Turtle tunnels below railway lines 1:40 PM [Image source: Ron Alford ] Some might be surprised to find out what Japanese train companies are investing in lately, possibly even s...
Book: Highway Engineering Handbook by Roger R. Brockenbrough 10:07 AM Environmental issues play a major role in the planning, design, construction, and rehabilitation of highways. Indeed, their prominence ha...
Book: Pavement Design and Materials by A. T. Papagiannakis and E. A. Masad 8:00 PM This textbook covers pavement materials, analysis, design, evaluation, and economics of asphalt and portland concrete roadways. Its inten...
Book: Handbook of Transportation Engineering by Myer Kurtz 7:27 PM Transportation systems of regional and national extent are composed of networks of interconnected facilities and services. It follows tha...
Book: Highway Engineering by Martin Rogers 6:50 PM Given the problems of congestion in built-up urban areas, maximising the efficiency with which highways are planned, analysed, designed a...
Spreadsheet: Prestressed Concrete Girder Design for Bridge Structure Based on AASHTO 17th Edition & ACI 318-11 8:18 PM Design of prestressed concrete girder bridge is one of the most specialized tasks faced by structural design engineers. An effective exce...
Concrete Pavement Design,Construction & Performance by Norbert Delatte 11:50 AM Concrete pavements have been used for highways, airports, streets, local roads, parking lots, industrial facilities, and other types of inf...
Geotechnical Studies in Planning of Bridges 12:43 PM Geotechnical studies in the planning of bridges should provide the following Information: The types of Rocks, Dips, Faults and Fissures S...
Traffic Studies in Planning of Bridges 12:21 PM Traffic studies need to be carried out to ascertain the amount of traffic that will utilize the New or Widened Bridge This is needed to ...
Types of Rigid Pavements 5:52 PM "Concrete pavements" commonly referred to as "Rigid Pavements" are and efficient and sometimes the best solution for par...
Airport Configuration 4:32 PM Airport configuration means number and orientation of runways and location of terminal area relative to runways. Terminal area is...