Abstract: Due to better ski equipment, instruction, slope management and increased safety awareness on the part of the skiing public, ski injuries appear to be declining. Ski equipment is incorporating ...

Abstract: An inevitable aspect of project management is that project managers come and go. The schedule, cost, and quality of a project are impacted by the changes resulting from project manager turnover. The writer has learned a ...

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Abstract: A series of laboratory vane shear tests was performed on sedimented samples of kaolinite and slaked Pierre shale to determine the effects of shear rate and vane dimensions on measured strength. Results of the tests were ...

Abstract: The design of a continuous fiber composite surface femoral shell having the same elastic properties as bone is presented. Contact between the femoral ball and acetabular cup was modeled as an ...

Abstract: There is a potential for overinvestment of resources into flow reduction when two cities jointly own a wastewater treatment plant. One city can shift more of the plant's total fixed cost onto the other city if it reduces ...

Abstract: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed a geographically referenced data‐base system of the surface‐water features of the United States. This data‐base system is called the Reach File. It was designed ...

Abstract: Erosion of alluvial soils along the Ohio River is a matter of increasing concern to riparian landowners and commercial interests. One mechanism by which erosion of alluvial streambanks takes place is by sliding wedge ...

Abstract: This paper presents the results of a new experimental technique to determine the structure of train slipstreams. The highly turbulent, nonstationary nature of the slipstreams make their measurement ...

Abstract: Microprocessor packaging in modern workstations and servers often consists of one or more large flip chip die that are mounted to a high performance ceramic chip carrier. The final assembly ...