Submarine Blasting in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts
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Tables Showing Loss of Head Due to Friction of Water in Pipes
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The Story of the Exposition
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Stories of the Railroad
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The First Steamboat Voyage On The Western Waters
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Charter of the Morris Canal and Banking Company
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Report Of The Secretary Of The Treasury, On The Subject Of Public Roads And Canals
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Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army, Part 1
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Bridges of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County
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The Imperial Valley and the Salton Sink
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Report Of The Secretary Of The Treasury, On The Subject Of Public Roads And Canals
The Port and Docks of Birkenhead
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A Brief Sketch of the Plan and Advantages of a Sectional Floating Dry Dock
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The Lincoln Highway
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The Old Pike
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The Old Pike
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The Lincoln Highway
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Wheeler & Wilson
The paperback includes unseen images and unique history direct from family members. It also has serial numbers from 1851 to 1904 and model classifications of Wheeler & Wilson sewing machines as well as oiling and maintenance. Nathaniel Wheeler and Allen Benjamin Wilson were once giants amongst the sewing machine pioneers. For a time they were known in the periodicals of the day as the Sewing Machine Kings. They battled with the other giants of the day including Elias Howe and the formidable Isaac Merritt Singer. At one point they were involved in the largest legal cases in American History. As their adverts boasted, during the 19th Century, Wheeler & Wilson really did create a stitch in time. Here for the first time is their remarkable history that shaped, not only sewing machines but American History. Brought to you by world renowned expert on antique sewing machines, Alex Askaroff. The Sewing Machine Pioneer Series are not to be missed. Alex Askaroff has had Eleven No1 New releases on Amazon.
Soil Mechanics (DM 7.1)
"Soil Mechanics" or DM 7.1 has been a valuable legacy document in geotechnical engineering for 50 years. Revisions to the document occurred in 1982, 1986, and 2005; but for the most part; the document has remained substantially unchanged since the original publication in 1971. DM 7.1 has been on the bookshelf of many civil engineers, many using the editions from pz27.net. It has been used in many graduate and undergraduate soil mechanics classed attended by generations of geotechnical engineering students, and charts and correlations from the document have been cited in numerous textbooks and research papers. This current revision was undertaken with an emphasis on retaining the elements that were responsible for the lasting value of DM 7.1. Graphical examples of engineering solutions, both old and new, are found throughout the chapters. A new chapter has been written that focuses on geotechnical engineering correlations. Details about computer solutions and numerical modeling tools have been added to the manual. Owing to the rapid changes that occur in geotechnical engineering software tools and internet addresses, the authors have tried to minimize the number of URLs and the names of specific software packages in the text. Appendix B contains a listing of software packages available at the time of publication (2021), along with vendor contact information, with the intention that this appendix can be updated periodically in the future. This book includes the revisions of Change 1 dated 11 March 2025.
The Other Side of Safety
The problem with the way the safety industry functions is three-fold: (1) the dysfunctional relationship between business and safety leaders, (2) the practice of Results-Based Safety, and (3) the creation of a false reality. This book presents an insightful and practical approach to how you can move your safety program from Results-Based to Behavior-Based Safety. The move involves understanding what motivates behavior, utilization of consequences, practicing the seven steps of performance coaching, creating accurate safety campaigns, and defining evidence of a healthy Behavior-Based Safety program-this is the other side of safety.. The text: Defines the four major motivations, explains how they work, and how safety leaders can use the right motivation for the right person to help them practice safe behavior Explains how to maximize the impact of reinforcement consequences and minimize punitive consequences in a way that is alingned with an individual's motivation Implements the seven steps of performance coaching conversations, how safety and business leaders can model fluency and frequency to shape behavior to habit strength Provides clearly defined evidence of a healthy Behavior-Based safety program by measuring outcome like locus of control, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and self-actualization Highlights the distinction between Results-Based Safety (RBS) anecdotal practices from the science of Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) methodology Showcases how the distinct difference between a mechanistic and organic culture, and how the four phenomena can be utilized to drive safety culture on purpose Discusses the importance of expanding from lagging indicators to leading indicators for robust metrics and predictability Addresses how the significant negative impact of "telling people what to do" and re-focuses on coaching people on "what to think" The book provides definitions, examples, and applications that focus on how safety and business leaders can influence the behavior of people, impact their culture, and support healthy relationships. It will serve as an ideal text for students, professionals, and researchers in the fields of ergonomics, human factors, human-computer interaction, industrial-organizational psychology, and computer engineering.
Environmental Fluid Mechanics - M矇chanique des Fluides Environnementaux
Dams are planned, constructed, and operated to meet human needs - generation of energy, irrigated agricultural production, flood control, public and industrial supply, supply of drinking water, and various other purposes. Dams impound water in reservoirs during times of high flood that can be used for human requirements during times with inadequate natural flows. Positive impacts of dams are improved flood control, improved welfare resulting from new access to irrigation and drinking water. Without dams there would be insufficient food to feed the world's people and energy would be generated by burning fossil fuels that produce greenhouse gases. Despite this progress there remain significant concerns about the environmental impacts of dams. These environmental impacts are complex and far reaching, remote of the dam, and may occur in time with the dam construction or later and may lead to a loss of biodiversity and of productivity of natural resources.This bulletin compiles improvements in knowledge and state of the art technology to avoid or mitigate environmental impacts of dams on the natural ecosystem as well as to the people that depend upon them for their livelihood and also addresses the mitigation of environmental impacts on dams and reservoirs. Les barrages sont planifi矇s, construits et exploit矇s de mani癡re ? r矇pondre aux besoins humains. Les barrages retiennent l'eau dans les r矇servoirs pendant les p矇riodes de forte crue, une eau qui peut 礙tre utilis矇e pour les besoins de l'homme pendant les p矇riodes d'insuffisance des d矇bits naturels. Les impacts positifs de barrages sont le contr繫le des crues et l'am矇lioration du bien-礙tre r矇sultant du nouvel acc癡s ? l'irrigation et ? l'eau potable. Sans barrages, la production alimentaire serait insuffisante pour nourrir la population du globe et l'矇nergie serait g矇n矇r矇e en br羶lant des combustibles fossiles qui produisent des gaz ? effet de serre. Malgr矇 ces progr癡s, d'importantes pr矇occupations subsistent quant aux retomb矇es des barrages sur l'environnement. Les impacts environnementaux sont complexes et d'une grande port矇e. Ils peuvent se produire au moment de la construction du barrage ou plus tard et peuvent entra簾ner une perte de la biodiversit矇 et de la productivit矇 des ressources naturelles.Le pr矇sent bulletin compile l'am矇lioration des connaissances et des technologies les plus r矇centes pour 矇viter ou att矇nuer les impacts environnementaux des barrages sur l'矇cosyst癡me naturel ainsi que pour les personnes qui en d矇pendent pour leur subsistance. Il aborde 矇galement l'att矇nuation des impacts environnementaux sur les barrages et les r矇servoirs.
Hydraulic Components Volume B
The book is targeting students and professionals who are looking to advance their fluid power careers. The book is colored and has the size of standard A4. This book is the second in a series that the author plans to publish to offer separate book for every hydraulic component. This book introduces knowledge foundation about hydraulic filters. The book introduces about various types of filters constructions, configurations, accessories. The book also introduces the various concepts of filtration mechanisms and filter media. The book overviews various types of materialistic contaminations such a fluidic, chemical, and particulate contamination. The book discusses filter selection criteria, maintenance, troubleshooting, and failure analysis of filters including the standard test methods for filter performance.
Design in Modern Life
Originally published in 1946, this book is based on a series of broadcast talks on design. Led by an engineer, an artist and critic of architecture and industrial design, the discussions focussed on the problems that were involved by a general application of design to the environment of contemporary life. It surveys the possibilities of design in modern life and the talks have been rewritten, amplified and revised for the purposes of the book.
Hydraulic Systems Volume 4
The book is targeting students and professionals who are looking to advance their fluid power careers. The book is colored and has the size of standard A4. The book is associated with a separate-colored workbook. The workbook contains printed power point slides, chapter reviews and assignments. This book is the fourth in a series that the author plans to publish to offer a complete and comprehensive educational curriculum for fluid power industry. This book is an attempt to fill the gap between the very academic style and the very commercial style of fluids power textbooks that are produced by fluid power manufacturers basically to promote their products. The book presents different types of hydraulic reservoirs, transmission lines, sealing elements, and heat exchangers. For each of these elements, the book introduces the methods of operations, construction, sizing, and selection. The book contains a total of eight chapters distributed over approximately 400 pages with very demonstrative figures and tables. The contents of the book are brand non-biased and intends to introduce the latest technologies related to the subject of the book.
Data-Driven Engineering Design
This book addresses the emerging paradigm of data-driven engineering design. In the big-data era, data is becoming a strategic asset for global manufacturers. This book shows how the power of data can be leveraged to drive the engineering design process, in particular, the early-stage design.Based on novel combinations of standing design methodology and the emerging data science, the book presents a collection of theoretically sound and practically viable design frameworks, which are intended to address a variety of critical design activities including conceptual design, complexity management, smart customization, smart product design, product service integration, and so forth. In addition, it includes a number of detailed case studies to showcase the application of data-driven engineering design. The book concludes with a set of promising research questions that warrant further investigation.Given its scope, the book will appeal to a broad readership, including postgraduate students, researchers, lecturers, and practitioners in the field of engineering design.
Workbook 4
This Workbook is a complementary part to the textbook of the same title. This book is used as a workbook for students to take notes during the course delivery. It contains colored printout of the PowerPoint slides that are designed to present the course. Each chapter is followed by a number of review questions and assignments for homework.
System Dynamics for Complex Problems in Pavement Engineering
Increasingly, segments of the civil infrastructure are considered to be parts of larger systems, which requires a systems approach for a fuller and proper understanding of and solutions to problems. Unfortunately, the subject of a system or a systems approach is barely covered in a standard civil and environmental engineering curriculum. Most, if not all, civil engineering problems involve interdependency, and hence segmented approaches of learning one individual topic at a time make it difficult for students to learn, understand, and apply rational concepts for the design, construction, and maintenance of larger infrastructure components. System Dynamics for Complex Problems in Pavement Engineering presents an introduction to a systems approach to help readers evolve and develop their capabilities of learning, communicating, and researching through system dynamics modeling and experimentation. Furthermore, it helps students appreciate the need for systems thinking in modeling, analyzing, and proposing solutions for multidisciplinary problems in pavement engineering.
Human Needs’ Analysis and Evaluation Model for Product Development
This book presents a model (HUNE) that assists in the insertion of human aspects in the product development process (PDP), at the beginning of a project, at the analyzed information, during its development and post-development, evaluating its suitability for human beings. The model proved to be actual with respect to the existing ones, dynamic and flexible, because it does not replace any model, but can be applied to other models, methods, or structures of PDPs, and enables scope, replication, and future improvements. Its applications brought satisfactory results, and it was very well evaluated by the participants in the application, by external experts and also through scientific publications.
Scour Manual
Ever since the publication in 1997 the original Scour Manual has helped many practising hydraulic engineers to deal with scour processes near hydraulic structures. In recent years new insights, such as probabilistic calculations, offered new opportunities to design structures more economically. These new insights are included in this update of the original Scour Manual, which is focussing entirely on current-related scour. This manual provides the engineer with useful practical methods to calculate the dimensions of scour holes in the pre-feasibility and preliminary stages of a project, and gives an introduction to the most relevant literature. This updated Scour Manual contains guidelines that can be used to solve problems related to scour in engineering practice and also reflects the main results of all research projects in the Netherlands in recent decades. The so-called Breusers equilibrium method has a central role, which can basically be applied to all situations where local scour is expected. The method allows to predict the scour depth as a function of time, provided that the available knowledge about scour at the specific structure is sufficient. For structures with insufficient knowledge available, alternative scour prediction rules are presented. The treatment of local scour is classified according to the different types of structures. Each type of structure is necessarily schematised to a simple, basic layout. The main parameters of a structure and the main parts of the flow pattern near a structure are described briefly insofar they are relevant to the description of scour phenomena. New scour formulas for the equilibrium scour have been elucidated. Evaluating a balance of forces for a control volume, it is possible to develop scour equations for different types of flow fields and structures, i.e. jets, abutments and bridge piers.As many scour problems are still not fully understood, attention is paid to the validity ranges and limitations of the formulas, as well as to the accuracy of the scour predictions. This information can also be used to carry out a risk assessment using a safety philosophy based on a probabilistic analysis or an approach with a safety factor. Moreover, the information on the strength of soils is extended and aspects are addressed such as scour due to shear failures or flow slides, that can progressively damage the bed protection which might lead to the failure of hydraulic structures.This updated Scour Manual presents scour prediction methods and deals with practically related scour problems. Consultants and contractors were invited to provide case studies of realized projects, including the methods that were followed. These case studies will help with grasping the concept of scour by the flow of water. This manual provides the engineer with the latest knowledge and with case studies that show how to apply the formulas and their limitations.
Valorization of Dredged Sediments as Sustainable Construction Resources
Valorization of Dredged Sediments as Sustainable Construction Resources provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of research on the reuse of sediments as a raw material for civil engineering fields. Dredging is increasing in scale worldwide, while deep sea disposal is being eliminated and landfill disposal is becoming less sustainable. Yet these sediments offer a potentially useful resource for constructing pavements, soil, bricks, ceramic and clinker, for they provide fine and lightweight aggregates, supplementary cementitious materials and geopolymer binders. This has sparked considerable research on valorization, which is presented here. Covers the main re-uses of sediments and the valorization required Focuses on state-of-the-art research on practical guidance Discusses limitations and future perspectives for sediments valorization The book suits researchers and students working in the area, as well as industrial engineers and professionals working on recycling and dredging.
Pressuremeters in Geotechnical Design
The pressuremeter quantifies in-situ stress, stiffness, strength and permeability in ground - using empirical design methods and numerical analyses. This covers the types of pressuremeter and control equipment, methods of installation, test procedures, methods of analysis, and design applications; with a detailed example.
Urban Water Systems & Floods IV
Research works were presented at the 8th International Conference on Flood and Urban Water Management with the aim of developing innovative solutions that can help bring about multiple benefits toward achieving integrated flood risk and urban water management strategies and policy. The papers resulting from these works form this book.Flooding is a global phenomenon that claims numerous lives worldwide each year. When flooding occurs in urban areas, it can cause substantial damage to property as well as threatening human life. In addition, many more people must endure the homelessness, upset and disruption that are left in the wake of floods. The increased frequency of flooding in the last few years, coupled with climate change predictions and urban development, suggest that these impacts are set to worsen in the future. How we respond and importantly, adapt to these challenges is key to developing our long term resilience at the property, community and city scale.As our cities continue to expand, their urban infrastructures need to be re-evaluated and adapted to new requirements related to the increase in population and the growing areas under urbanization. We also need to consider more nature-based interventions to the management of flood risk, including the adoption of more catchment-based approaches. These are now being recognised as being more sustainable and also able to achieve wider benefits to the environment and society as a whole.Water supply systems and urban drainage are also increasingly important due to this expansion. Topics such as contamination and pollution discharges in urban water bodies, as well as the monitoring of water recycling systems are currently receiving a great deal of attention from researchers and professional engineers working in the water industry. Mitigating losses from water distribution networks and effective, efficient and energy-saving management are key goals for optimising performance and reducing negative impacts. Sewer systems are under constant pressure due to growing urbanization and climate change, and the environmental impact caused by urban drainage overflows is related to both water quantity and water quality.This book is aimed at researchers, academics and practitioners involved in research and development activities across a wide range of technical and management topics related to urban water and flooding and its impacts on communities, property and people.
Design for Enhancing Eco-Efficiency of Energy-Related Products
This brief textbook underpins the concept of eco-efficiency in product design and systematically addresses the essence of the integration of simplified life cycle assessment (LCA) methods and tools into industrial design. Fundamental steps of LCA-based tools implementation within the higher education context are proposed, using energy-related products (ErP) design as a prime case study. All chapters are designed to respond to the common frequently asked questions in LCA-based tools implementation during the sustainable product design process. The chapters are also enriched with discussions, data sources of simplified LCA tools, and examples of design assignments that provide constructive learning. Some assignments aim at encouraging tool users' reflections while others tackle particularly at knowledge exchange. The examples can assist the reader to visualize challenges and opportunities to engage learners who are tool users. This textbook broadens LCA knowledge for industrial design and environmental engineering students as well as enhance their sustainable product design performance. For professional practitioners including industrial designers, product engineers, entrepreneurs and the like, this textbook can be used as a guide at the introductory level for integrating life cycle thinking into product design and development.
Ingenious Principles of Nature
This volume focuses on practical applications of the principles that can be transferred from nature to our design space. It is thereby supported by the regulation and control systems as described by the science of cybernetics.
An Impulse and Earthquake Energy Balance Approach in Nonlinear Structural Dynamics
Problems in nonlinear structural dynamics and critical excitation with elastic-plastic structures are typically addressed using time-history response analysis, which requires multiple repetitions and advanced computing. This alternative approach transforms ground motion into impulses and takes an energy balance approach. This book is accessible to undergraduates, being based on the energy balance law and the concepts of kinetic and strain energies, and it can be used by practitioners for building and structural design. This presentation starts with simple models that explain the essential features and extends in a step-by-step manner to more complicated models and phenomena.
Additive Manufacturing Solutions
This book serves as an accelerated learning tool for students of Additive Manufacturing. The author presents key aspects of the subject in the form of questions and answers, so learners in a variety of contexts can find answers quickly to their specific question. Solutions to a variety of current, challenging problems are presented, clarified with examples, illustrations and copious references for more thorough investigation of the specific topic.Offers a unique, accelerated learning tool for students of Additive Manufacturing, presenting the subject in the form of questions and answers;Provides solutions to today's challenging problems in additive manufacturing, using examples, illustrations and references;Includes coverage of various aspects of additive manufacturing, such as materials, design, applications, post-process and digital manufacturing.
80 Ways to Expand Risk Perception
Risk Perception is the energy of safe behavior, an extraordinary ability to see and avoid the accident before it happens.Like every capacity, it needs to be developed and stimulated, so that it is practiced every day, everywhere, by anyone.This book, in a dynamic format, brings 80 ways to stimulate the perception of risk, using symbols, rituals, and communication practices, which make up the culture of security, all in a detailed and ready to use way.Combining methods and approaches in an elastic way, it expands the discussion and puts in the reader hands an instrument ready to be used.People say that books bring seeds, so here we have enough to plant an entire forest. Let's go!
Essentials of Safety
This book is not about safety. It is about people and leadership. It explores the few things in Safety that sit beneath all of the complexity and complicatedness of the workplace and that we simply must get right. It explores what the underlying elements are that look through each of the lenses of the Individual, Leaders and leadership, the Systems we use and the workplace Cultures. It does this by exploring each of 12 underlying elements (Chapter 1), what leaders' practices and routines might look like (Chapter 2), barriers to implementation and their remedies (Chapter 3), how to use the Essentials of Safety to learn after incidents (Chapter 4), and how to measure the effectiveness in the workplace of each of the essential elements (Chapter 5). It is designed to promote thinking, not to be a set of instructions. It is aimed at students, safety practitioners, leaders in the industry at all levels and anyone interested in understanding what good might look like in the safety and leadership space.
System Sustainment
'Sustainment' (as commonly defined by industry and government), is comprised of maintenance, support, and upgrade practices that sustain or improve the performance of a system and maximize the availability of goods and services while minimizing their cost and footprint or, more simply, the capacity of a system to endure. Sustainment is a multi-trillion-dollar enterprise for critical systems, in both government (infrastructure and defense) and industry (transportation, industrial controls, data centers, and energy generation).This book is a mix of engineering, operations research, and policy sciences intended to provide students with a thorough understanding of the concept of sustainability and sustainable product life-cycles, and an appreciation of the importance of sustaining critical systems. It starts from the key attributes for system sustainment that includes data analytics, engineering analysis and the public policy needed to support the development of technologies, processes, and frameworks required for the management of sustainable processes and practices. The specific topics covered include: acquisition of critical systems, reliability, maintenance, availability, readiness, inventory management, supply-chain management and risks, contracting for sustainment, and various analysis methodologies (discounted cash flow analysis, discrete-event simulation and Monte Carlo methods). Practice problems are included at the end of each chapter.
K繹priyet
K繹priyet: Republican Heritage Bridges of Turkey deals with bridges and the construction industry of Turkey during the foundation of the Republic between 1923 and 1940. This book provides a brief summary of the bridge history of the country, but the main focus is on the Early Republic Era. During this period, the bridge-building technique was reborn in a country undergoing a radical transformation. Turkey changed its ruling, secularized and changed its alphabet. In addition to detailed descriptions of bridges built during this period and of leading innovative engineers, this book provides a first documented overview of heritage bridges in Turkey, focusing on applied techniques known worldwide. Many bridges are documented for the first time in this book, and most of them are heritage bridges and provide significant value in terms of bridge-building technology and application of worldwide techniques. In the waning days of the Ottoman Empire, engineering projects in Turkey were often carried out through "privileges" by foreign companies. The technical personnel were also financed with foreign resources. With the new Republic, Turkey experienced a renaissance in many areas, including technology. This transition from technology import to development and use of local resources is described in detail. K繹priyet: Republican Heritage Bridges of Turkey provides a wealth of information and documentation on bridges in Turkey from an important era, and aims at those interested in bridge structures and structural engineering history.
