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Defining a Standard of Care for Urban Stream Restoration Projects
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Design engineers are expected to meet an accepted standard of care, which provides assurance that reasonable care and quality of service have been performed by the professional. Although this expectation exists for engineers ...
State of Women in Civil Engineering in the United States and the Role of ASCE
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The need for civil engineers is growing rapidly. Highly complex, global problems require a diverse pool of engineers with a variety of skills, views, and leadership styles. Although the job market for civil engineers is ...
Closure to “<i>Advancing Bridge‐Pier Scour Engineering</i>” by Peggy A. Johnson (January, 1991, Vol. 117, No. 1)
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Advancing Bridge‐Pier Scour Engineering
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Civil engineers are currently faced with the design, monitoring, and maintenance of bridge piers where local scour is a concern. Current equations and models for predicting pier scour provide a single maximum value for ...
Problem-Based, Cooperative Learning in the Engineering Classroom
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Hydraulic Engineering, a junior/senior-level course, is typically taught in a lecture-based format. Lecturing as a singular teaching technique has repeatedly been shown to be ineffective. Lecturing does not advance ...
Closure to “<i>Reliability‐Based Pier Scour Engineering</i>” by Peggy A. Johnson (October, 1992, Vol. 118, No. 10)
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Fault Tree Analysis of Bridge Failure due to Scour and Channel Instability
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Fault tree analysis is a systematic method of analyzing events that lead to an undesirable event. Fault trees can be used to assess the probability of failure of a system (or top event), to compare design alternatives, to ...
Reliability‐Based Pier Scour Engineering
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Our infrastructure is aging. There are many bridges over water in this country, and these aging bridges are now showing signs of weakening due to scour around the pier foundations. In response, engineers are being required ...
Comparison of Pier-Scour Equations Using Field Data
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Over the past 25 years, numerous studies have been conducted and equations developed to predict bridge-pier scour. Most of these equations were developed using laboratory data and sometimes tested using limited field data. ...
Uncertainty of Hydraulic Parameters
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Reliability analysis and other probabilistic techniques are becoming increasingly important tools in hydraulic modeling and decision making. Probabilistic and reliability analyses are based on knowledge of the underlying ...