Abstract: The engineer’s role in any design project is to design a project that meets the desired purpose, is constructible, and the health, safety, and welfare of the user is protected. Yet engineers do not always recognize the ...

Abstract: The winters of 1976?77 and 1977?78 were severe by virtually any standard. In this study, heating degree day (NDD) accumulations for these two winters as well as for the 1941?70 normals are examined at 31 National Weather ...

Abstract: This technical brief shows that given a system and its abstraction, the evolution of uncertain initial conditions in the original system is, in some sense, matched by the evolution of the ...

Abstract: Construction companies have always relied on their knowledge assets to provide services to clients. In recent years the terminology “knowledge management” has been introduced. Knowledge management (KM) seeks to formalize ...

Abstract: The changes in the engineering-construction industry of the 21st century require organizations to take a more active role in developing knowledge management and learning organization initiatives. The need to both retain ...

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Abstract: The cumuli which form over the ocean near Puerto Rico cannot be the result of ?thermals.? A theory is evolved, based on the oscillation of the boundary between the well-mixed layer near the ocean and the cloud layer. The ...