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Discussion of “<i>Tort Reform and Design Professionals</i>” by Dennis R. Schapker (July, 1990, Vol. 116, No. 3)
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Preliminary Laboratory Results on the Coalescence of Small Precipitation-Size Drops Falling Freely in a Refrigerated Environment
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Results from laboratory observations of isolated collisions between small precipitation-size drops falling freely at terminal velocity in a refrigerated collision chamber are presented. The average radii of the size pair ...
Engineers in Public Office
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Our engineering societies' codes of ethics call for a commitment to public service. Holding public office is an excellent way to fulfill our obligation, and several ways to become involved are available. Engineers possess ...
Loss Prevention Resources
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The professional liability crisis has reached historic heights and there has been a marked increase in interest in the character of lawsuits filed. A number of states have enacted “frivolous lawsuit” legislation that ...
Discussion of “<i>Inventory, Condition, and Performance Assessment in Infrastructure Facilities Management</i>” by Kennethy R. Maser (July, 1988, Vol. 114, No. 3)
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Discussion of “<i>Technical Personnel Shortages in Construction Industry</i>” by Russell C. Jones (January, 1990, Vol. 116, No. 1)
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Solitary Waves in the Westerlies
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This paper contains a solution for a solitary disturbance in a westerly current on a ??-plane? earth. The current varies slightly with latitude and the existence of the phenomenon depends on this variation. The disturbance ...
Eurasian Snow Cover versus Indian Monsoon Rainfall—An Extension of the Hahn-Shukla Results
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The apparent inverse relationship between Eurasian mean winter snow cover extent and the following warm season Indian monsoon rainfall, described by Hahn and Shukla for the 1967?75 period, is substantiated by the addition ...
On the Depth of the Halocline in an Estuary
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This note relates the depth of the halocline in an estuary to the fresh water influx using simple and general arguments. It is shown that the depth becomes large for both weak and strong influxes. This result is similar ...