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Introductory technical guidance for civil and geotechnical engineers and construction managers interested in construction of tunnels and shafts. Here is what is discussed: 1. GENERAL 2. TUNNEL EXCAVATION BY DRILLING AND BLASTING 3. TUNNEL EXCAVATION BY MECHANICAL MEANS 4. INITIAL GROUND SUPPORT 5. SEQUENTIAL EXCAVATION AND SUPPORT 6. PORTAL CONSTRUCTION 7. SHAFT CONSTRUCTION 8. OPTIONS FOR GROUND IMPROVEMENT 9. DRAINAGE AND CONTROL OF GROUNDWATER 10. CONSTRUCTION OF FINAL, PERMANENT TUNNEL LININGS 11. VENTILATION OF TUNNELS AND SHAFTS 12. SURVEYING FOR TUNNELS AND SHAFTS 13. CONSTRUCTION HAZARDS AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS 14. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS AND EFFECTS 15. CONTRACTING PRACTICES 16. PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE PLANNING OF TUNNEL PROJECTS.
Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers, marine engineers and other professional engineers and construction managers interested in design and construction of piers and wharves. Here is what is discussed: 1. GENERAL, 2. DEAD LOADS, 3. VERTICAL LIVE LOADS, 4. HORIZONTAL LOADS, 5. LOAD COMBINATIONS.
Introductory technical guidance for mechanical engineers and other professional engineers and construction managers interested in high temperature water systems. Here is what is discussed: 1. DISTRIBUTION PIPING AND EQUIPMENT, 2. HEATING PLANT.
Introductory technical guidance for mechanical, environmental and civil engineers and construction managers interested in scrubbers and precipitators for air pollution control. Here is what is discussed: 1. SCRUBBERS IN GENERAL 2. TYPES OF SCRUBBERS 3. APPLICATION 4. TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE MATERIALS 5. SELECTION OF MATERIALS 6. AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT 7. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES 8. ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR.
Introductory technical guidance for Professional Engineers interested in design and construction of electric power generation, transmission and distribution. Here is what is discussed: 1. MACHINE-VOLTAGE BUS, 2. CABLE BUS DESCRIPTION, SELECTION, AND APPLICATION, 3. MISCELLANEOUS CONSIDERATIONS, 4. RATINGS, SPECIFICATIONS, AND STANDARDS, 5. MACHINE-VOLTAGE SWITCHGEAR, 6. SWITCHES, 7. MEDIUM-VOLTAGE POWER CABLES, 8. MISCELLANEOUS CONSIDERATIONS., 9. RATINGS, SPECIFICATIONS, AND STANDARDS, 10. REFERENCES.
Introductory technical guidance for students and Construction Managers interested in construction of mechanical infrastructure projects.
Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers, geotechnical engineers and construction managers interested in design of pile foundations for buildings and infrastructure features. Here is what is discussed: 1. GENERAL, 2. SELECTION OF PILE-SOIL MODEL, 3. SELECTION OF PILE STRUCTURE MODEL, 4. FINAL LAYOUT, 5. DESIGN OF PILE CAP, 6. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS.
Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers and other professional engineers and construction managers interested in design and construction of roads in cold and arctic conditions. Here is what is discussed: 1. GENERAL, 2. BASE COURSE AND PAVEMENT COMPOSITION, 3. BASE COURSE DESIGN IN AREAS OF NON-FROST-SUSCEPTIBLE SOILS, 4. BASE COURSE DESIGN IN AREAS OF FROST-SUSCEPTIBLIE SUBGRADES, 5. BASE COURSE DESIGN IN AREAS OF HIGHLY ORGANIC SOILS, 6. DRAINAGE, 7. CORDUROY ROADS, 8. BIBLIOGRAPHY, 9. FIGURES.
Introductory technical guidance for professional engineers interested in structural settlement analysis. Here is what is discussed: 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. APPLICABILITY, 3. REFERENCES, 4. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS AND DEFINITIONS.
Introductory technical guidance for mechanical engineers and other professional engineers and construction managers interested in high temperature water conversion and utilization. Here is what is discussed: 1. POTENTIAL USERS OF THE SYSTEM, 2. BUILDING SERVICE , 3. LOCATION OF EQUIPMENT, 4. DESIGN OF HEAT EXCHANGERS, 5. CONTROLS 6. EXAMPLE DISTRIBUTION LAYOUTS, 7. STORAGE, 8. DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS.