Heat Transfer on a Disk: A Closed-Form Solution for Suspension Bridge’s Main Cables Exposed to Fire
Despite the danger of collapse that fire poses to a suspension bridge, it has been an understudied area of bridge engineering. A new study in the Journal of Engineering Mechanics shows you how to calculate the potential effects of heat transfer on a suspension bridge's main cables. Get the formula free for a limited time from the ASCE Library. Abstract The heat transfer problem is often considered to be the kernel of a fire resistance analysis. In fact, one- or two-dimensional closed-fo...
Oxford Direct Services Assists Persimmon Homes with Highways Adoption at Seven Development Sites Across Oxfordshire
March 14, 2019 - Oxford Direct Services (ODS) has assisted Persimmon Homes, one of the UK’s most successful housebuilders, with Highways Adoption at seven of its development sites around Oxfordshire over the past 18 months. The experience of ODS’s Highways team as contractors for the Oxfordshire County Council Highways Authority helps the developer bring the roads and footpaths of its new estates up to standard quickly, speeding the adoption process. ODS has carried out remedial works for Per...
Rail Museum Turns Spotlight on Role of Fugro's Geotechnical Expertise in HS2
Credit: courtesy the National Railway Museum Soil samples in the laboratory may seem a world apart from the gleaming high tech of the high speed train. Yet both share the spotlight in a current exhibition at the National Railway Museum in York giving a rare insight into the role of testing and prototyping in pushing the boundaries of rail engineering. ‘Testing’ showcases the science behind some of the UK’s latest railway innovations, from the aerodynamic testing of new cabs to the futurist...
Video: Crews Clear Massive Avalanche Slides from Highway
Idaho Transportation Department crews continue to excavate, blow, and plow snow off Idaho Highway 21 between Lowman and Stanley following historic avalanches. The 11-mile stretch of road, known as Canyon Creek, is prone to avalanches, with nearly 60 typical slide locations. A storm that began on Feb. 24 dumped more than five feet of snow on the road and triggered avalanches that laid more than 50 feet of snow on the highway. Crews started to clear the snow Friday, March 1 beginning on the...
New TEXRail Commuter Line Opens with Golden Ticket Fanfare
Hundreds of special invitees got to experience a “Wonka-esque” inaugural ride on North Texas’ new commuter rail line, complete with golden tickets and enthralling views from the line’s 27 miles – nine stops and three cities – from Fort Worth, North Richland Hills and Grapevine to Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport. Jacobs served as program manager for the new TEXRail line, which officially opened in January. By the end of the first year of operation, Trinity Metro’s new line is expec...
Study: 70 Billion Hours Spent Driving
DENVER (March 5, 2019) – If you think you've been spending more time in your car lately, you're right: Each week, Americans spend 20 more minutes driving than they did in 2014. That's the takeaway from new research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, which found that Americans collectively spend 70 billion hours behind the wheel each year – an eight percent bump over 2014. The average driver travels more than 220 miles each week, or 11,498 miles each year. That's the equivalent of two r...
Video: SR 400 Express Lanes Visualization
The Georgia Department of Transportation has released an illustrated video showing the Ga. 400 toll lane design, which includes three rebuilt bridges and a high flyover atop the Northridge Road overpass in Sandy Springs.
Study Finds ‘Growth’ Can Cause Transportation Troubles for Diverse Groups
A 30-page report crafted from a year-long population survey of Bend, Ore., found that its residents shared a similar view of transportation issues resulting from city growth despite different backgrounds, income levels, and ages. Those findings – released in mid-February – also reflect trend...
Heavy Duty Superprop® Shores From Acrow Bridge Support Railway Overpass During Major Highway Construction in Texas
(Parsippany, New Jersey) – Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, noted today that it provided a temporary shoring system to support a railroad plate girder bridge in Plano, Texas, during a project to add four lanes to U.S. Route 75. Rapidly increasing population growth in the area has made the major artery one of the most congested in the region, and the widening project called for adding two new lanes in each direction to the outside of the existing ro...
New Jersey DOT Selects FRP Composite Piles To Replace Aging Wooden Structure At Seaside Resort
DAYTON, Ohio - Cape May, New Jersey is a seaside resort at the southern tip of the state’s Cape May Peninsula. Route 147, a 4.2-mile state highway, runs across bridges that use timber fenders. When the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJ DOT) needed to replace these aging structures, they wrestled with selecting a product that could meet higher energy absorption requirements and protect concrete bridge piers. The New Jersey DOT chose FiberPILE, a system of large diameter fiber reinforce...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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