history investigations described include test records from drilled...

The Role of Analytical Geomechanics in Foundation Engineering
The role of modern geotechnical analysis in foundation design is reviewed, and analysis methods are classified into three categories, depending on their level of sophistication. The benefits...

Historical Shoreline Changes: A Comparison of Mean High Water and Vegetation Line Movement
A cooperative study produced historic mean high water shoreline change maps for the State of South Carolina. These maps have been used to calculate erosion rates for the entire developed...

A Case Study of Ebb Tidal Delta Equilibrium: Ocean City, Maryland
The inlet at Ocean City, Maryland was created by hurricane surge breaching of Fenwick Island Spit in 1933. Inlet stabilization was completed in 1934-1935. The inlet jetties have been held...

The Coastal Breach at Nauset Beach, Chatham, Massachusetts?A Case Study
Nauset Beach, a barrier spit separating Pleasant Bay from the Atlantic Ocean at the town of Chatham, Massachusetts on Cape Cod, breached in a severe storm on January 2, 1987. The breach...

Protecting Undeveloped Barrier Islands?A Florida Case Study
Although most of Florida's large barrier islands have been partially or fully developed and their natural resource values jeopardized, several smaller islands along the coasts,...

Sulfide in Wastewater Collection and Treatment Systems
ASCE Manual 69, Manual of Practice on Sulfide in Wastewater Collection and Treatment Systems, is intended to help planners, designers, and operators of wastewater facilities understand...

The Portability of Graphics Package Dependent Software
Currently at the University of Wyoming a research project is under way to investigate methods of reducing the portability problem in software design. The project entails a general functional...

Freshman Programming and Engineering Design: Comedy, or Tragedy
It is apparent from the literature, as well as discussions with faculty at other colleges of engineering, that the topics of freshman engineering design and computation are being dealt...

Developing the Manufacturing Systems Option in the Industrial Engineering Program at the University of New Haven
The department of Industrial Engineering and Computer Science at the University of New Haven (UNH) is currently developing the manufacturing systems option in its Industrial Engineering...

 

 

 

 

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