1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455311903321

Titolo

Great rivers history [[electronic resource] ] : proceedings and invited papers for the EWRI Congress and History Symposium, May 17-19, 2009, Kansas City, Missouri / / sponsored by Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers ... [et al.] ; edited by Jerry R. Rogers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reston, Va., : American Society of Civil Engineers, : EWRI, c2009

ISBN

0-7844-7279-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (144 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RogersJerry R

Disciplina

627

Soggetti

Water resources development - History

Hydraulic engineering - History

River engineering - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Hydraulic Engineering Legends Listed on the Eiffel Tower""; ""How to Wrestle a Mighty River: The Missouri River Channel Project""; ""Constructing a Big Dam after the 1951 Missouri River Flood: Tuttle Creek Reservoir, Kansas""; ""Civil Engineering History of Hydraulic Channels and Pipes""; ""The Riddle of the River: How David Thompson Explored and Mapped the Middle and Upper Columbia River""; ""Gateway to Greatness�A Profile of James B. Eads""; ""Major U.S. Dam Failures: Their Cause, Resultant Losses, and Impact on Dam Safety Programs and Engineering Practice""

""Verification of Darcy's Law""""Texas Section ASCE Leaders�A Time of Reflection for Section Anniversary Planning""; ""Hydrologic Design of Bridges and Culverts: A Historical Review""; ""The Waste Water Network: An Underground View of Paris""; ""Burns and McDonnell History�Need for Clean Water Launched Burns and McDonnell""; ""HDR History""; ""Black and Veatch History: Building a World of Difference since 1915""; ""Five-Year History of Water Resources Specialty Certification and Value Slogans""; ""History of the Texas Section�-ASCE""



""The Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering, and Technology and ASCE Publications""""Loch Katrine Water Supply to Glasgow, Scotland, 1855�1903""; ""Author Index""; ""Subject Index""

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910699667003321

Autore

Zee Ralph

Titolo

Final report for a dynamic study of fragmentation and energy loss during high velocity impact [[electronic resource] /] / by Ralph H. Zee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Auburn, AL : , : Materials Engineering Program, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University

Marshall Space Flight Center, AL : , : [NASA] George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, , [1993]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (83 pages) : digital, PDF file

Collana

NASA-CR ; ; 184476

Soggetti

Angular distribution

Debris

Deformation

Energy dissipation

Fragmentation

Hypervelocity impact

Impact damage

Kinetic energy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 23, 2010).

"8/28/1989 to 7/17/1992."