Bøger udgivet af American Society of Civil Engineers

Provides structural engineering guidance regarding the design, evaluation, and testing of permanent anchorages and components that support facade access equipment and fall-arrest systems. Currently this equipment is governed by sections of the Code of Federal Regulations. This book conveys the generally understood meaning of the regulations in terms familiar to structural engineers.

Presents 35 serious but entertaining experiments that teach the fundamentals of soil mechanics to budding scientists and engineering students in an exciting and novel way. In this sequel to the popular Soils Magic, Elton has assembled a wealth of fascinating new experiments to illustrate the dynamics of how soils behave and how they can be manipulated.

Provides an overview of recent advances in ontology research in the architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) domain that focuses on enabling information exchange, sharing, and integration and on facilitating users' understanding of the semantics of information in any project activity involving information management.

Contains eleven papers that address the complex geotechnical challenges in geologic hazards, nondestructive evaluation, geo-construction, and the ground itself.

Provides guidance for reducing risks from safety hazards at facilities managing urban stormwater. Although it is impractical to achieve zero risk at stormwater management facilities, steps can be taken to promote public safety. This guidance provides a framework for integrating protection of the public into the planning, design, operation, and maintenance of stormwater facililites.

Focuses on the technical aspects of modernizing irrigation systems through the use of automated canal control systems. Using information collected from irrigation systems around the world in conjunction with new advances in control theory research, this Manual of Practice examines how and when to implement canal automation within the context of canal modernization.

This conference proceeding contains 30 peer-reviewed papers covering research on roadway and highway access management policy, practices, safety, planning, and design in urban and suburban settings. Experiences from various countries including China, Poland, South Africa, and the United States are presented.

Examining wastewater sludge characteristics, this title contains information on the various types of value-added products being created from sludge. It is suitable for students in environmental engineering, educators, researchers, practicing engineers and scientists.

Contains 16 papers concerning a variety of issues in pavement mechanics. This work covers topics including the characterization, modeling, and simulation of asphalt mixtures, asphalt pavements and concrete mixtures. It is suitable for geotechnical engineers, pavement engineers, and those involved in the field of pavement mechanics.

After a hurricane or tropical storm strikes, civil engineers are often called upon to investigate the resulting damage to structures. This publication provides civil engineers with the background and guidance necessary to conduct engineering damage investigations of structures following hurricanes, focusing particularly on distinguishing between wind damage and water damage.

Contains 33 peer-reviewed papers presented at the 2015 International Symposium on Frontiers of Road and Airport Engineering, held in October 2015. These papers address innovations in asphalt materials and evaluation technologies applied to road and airport infrastructure.

Provides insight into the state of the practice in geotechnical measurements. This book includes observations of the physical state of subsurface materials and how that state responds to changes in the physical environment. Divided into two sections, it focuses on laboratory measurements and the application of methods to measure performance.

Describes a HITEC evaluation designed to determine the basic capabilities and limitations of VISTAWALL MSE Structural Wall Systems for use as a technically viable, precast, mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) retaining wall system. The evaluation was conducted based on material, design, construction, performance, and quality assurance information outlined in the HITEC Protocol.

Presents comprehensive information on the principles of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). The book provides in-depth information on the principles of CCS technology, different environmental applications, recent advances, critical analysis of new CCS methods and processes, and directions toward future research and development of CCS technology.

A collection of technical papers, presenting the ideas and findings on the inelastic behavior of reinforced concrete structures from the analysis and design standpoints. These papers include the concrete material models and analysis methods that can be used to simulate and understand the inelastic behavior of reinforced concrete structures.

As federal, state, and lcoal governments realise that traditional approaches to stormwater management are not achieving the desired environmental protection goals, they are increasingly adopting low impact development (LID) technology as the preferred approach to stormwater management in land development and redevelopment.

Examines teamwork in the engineering workplace, offering team members at various levels tips, techniques, and precautions for better management and optimum productivity. This book covers the following important topics: vital team tools, team member responsibilities, team development through feedback, and overcoming separation in time or space.

ANSI/ASCE/T&DI 21.2-08 is Part 2 of the four-part Automated People Mover (APM) Standards, which establishes the minimum set of requirements necessary to achieve an acceptable level of safety and performance for an APM system. This Standard, along with Parts 1 and 3, covers a minimum set of requirements for the design of an automated people mover.

Providing minimum design load requirements during construction for buildings and structures, this title addresses partially completed structures and temporary structures used in construction. The topics include loads and load combinations, dead and live loads, construction loads, lateral earth pressures, environmental loads, and safety criteria.

Hybrid Coupled Wall (HCW) systems are lateral-force-resisting systems composed of reinforced concrete walls coupled by steel beams. This book synthesizes the existing information into helpful recommendations for engineers and practitioners involved with seismic analysis and design of HCW systems.