Conservation of Historic Stone Buildings and Monuments

Science & Math

Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems

National Materials Advisory Board

Committee on Conservation of Historic Stone Buildings and Monuments

National, Research Council

Technology

National Academies Press

The Competitive Status of the U.S. Auto Industry: A Study of the Influences of Technology in Determining International Industrial Competitive Advantage

Business & Money

Committee on Technology and International Economic and Trade Issues of the Office of the Foreign Secretary

Automobile Panel

Economics

Safety of Existing Dams: Evaluation and Improvement

Written by civil engineers, dam safety officials, dam owners, geologists, hydraulic engineers, and risk analysts, this handbook is the first cooperative attempt to provide practical solutions to dam problems within the financial constraints faced by dam owners. It provides hands-on information for identifying and remedying common defects in concrete and masonry dams, embankment dams, reservoirs, and related structures. It also includes procedures for monitoring dams and collecting and analyzing data. Case histories demonstrate economical solutions to specific problems. Table of Contents <ul>
<li>Front Matter</li>
<li>INTRODUCTION</li>
<li>THE SAFETY OF DAMS</li>
<li>RISK-BASED DECISION ANALYSIS</li>
<li>HYDROLOGIC AND HYDRAULIC CONSIDERATIONS</li>
<li>GEOLOGIC AND SEISMOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS</li>
<li>CONCRETE AND MASONRY DAMS</li>
<li>EMBANKMENT DAMS</li>
<li>APPURTENANT STRUCTURES</li>
<li>RESERVOIR PROBLEMS</li>
<li>INSTRUMENTATION</li>
<li>RECOMMENDED GLOSSARY</li>
<li>APPENDIXES</li>
<li>APPENDIX A: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS</li>
<li>APPENDIX B: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS</li>
<li>INDEX</li>
</ul>

Engineering & Transportation

Water Science and Technology Board

Committee on the Safety of Existing Dams

Engineering

Deregulation, higher costs, foreign competition, and financial risks are causing profound changes in civil aviation. These trends are reviewed along with growing federal involvement in trade, technology transfer, technological developments in airframes and propulsion, and military-civil aviation relationships. Policy options to preserve the strength and effectiveness of civil aircraft manufacturing are offered.

The Competitive Status of the U.S. Civil Aviation Manufacturing Industry: A Study of the Influences of Technology in Determining International Industrial Competitive Advantage

U.S. Civil Aviation Manufacturing Industry Panel

Low-Altitude Wind Shear and Its Hazard to Aviation

Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate

Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board

Committee on Low-Altitude Wind Shear and Its Hazard to Aviation

Transportation

The information age is taking its toll on traditional office management techniques. According to Infosystems, "If you're cautious of `experts' who claim to have all the answers, then you'll find comfort in the theme of `unleashed creativity' that recurs throughout the 20 essays presented in this book. . . . Organizations will have to devise a strategy for understanding how [a microcomputer's] performance can be monitored. Regardless of what may happen, this book provides managers with appropriate ammunition." Table of Contents <ul>
<li>Front Matter</li>
<li>Overview</li>
<li>Vision and Value: Getting the Most out of Microcomputers</li>
<li>The Organizational Issues</li>
<li>I. Small Computer Technology: Where We Are and Where We</li>
<li>Introduction</li>
<li>Faster, Smaller, Cheaper: Trends in Microcomputer Technology</li>
<li>Trends in Personal Computer Software</li>
<li>Personal Computer Networks</li>
<li>II. Small Computers in Large Organizations: The Implications</li>
<li>Introduction</li>
<li>Managing Uncontrollable Growth</li>
<li>Managed Innovation: Controlling End-User Computing in the Federal Government</li>
<li>Personal Computers and the Office of the Future</li>
<li>III. Managing Microcomputers: The Issues</li>
<li>Introduction</li>
<li>A Perspective for the Chief Executive Officer</li>
<li>Managing Microcomputers and End-User Computing: Some Critical Issues</li>
<li>Regaining Control Through Centralized Action</li>
<li>IV. Managing Microcomputers: Case Studies</li>
<li>Introduction</li>
<li>Productivity Through Automation</li>
<li>Managing Microcomputers in State and Local Government</li>
<li>The User Era</li>
<li>Personal Computing, Not Personal Computers</li>
<li>Control Through Persuasion</li>
<li>Index</li>
</ul>

Managing Microcomputers in Large Organizations

Board on Telecommunications and Computer Applications

Computers & Technology

Safety of Dams: Flood and Earthquake Criteria

From earth tectonics and meteorology to risk, responsibility, and the role of government, this comprehensive and detailed book reviews current practices in designing dams to withstand extreme hydrologic and seismic events. Recommendations for action and for further research to improve dam safety evaluations are presented. Table of Contents <ul>
<li>Front Matter</li>
<li>Executive Summary</li>
<li>Introduction</li>
<li>Extreme Floods and Earthquakes -- The Nature of the Problem</li>
<li>Summary of Present Practices on Dam Safety Standards</li>
<li>History of Development</li>
<li>Design Flood Estimates: Methods and Critique</li>
<li>Design Earthquake Estimates: Methods and Critique</li>
<li>Considration of Risk in Dam Safety Evaluations</li>
<li>Risk and the Calculus of Legal Liability in Dam Failures</li>
<li>Proposed Hydrologic Criteria</li>
<li>Proposed Earthquake Criteria</li>
<li>Continuing Development of Hydrologic and Earthquake Engineering Technologies</li>
<li>Appendix A: Design Criteria in Use for Dams Relative to Hazards of Extreme Floods</li>
<li>Appendix B: Design Criteria in Use for Dams Relative to Earthquake Hazards</li>
<li>Appendix C: Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) Estimates</li>
<li>Appendix D: Concepts of Probability in Hydrology</li>
<li>Appendix E: Risk Analysis Approach to Dam Safety Evaluations</li>
<li>Appendix F: Glossary</li>
<li>Appendix G: References and Bibliography</li>
<li>Appendix H: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members</li>
<li>Index</li>
</ul>

Politics & Social Sciences

Committee on Safety Criteria for Dams

Social Sciences

Both sides of the engineering equation--education and utilization--are studied in this unique volume. A brief discussion of the development of engineering in the United States is followed by an examination of the status of engineering today. A specially developed flow diagram, which defines all aspects of the current engineering community, demonstrates how the profession adapts and responds to change. The book then takes a critical look at the strengths and weaknesses of current engineering and evaluates major trends in the composition of the engineering work force. The final section offers a preview of engineering and its environment in the year 2000. Companion volumes in the Engineering Education and Practice in the United States series listed below discuss specific issues in engineering education.

Engineering Education and Practice in the United States: Foundations of Our Techno-Economic Future

Education & Teaching

Committee on the Education and Utilization of the Engineer

Higher & Continuing Education

Engineering Employment Characteristics (Engineering Education and Practice in the United States)

Panel on Engineering Employment Characteristics

Job Hunting & Careers

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Continuing Education of Engineers (Physics Through the 1990s)

History

Panel on Continuing Education

Americas

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