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Measurement of Oxygen Transfer in Clean Water provides the latest methods for measuring the rate of oxygen transfer from diffused gas and mechanical oxygenation devices to water. This Standard (a revision of ASCE 2-91) is applicable to laboratory scale oxygenation devices with water volumes of a few gallons as well as to full-scale systems with water volumes typical of those found in the activated sludge wastewater treatment process. It is intended for use by engineers in the preparation of specifications for compliance testing and by manufacturers in the development of performance information.

Water --- Oxygen transfer --- Water quality --- Water treatment --- Data analysis --- Flow measurement --- Wastewater treatment --- Gas flow --- Diffusion --- Aeration --- Measurement --- Standards. --- Dissolved oxygen

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A Report of the Hurricane Katrina External Review Panel of ASCE. On the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck southeast Louisiana and triggered one of the worst disasters ever to befall an American city. The devastation was so extensive, and the residual risk looms so ominously, that even a year later the future of New Orleans remains clouded. To better understand this tragedy and prevent similar disasters from recurring, ASCE's Hurricane Katrina External Review Panel conducted an in-depth review of the comprehensive work of the Interagency Performance Evaluation Taskforce of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This report focuses on the direct physical causes and contributing factors to the failures of the hurricane protection system during and after Hurricane Katrina. Topics include: details about New Orleans and the hurricane, the protection system, how the levees failed, the human, financial, and cultural impacts, and direct causes and contributing factors, such as overestimation of soil strength, water-filled gaps, inoperable pump systems, and underappreciated risk to the city. The report includes several calls to action relating to lessons learned from the disaster. A fascinating read, this document offers hope for not just the future of New Orleans, but also for all other hurricane and flood-prone areas of the country.

Hurricane Katrina, 2005. --- Building, Stormproof. --- Hurricane protection. --- Hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones --- Protective structures --- Natural disasters --- Levees and dikes --- Human and behavioral factors --- Soil strength --- Disasters and hazards --- Professional societies --- Louisiana --- United States --- New Orleans

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Snow Loads: Guide to the Snow Load Provisions of ASCE 7-05 provides a detailed, authoritative interpretation of the snow load provisions of MInimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures, Standard ASCE/SEI 7-05. This edition, updated to correspond to the new edition of ASCE 7, includes examples of flat roof loads, sloped roof loads, partials loads, and all types of conventional drift loading. A new chapter offers three complete design examples: a metal building with a roof step, a pole barn with a hip roof, and a single-family residence with attached, two-car garage. Recent changes to the provisions for unbalanced loads and rain-on-snow surcharge loads are explained. Several example problems have been updated and two fresh examples added. The revised and expanded Frequently Asked Questions chapter addresses common snow loading cases not explicitly covered in ASCE/SEI Standard 7-05. As the only book devoted to the illustration, interpretation, and application of the snow load provisions of ASCE/SEI Standard 7-05, Snow Loads is an essential reference for structural engineers, architectects, and construction professionals working in areas where snow loading is a design consideration.

Snow loads. --- Structural dynamics. --- Snow loads --- Load factors --- Roofs --- Rain loads --- Professional societies --- Building design --- Standards and codes --- Load and resistance factor design

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Copublished with the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) Standard Calculation Methods for Structural Fire Protection provides the most current and proven methods for calculating the fire resistance of selected structural members and barrier assemblies made from structural steel, plain concrete, reinforced concrete, timber and wood, concrete masonry, and clay masonry. This Standard, a thorough revision of ASCE/SEI/SFPE Standard 29-99, is a joint effort between the ASCE's Structural Engineering Institute and SFPE. This Standard provides architects, engineers, building officials, and others with the methods of calculating fire resistance equivalent to the ASTM E119 standard fire test.

Fire resistant materials --- Engineering mathematics --- Fire resistance --- Wood structures --- Steel structures --- Concrete structures --- Construction methods --- Protective structures --- Load and resistance factor design --- Reinforced concrete --- Standards. --- Mathematical models

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Prepared by the Technical Committee on Geotechnical Reports of the Underground Technology Research Council of the Construction Institute of ASCE. Sponsored by the Construction Institute of ASCE and the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers. This book examines the role of the geotechnical baseline report (GBR) as a means of allocating and managing subsurface risks associated with subsurface construction. It discusses the importance and benefit of ensuring compatibility between the GBR and other contract documents, as well as the importance of involving experienced firms and individuals in the preparation and review process. A revision and update of the previously published Geotechnical Baseline Reports of Underground Construction: Guidelines and Practices, this edition includes new chapters on the application of GBRs to other types of subsurface projects, the application of GBRs in design-build project delivery, and recommendations drawn from industry-wide lessons learned. Other topics include the organization and content of a GBR, owners' perspectives, and a discussion of the rational for the use of GBRs as a risk management tool.

Underground construction. --- Engineering geology --- Engineering contracts. --- Underground construction --- Risk management --- Subsurface environment --- Geotechnical engineering --- Professional societies --- Geohazards --- Design-build --- Owners