Hydrometric data are the basis of many important decisions. A hydrometric monitoring network saves an ever increasing demand for more data and better quality data. Unfortunately, a widely faced problem by the hydrometric ...

Near-bed horizontal (cross-shore) and vertical velocity measurements over a sloping natural sand beach were acquired in the Hydraulics Research & Testing Facility (HRTF) wave flume. A probe was developed to measure the ...

Foundation construction in permafrost regions often make use of "thermopiles" or thermal piles to maintain the permafrost and to transfer load to the soil. Often "thermopiles" are constructed using shafts with continuous ...

This thesis examines two aspects of unsaturated sand-bentonite behavior. The first is the suction characteristics of sand-bentonite at different saturation, water content, ion concentration, and moisture change history. ...

In an effort to improve the structural analysis of transmission towers, this study investigates the effect of bolt slippage on the deflections and member stresses of latticed self-supporting transmission towers. The computer ...

This thesis describes the main features of a 'Strongly Feasible Evolution Program' ('SFEP') for solving network flow programs that can be non-linear both in the constraints and in the objective function. The approach is ...

`This work develops general fairness measures that may be used as criteria for sustainable project selection. Sustainable development, fair allocation norms, and empirical distance-based measures of fairness, and their ...

A new friction tube device, TUBEX (TUBe for EXcavation), proposed by Prof. B. Stimpson for use in mining and civil engineering as a support/reinforcing element for rock excavations has been tested in laboratory conditions. ...

Problems encountered in many branches of engineering, such as geotechnical engineering, geoenvironmental engineering, agricultural engineering, etc., involve the study of deformation, heat and fluid flow in saturated and ...

Acid-phase fermentation of municipal primary sludge as well as industrial wastewater from a potato processing plant (which is rich in starch) was investigated under different operational and environmental parameters. The ...