Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to present a taxonomy of fuel use and pollutant emissions rates for heavy duty diesel (HDD) equipment to assist equipment managers in estimating the energy and environmental effects of their ...

Abstract: The rapid advances occurring in computer science have provided the engineer with a powerful means of processing, storing, retrieving, and displaying data thereby increasing the role of computer science in nearly every ...

Abstract: This paper provides a historical perspective on computing research in civil engineering, as reflected in the

Abstract: Researchers and materials engineers require a greater understanding of the problems and solutions that emerge when integrating composite materials data with computer technology so that utilitarian ...

Abstract: Several studies have been conducted on representing and processing design standards for design automation. One of the main outcomes of these studies is the standards analysis, synthesis, and expression (SASE) model. To ...

Abstract: During the design of a commercial structure large amounts of information pertaining to all aspects of the project must be stored, accessed, and operated upon. A data base management system (DBMS), composed of a central ...