The principal objective of the study was to examine the concept of improving bridge deck design by the application of transverse prestressing and to specifically examine the improvement of durability due to protection from ...

Thirty bolted symmetrical butt splices were tested to evaluate the effects of bearing ratio and lateral confinement on bearing type bolted connections. Net cross section failure, bearing failure, and end tearout failure ...

Past winters in Central Texas are examined to determine the thickness values between atmospheric pressure levels necessary to produce rain, freezing rain, ice pellets, or snow. This is not a synoptic study of the weather ...

Side-channel weirs can be used for flood control to divert part of a channel's flow into detention basins, thereby reducing peak discharges and stages. After passage of the flood peak, the stored water can be released back ...