Abstract: The finite‐element‐volumes method is a new earthwork volumes technique quite unlike conventional methods. The algorithm provides automatic curvature and prismoidal correction using ordinarily available cross‐section data ...

Abstract: A rapidly convergent algorithm for fitting clothoids to measured points is developed and tested. The second-order, reduced Hessian method, broadly applicable to the class of scalable,

Abstract: This study concerns the statistical modeling of rain cell characteristics based on high-resolution radar measurements of the cell structure. The fine-scale three-dimensional structure of summer rainshowers in the mid-Atlantic ...

Abstract: Sensitive, high-powered radar have been used to study the dynamics of the convective process in optically clear air. Various stages in the development of the convective field have been identified on the basis of distinctive ...

Abstract: Fall-related occupational injuries and fatalities are still serious problems in the U.S. construction industry. Two Bureau of Labor Statistics databases—Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries and Survey of Occupational ...

Abstract: Monthly zonal mean global radiative heating rates have been obtained from the surface to 10 mb for all twelve months. Seasonal profiles of the contribution by each constituent are presented in addition to seasonal profiles ...

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Abstract: The temporal and spatial scales that characterize surface hydrologic processes provide conceptual and practical difficulties to the development of parameterization schemes for incorporation into climate models. In particular, ...

Abstract: Transverse shear failures of reinforced concrete plates and shells are analyzed using a layered shell element that has been modified to more accurately model shear behavior. The transverse shear stress distribution through ...