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Training Grounds
A state-of-the-art training facility at a Texas community college is ready to train fire and rescue personnel to cope with disasters ranging from fuel fires and floods to collapsing structures...
Magnetic Perturbation Imaging for Prestressed Concrete Evaluation
Many prestressed concrete bridge structures in the United States and other parts of the world are over thirty years old and have shown various signs of distress. Corrosion or fracture...
Application of Artificial Neural Networks for Ungauged Catchments Flood Prediction
The prediction of floods with acceptable accuracy is the most important step in designing flood control structures and operating flood damage mitigation projects. It is more difficult...
Geotechnical Testing, Observation, and Documentation
A geotechnical report, field and laboratory testing, as well as observation and documentation are all integral parts of most geotechnical projects. A technician is usually dispatched to...
Coupled Three-Dimensional Analysis of the Slab Foundation for the Magnetic Levitation Tranportation System (TRANSRAPID) in Germany
The Berlin Local Transport Company (BVG): A Part of Berlin
Public transport was in existence in Berlin for more than 150 years. Buses, trams, and underground trains were combined in a single company, whose initials BVG became part of Berlin. As...
Urban Public Transportation in Chennai and Its Operations and Use by People
The main problem in the city was the decreasing share of mass transit trips by rail. The planners desire that the public transport trips should be 60%. It also desired that in Chennai,...
Chicago's Urban Public Transportation System: Its Operations and Use by People
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) faces a number of challenges of all kinds in its attempts to gain and keep riders. But most important is finding ways to serve and satisfy its customers....
Urban Public Transportation and Operations in Mexico City
Inhabitants of the Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA) are served by several modes of transportation. In particular, transit vehicles include short units known as minibuses, buses, trolleybuses,...
Stream Stability and Scour Training in Support of the NBIS
Training for Bridge Inspectors in Stream Stability and Scour
Seismic Hazard Mitigation Using Multiple Magnetorheological Devices
Stability and Performance of Controlled Civil Engineering Structures Using Magnetorheological (MR) Dampers
Engineering Education in the 21st Century: A Practitioner's Perspective
Evaluation of Prestressed Concrete Girders Using Magnetic Flux Leakage
A Multimedia CD-ROM Based Instructional Tool for the Design of Temporary Structures
A Check Point Approach to Trapped Vehicle Detection
A Hand-Deployable Wave Buoy Utilizing Triaxial Accelerometer, Angular Rate, and Magnetometer Sensors
Network Hierarchy Parallel Algorithm of Automatic Train Scheduling
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