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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480159903321

Titolo

Geo-Congress 2020 : geotechnical earthquake engineering and special topics / / sponsored by the Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers edited by James P. Hambleton, Ph.D., Roman Makhenko, Ph.D., Aaron S. Budge, Ph.D., P.E

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reston, Virginia : , : American Society of Civil Engineers, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

1-5231-3359-7

0-7844-8281-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (960 pages)

Collana

GSP (Series) ; ; Number 318

Disciplina

624.151

Soggetti

Geotechnical engineering

Earthquake engineering

Soil dynamics

Coastal sediments

Pavements - Performance

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Selected papers from sessions of Geo-Congress 2020 : February 25-28, 2020, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Sommario/riassunto

The fourth of seven volumes containing the full collection of papers presented at Geo-Congress 2020: Vision, Insight. This volume contains 97 peer-reviewed papers on geotechnical earthquake engineering and other special topics.Topics include: soil dynamics and earthquake engineering; rock mechanics; pavement modeling and composition; geotechnics of coasts, oceans, ports, and rivers; U.S.-Canada shared geotechnical issues; and geo-education.GSP 318 will be of interest to practitioners and researchers working is all aspects of earthquake engineering.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827199203321

Autore

Wynstra Robert J.

Titolo

At the forefront of Lee's invasion : retribution, plunder, and clashing cultures on Richard S. Ewell's road to Gettysburg / / Robert J. Wynstra

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kent, Ohio : , : The Kent State University Press, , 2018

ISBN

1-63101-337-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 pages)

Collana

Civil war soldiers and strategies

Disciplina

973.7/349

Soggetti

Gettysburg Campaign, 1863

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : we have our wishes gratified -- A fair opportunity to strike a blow -- A worthy successor of Jackson -- Quite a brilliant little affair -- A thunderbolt from a cloudless sky -- Our reception is somewhat icy -- Wherever Ewell leads, we can follow -- No signs of sympathy with the rebels -- The people are all Union -- These people must have lived like lords -- No army ever fared better -- Enough to frighten us all to death -- Our army left a mark everywhere it went -- I want my requisition filled at once -- We did not come here for nothing -- The general was quite testy -- We had no idea of our destination -- Epilogue : the results are not all unsatisfactory.

Sommario/riassunto

"This is about the 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania through the eyes of the soldiers and civilians who experienced it"--