# Browse by Subject "Engineering, Civil"

• (1992)
In this study a project model for integrating building design, construction scheduling, and cost estimating at the preliminary design stage was developed and analyzed. The project model is developed in an object-oriented ...

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• (1967)

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• (1971)

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• (1968)

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• (1997)
Under rough-wall conditions the length scales governing the flow dynamics in the inner region of boundary layers are no longer determined by the flow itself (i.e. $\nu$/$u\sb*$ for smooth walls), but rather independently ...

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• (2006)
The research developments of this study contribute to the advancement of current practice in construction site layout planning and can lead to: (1) increasing the efficiency of construction operations; (2) improving the ...

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• (1992)
The design of a monitoring network to provide initial detection of groundwater contamination at a waste disposal facility is complicated by uncertainty in both the characterization of the subsurface and the nature of the ...

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• (1989)
An optimization-based design methodology is presented for improving the strength and overall stability of framed structures. The design methodology is a multiple-objective optimization procedure whose objective functions ...

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• (1994)
Base isolation of bridges provides an excellent defense against the damaging effects of earthquakes. For this design strategy, flexible supports are placed between the deck and substructure. This changes the lowest periods ...

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• (1988)
The provision of freight transportation requires the consumption of both shipper (consumer) and carrier (producer) resources. The quality of freight service impacts the amounts, and hence costs, of both sets of resources. ...

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• (1974)

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• (1991)
In restoring polluted aquifers by hydraulic means, the parameters that characterize the aquifer are rarely known with certainty. To address this uncertainty, one may conservatively design the remediation system, so that ...

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• (1973)

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• (1983)
The goal of this research has been to develop a methodology for managing pavement networks over prolonged analysis periods. Separate independent methods were devised for project and network level analysis, and the project ...

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• (1989)
In statically indeterminate frame structures, the load carried by each member is not only a function of the applied load, but in general a highly non-linear function of the relative cross-sectional properties of the members. ...

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• (1982)
A discrete optimization approach is presented for the design of reinforced concrete structures. The design variables are the overall depth, effective depth and width of members, and area of longitudinal reinforcement. In ...

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• (1972)

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• (1975)

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• (1974)

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• (1994)
The Direct Linear Transformation (DLT) method was first reported on in 1974 as an attractive alternative to existing photogrammetric reduction schemes for non-metric photography. While DLT resolved the problems of non-metric ...

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