Technology & Engineering

The history of federal involvement in dam construction goes back at least to the 1820s, when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built wing dams to improve navigation on the Ohio River. The work...

The genesis of this work, "Fire for Effect: Field Artillery and Close Air Support in the US Army," was the controversial decision in 2001 to deploy Army combat units to Afghanistan without their...

This publication provides users with background information on the Nimbus 7 spacecraft and instruments to help them understand, and obtain Nimbus 7 data. The basic spacecraft system operation,...

The chronology of the development of the Apollo spacecraft and the lunar mission provides specific documented information covering a wide range of happenings both directly and indirectly related to...

"Astronautics and Aeronautics" for 1978 is the 18th volume in a series of annual chronological digests of principal events in the fields of astronautics and aeronautics. Initiated in 1961 with a...

"Astronautics and Aeronautics" for 1976 is the next volume in a series of annual chronological digests of principal events in the fields of astronautics and aeronautics. Initiated in 1961 with a...

Mars has long beckoned to humankind from its travels high in the night sky. The ancients assumed this rust-red wanderer was the god of war and christened it with the name we still use today. Early...

This report provides information about designing, installing, testing, maintaining, and monitoring intrusion detection systems (IDSs) and subsystems used for the protection of facilities licensed by...

The Standard Review Plan for Spent Fuel Dry Storage Facilities (FSRP) provides guidance to the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for reviewing applications for license approval or...

This report describes the capabilities and use of the JUPITER API - the Joint Universal Parameter IdenTification and Evaluation of Reliability Application Programming Interface. This API provides...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued Generic Letter 2004-02, "Potential Impact of Debris Blockage on Emergency Recirculation during Design Basis Accidents at Pressurized-Water Reactors...

This is the third in a series of oral histories about NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. This volume focuses on the space shuttle program and thus spans nearly three decades. Since the creation of...

This report documents the activities, findings, and NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) recommendations of a multidiscipline team to independently assess the Constellation Program (CxP) Crew...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is investigating alternative approaches, technologies, and communication network architectures to facilitate building the Spaceports and...

This book is for you. You will find that it lives up to the promise of its cover and title. The text is authoritative, but at the same time easy to understand. It is written for any layperson who is...

The information in this Handbook is intended to assist users of the Spacelab (SL) scientific platform on the Space Transportation System (STS). It will assist experimenters to incorporate into their...

This guidance describes how to complete quantitative hot-spot analyses for certain highway and transit projects in PM2.5 and PM10 (PM) nonattainment and maintenance areas. This guidance describes...

The ability of our nation's transportation system to provide for and maintain the efficient movement of freight is important to the continuing economic health of the United States. U.S. domestic...

Decisions about how and where we build our communities have significant impacts on the natural environment and on human health. Cities, regions, states, and the private sector need information about...

Debris accumulation at culvert and bridge structures openings is a widespread problem. The accumulation of debris at inlets of highway culverts and bridge structures is a frequent cause of...

Experimental results and analyses are given in this report on bridge abutment scour in compound channels. Experiments were conducted in a laboratory flume with a cross section consisting of a wide...

Designing with Geosynthetics - 6th Edition Vol. 1 - 9781462882885Author: Robert M. KoernerPublisher: XlibrisPublication Date: Jan 16, 2012Number of Pages: 526 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

What Marines did in the Caribbean between 1991 and 1996 was both new and old. It was new because humanitarian operations were different from combat in Vietnam or Southwest Asia. It was also new For...

Since 1979, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory has been developing and distributing the BRL-CAD constructive solid geometry (CSG) modeling package for a wide range of military and industrial...

This book is a resource of information that is used in the solar power generation field. This would encompass residential, commercial and utility systems that are connected to the utility grid. It is...

This guide is intended to offer both small and large, career and volunteer departments, specific recommendations and example for applying ergonomics. The guide's contents includes an introduction to...

This guide shows installers how to attach ducts, pipes, and associated equipment to a building to minimize earthquake damage. Many attachment examples and arrangements are presented, including...

One hundred years after the Wright brothers' first powered flight, airplane designers are unshackled from the constraints that they lived with for the first seven decades of flight because of the...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) plays a significant role in the dynamic landscape of civil engineering and construction. AI integration in civil engineering becomes necessary to meet the evolving...

Il testo raccoglie gli strumenti di calcolo per il dimensionamento e l'analisi delle prestazioni di dispositivi a solenoide in corrente continua, come per esempio attuatori lineari e valvole. Vengono...