Abstract: On January 3, 2011, the City of Boulder, Colorado, implemented the SmartRegs ordinances and, in doing so, became the first city in the nation to require energy retrofits for rental properties; 20,000 rental units comprise ...

Abstract: Location factors are used to adjust conceptual cost estimates by project location. Presently, the construction industry has adopted a simple, proximity-based interpolation method to estimate location factors for missing ...

Abstract: The influence of the spectral bandwidth on the probabilistic structure of the joint distribution of wave heights and periods is analyzed by means of simulated wave records. In particular, the ...

Abstract: Estimates of the daily crop coefficient (Kc) for corn and irrigation scheduling were performed during 2009 and 2010 by means of two approaches: Treatment I, computation of Kc using the Food and Agriculture Organization of ...

Abstract: Time resolved two-dimensional particle image velocimetry (2DPIV) experiments have been conducted to contribute to the understanding of the physics governing the suppression mechanism of cavity flow ...

Abstract: Although some authors work at times with large flat dies and evaluate friction under more realistic conditions than usual, pressure is not totally controlled. In any case, cohesive friction ...

Abstract: Fly ash is becoming increasing used in concrete structures for enhanced durability. This research investigated two types of fly ash in conjunction with four cements. The cements were both high and low alkali, with and ...

Abstract: Vertical slot fishways are a type of fish pass of wide operating range that allow fish to move across obstacles in rivers. This study aims to model the performance of these structures, under uniform and nonuniform flow ...

Abstract: The development of a coupled crop model (