ASCE 9780784410325 2009
$37.38
Great Rivers History
Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
ASCE | 2009 | 144 |
This collection contains 18 papers focusing on the great rivers of the world, especially the engineering challenges of balancing the urgency for development and growth with the environmental need for a sustainable future.
PDF Catalog
PDF Pages | PDF Title |
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1 | Cover |
8 | Contents |
10 | Hydraulic Engineering Legends Listed on the Eiffel Tower |
17 | How to Wrestle a Mighty River: The Missouri River Channel Project |
26 | Constructing a Big Dam after the 1951 Missouri River Flood: Tuttle Creek Reservoir, Kansas |
31 | Civil Engineering History of Hydraulic Channels and Pipes |
37 | The Riddle of the River: How David Thompson Explored and Mapped the Middle and Upper Columbia River |
50 | Gateway to Greatness—A Profile of James B. Eads |
61 | Major U.S. Dam Failures: Their Cause, Resultant Losses, and Impact on Dam Safety Programs and Engineering Practice |
70 | Verification of Darcy’s Law |
76 | Texas Section ASCE Leaders—A Time of Reflection for Section Anniversary Planning |
92 | Hydrologic Design of Bridges and Culverts: A Historical Review |
100 | The Waste Water Network: An Underground View of Paris |
106 | Burns and McDonnell History—Need for Clean Water Launched Burns and McDonnell |
115 | HDR History |
118 | Black and Veatch History: Building a World of Difference since 1915 |
125 | Five-Year History of Water Resources Specialty Certification and Value Slogans |
130 | History of the Texas Section—-ASCE |
133 | The Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering, and Technology and ASCE Publications |
135 | Loch Katrine Water Supply to Glasgow, Scotland, 1855–1903 |
142 | Author Index |
144 | Subject Index |