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Computer architecture. Operating systems --- communication systems [mechanical and electrical systems] --- applications --- wireless sensor networks

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Electrical engineering --- Equipment, services, installations in buildings --- electrical systems --- utilities [infrastructures] --- Belgium

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Sponsored by the Infrastructure Resilience Division of ASCE In 2011, the Tohoku and Sendai regions on the east coast of Japan were devastated by the largest earthquake ever recorded in that country. The effects of the earthquake were immediately compounded by a massive tsunami that claimed thousands of lives, destroyed cities and towns, and severely damaged lifeline infrastructure. This report describes in detail the performance of lifeline systems in Tokyo, Tohoku, Sendai, and surrounding areas, as observed during multiple visits by an Earthquake Investigation Committee sent by ASCE’s Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering (TCLEE). This TCLEE monograph discusses the following lifelines with recommendations for improving performance: transportation, electric power systems, telecommunications, airports, ports and harbors, water, wastewater, and gas and liquid fuel. General seismology of the event and geotechnical features of the area are described. Other relevant issues, such as debris management, effect on hospitals, fire following the earthquakes, emergency response, social impact, and lifeline interdependence, are considered. TCLEE 42 will be of interest to civil engineers, emergency managers and planners, and government officials charged with improving resilience of lifeline infrastructure systems during earthquakes and tsunamis.

Earthquakes --- Lifeline systems --- Tsunamis --- Electrical systems --- Emergency management --- Infrastructure resilience --- Electric power --- Hydro power --- Japan --- Asia

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Prepared by the Automated People Mover Standards Committee of the Standards Council of the Transportation and Development Institute of ASCE Automated People Mover Standards, ANSI/ASCE/T&DI 21-13, establishes the minimum requirements necessary to achieve an acceptable level of safety and performance for an automated people mover (APM) system. An APM is defined as a guided transit mode that is fully automated, featuring vehicles that operate on guideways with exclusive right-of-way. This Standard covers design, construction, operation, and maintenance of APM systems. This fully updated revision consolidates all four parts of ASCE 21 that previously were published separately. Topics include: operating environment; safety requirements; system dependability; automatic train control; audio and visual communications; vehicles; propulsion and braking; electrical equipment; stations; guideways; security; emergency preparedness; verification and demonstration; operations, maintenance, and training; and operational monitoring. One mandatory annex covers requirements for system safety programs. Nonmandatory annexes include a bibliography; recommended practice for acceptance of an APM system application; inspection and test guidelines; and recommended practice for working safely near APM systems. This Standard may be used in a safety certification process. It will be helpful to anyone who owns, operates, maintains, designs, test, insures, oversees, or certifies APMs. It will also be valuable to transportation engineers, safety engineers, and contractors for APM systems or other innovative technology transit systems.

Personal rapid transit --- Automated people movers --- Safety --- Communication systems --- Electrical systems --- Automated transit systems --- Electrical equipment --- Vehicles --- Guideways --- Standards.

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Proceedings of the AEI Conference 2015, held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 24-27, 2015. Hosted by the Milwaukee School of Engineering. Sponsored by the Architectural Engineering Institute of ASCE. AEI 2015: Birth and Life of the Integrated Building contains 71 peer-reviewed papers on the design and integration of different engineered systems in the development of the integrated building. Topics include: building structural systems; building envelope; building mechanical systems; building security; building electrical and power systems; design and construction process management; integrated systems; forensics and multi-hazard engineering; architectural systems and interior design; and architectural engineering education. Structural, mechanical, and electrical engineers, construction management professionals, and architects interested in advanced strategies and state-of-the-art practices in integrated building systems will find this proceedings valuable.

Architecture --- Structural engineering --- Building --- Building design --- Building systems --- Architectural engineering --- Structural systems --- Electrical systems --- Building management --- Buildings --- Construction management --- Wisconsin --- United States