Concrete Barge of First Totally Offshore LPG Facility
Some 20 miles off Java, below waters 95-ft to 135-ft deep, is the Ardjuna Field, from which oil and gas soon will be taken. The adjacent coastal land is marshy, so onshore storage would...
New Orleans Grows on Deep Piles
In the New Orleans area, tall buildings must be supported by piles extending at least into the preconsolidated clays at -150-ft (-46-m) or so. Settlement is much too severe and uneven...
Inverted Filter Stabilizes Soil, Stops Erosion
The inverted filter concept was invented by Karl Terzaghi to prevent dams from failing by water piping through the foundation. Laboratory and field testing have refined the necessary specifications...
Pioneer Offshore LNG Terminal
Among the new offshore structures along the east coast of the United States is a terminal facility about one mile off Cove Point, Md., in Chesapeake Bay. This terminal will take deliver...
A Performance Standard for Foundations and Excavations
The only current U.S. standard for foundations and excavations is ANSI Standard A.56 which was adopted in 1952 and is now considered by the profession to be obsolete. The ASCE, sponsor...
New Foundations in an Old Neighborhood
Sixty State Street is rising 38 stories from its deep foundation in a congested, historical site in urban Boston's business/government area. The foundation elements and the...
Anchorage Port Survives Nature
Engineering at the Port of Anchorage was complicated by severe ice conditions, extreme tides, a current up to 5 knots which carries a severe ice floe, and poor foundation conditions at...
Numerical Methods in Geomechanics
Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Numerical Methods in Geo-mechanics held at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, June, 1976....
Structural Design of Nuclear Plant Facilities
Proceedings of the Second ASCE Specialty Conference on Structural Design of Nuclear Plant Facilities, held in New Orleans, Louisiana, December 8-10, 1975. Sponsored by the American Society...
Subsurface Investigation for Design and Construction of Foundations of Buildings
This purpose of
8-Story Building Moved to Avoid Wrecker's Ball
In Bogota, Colombia, a 7000 ton (15400kips) was moved almost 100 ft (30 m) to make way for a much needed highway arterial. Instead of wrecking the structure, an apartment building in a...
Reforming Civil Engineering Education
Modern professional practice requires a more thorough education in civil engineering technology and management. The schools can not provide on-the-job training. Nor can practitioners supplant...
Fly Ash Pavements, Run Ways to Take Off�
Significant cost savings were realized in paving a new container terminal storage yard in Portland, Oregon. A computer analysis showed that a multi-layer pavement would be best, with each...
Difficult Dam Problems - - Cofferdam Failure
Uniontown Locks and Dam on the Ohio River was under construction when the cofferdam failed ten days after being dewatered during a rising river period. The configuration of the failure...
Selected Papers By Nathan M. Newmark
Civil Engineering Classics
This publication attempts to include papers that are representative of Nathan M. Newmark's many outstanding contributions to civil engineering and to include his most heavily...
Converting Existing Hydro-Electric Dams and Reservoirs into Pumped Storage Facilities
Proceedings of the Engineering Foundation Conference on Converting Existing Hydro-Electric Dams and Reservoirs into Pumped Storage Facilities, held at Franklin Pierce College, Rindge,...
Structural Design of Nuclear Plant Facilities 1973
Proceedings of the Specialty Conference on Structural Design of Nuclear Facilities, held in Chicago, Illinois, December 17-18, 1973. Sponsored by the Nuclear Structures and Materials Committee...
Foundations for Dams
Proceedings of the Engineering Foundation Conference, Foundations for Dams, held in Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California, March 17-21, 1974. Sponsored by the Geotechnical...
Terzaghi Lectures
1963-1972
The lectures included in the books are: Foundation behavior of iron ore storage yards; Role of the calculated risk in earthwork and foundation engineering; Progressive failure in slopes...
Performance of Earth and Earth-Supported Structures
Proceedings of the Specialty Conference on Performance of Earth and Earth-Supported Structures held at Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, June 11-14, 1972. Sponsored by the School...
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