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Presents engineering criteria and practices for the design, operation, and management of navigation projects. This book also shows how these criteria and practices are integrated with engineering ethics. It contains topics that include an introduction to navigation engineering; engineering ethics; and design philosophy and goals.

Provides an understanding of the properties of steel and the criteria used to select appropriate steels to serve the intended needs. This guide evaluates issues related to steel production, steel materials, design considerations, fabrication considerations, and service issues for structures whose major components are made from structural steel.

Provides critical guidance for constructors and engineers in supervision and maintenance of earth and rockfill dams. This manual outlines the key components that ensure the safety and performance of these dams, including competent and adequate supervision, careful inspection and control testing.

A replacement of ASCE 7-95. This work includes: expanded wind loads section; new requirement for flood and ice loads; and improved for snow and earthquake loads. It also includes a commentary on the standard, containing explanatory and supplementary information that assists building code committees and regulatory authorities.

Reviews the available tools for estimating the maximum amount of a pollutant that a water body can receive in a day and still meet the applicable water quality standards. This book addresses concerns about the selection and use of analysis and modelling tools for TMDL development and implementation. The history of TMDL assessments is recounted, and the selection and use of models to is described.

Entrusted by the public to provide professional solutions to complex situations, engineers can face ethical dilemmas of all forms. In Pursuing Engineering Ethics through Real-World Case Studies, Starrett, Lara, and Bertha provide in-depth analysis with extended discussions and study questions of case studies that are based on real work situations.

Gathered into a single volume, these three standards establish guidelines for the design, installation, and operation and maintenance of stormwater impoundments. The standards focus on local and regional impoundments to manage, treat, and attenuate stormwater runoff, thus reducing the impact of stormwater on downstream areas.

Provides a ready, convenient resource for the recommended principles and approaches used for specification production in civil-engineered projects. Poorly written and ambiguous specifications can result in construction claims, increased cost, and litigation. This guide includes step-by-step instructions, checklists, and sample documents for various specifications.

Presents a unified treatment of coupled processes, with emphasis on the coupling and feedbacks present where solid deformation, fluid flow, and solute transport combine. This title presents analytical and numerical solutions for subsurface systems subjected to varying mechanical, thermal, and chemical disturbances.

Considers worldwide salinity and trace element management in irrigated agriculture and water supplies. This updated edition provides a reference to help sustain irrigated agriculture and integrates contemporary concepts and management practices. It covers technical and scientific aspects of agricultural salinity management, as well as environmental, economic, and legal concerns.

Presents the circumstances of important failures that have had wide-reaching impacts on civil engineering practice. This work includes case studies that narrate the known facts of the situation: design and construction, the failure, subsequent investigation or analysis, and issues such as technical concerns and ethical considerations.

John A Roebling was trained as an engineer in Germany and emigrated to the United States in 1831. His early engineering work involved the design and construction of aqueducts for the expanding canal system. This biography describes his life, character, career, and achievements.

When a magnitude 8.8 earthquake occurred off the coast of Chile on February 27, 2010, it affected 80 percent of Chile's population. Lifeline services were significantly disrupted for the first week, at a considerable cost to Chile's economy. This TCLEE report discusses in detail the effects of the earthquake, as observed by an ASCE-TCLEE team of civil engineers in April 2010.

The curve number (CN) method for estimating direct runoff response from rainstorms was developed to fill a technological niche in the 1950s. This book contains topics that include: an introduction to curve number hydrology; the curve number method; findings and developments; structure of the basic equation; and, soil moisture modeling.

Consists of papers presented at sessions of the 1993 ASCE National Convention and Exposition held in Dallas, Texas, October 24-28, 1993. These papers include both practice and research in the analysis and design of geotechnical engineering and geo-environmental works in unsaturated soils.

Contains the papers presented at Coastal Zone 93, the Eighth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management held in 1993. This volume covers topics, such as: environmental considerations, engineering and science; data gathering and monitoring; legal, regulatory, and political aspects of coastal management; and planning, conservation, and development.

Provides a policy-oriented summary of the findings detailed in its companion volume, ""Technical Report"". This report is intended for Administration of Congress, other national policy makers, and government and industry leaders. It builds a case for a national program aimed at exploiting the potential of high-performance concrete and steel.

Contains papers presented at the 1993 National Conference on Hydraulic Engineering held in San Francisco, California, July 25-30, 1993. This work aims to reduce man-made and natural disasters through hydraulic engineering. It is useful for engineers who are involved with hydraulic engineering issues.

Contains papers presented at the conference held in Seattle, Washington, July 26-28, 1993. In identifying the trends of multinational dependence, and the experience from the countries in the Pacific Rim, this book provides the foundation to continue building an international approach toward shaping the future of surface transportation systems.

Represents the consensus of the ASCE Committee on Oxygen Transfer Standards. Here, various components of power consumption are defined; methods for measurement of gas rate and power consumption by oxygenation devices are given; computer programs for nonlinear regression analysis are presented; and the preparation of data analysis is discussed.

Provides coverage of a broad array of topics in professional/technical communication, including oral, written, quantitative, kinetic, and ethical. The ""how-to"" approach places emphasis on the rules for successful communication, with important do's and don'ts highlighted for ease in application.

Organized around the theme ""Networking in Engineering Colleges"", the conference deals with the trends in computer-aided engineering applications of computer-aided design, manufacturing automation, and networking. It provides a forum for leaders from education and government to focus on issues related to the automation of engineering practice.