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Cement-Bentonite Slurry Trench Cutoff Walls
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Item Code: IS227
Date of Publication: 1984
Price: $5.00
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Slurry trenches serve as barriers to horizontal flow of clean or contaminated groundwater. This publication provides information on applications, design, construction methods, and quality control. It also includes a guide specification for a typical cement-bentonite slurry trench project.
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Design Manual for Small RCC Dams
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Item Code: EB225
Date of Publication: 2003
Price: $20.00
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A complete guide is now available on the design of RCC dams less than 50 ft high. This manual contains more than 50 tables and figures detailing various design considerations. An example problem is included to illustrate the basic steps in analyzing the stability of a small RCC dam.
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Facing Systems for Roller-Compacted Concrete Dams and Spillways
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Item Code: EB400
Date of Publication: 2001
Price: $20.00
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This engineering bulletin provides information on the most popular facing systems for RCC dams. Both upstream and downstream facing systems are covered. Typical plan and section views, along with numerous photos, help explain each of the systems. Advantages and disadvantages are included. Criteria for evaluating facing systems based on appearance, constructability, durability, seepage control, safety, and cost are used to compare and rate each system.
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Guide for Developing RCC Specifications and Commentary
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Item Code: EB214
Date of Publication: 2007
Price: $22.50
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Dams in the U.S. are aging and in need of repair. More than 23,000 of the 79,000 dams in the U.S. have exceeded their effective design life of 50 years. Inadequate spillway capacity is one of the major causes of dam distress. Use of roller-compacted concrete has proven to be a cost-effective method of providing overtopping protection for embankment dams. The 78-page document including commentary provides a comprehensive reference for developing RCC specifications for embankment armoring and spillway projects. Prepared in specification format, the guide includes sections on materials, equipment, construction procedures, and quality control requirements. This 2007 printing is an updated document of the Guide for Developing RCC Specifications and Commentary, which was first printed in 2000. This second printing includes revised guidelines for quality control. In addition, many minor changes are included to improve and update the document.
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Research State-of-the-Art and Needs for Hydraulic Design of Stepped Spillways
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Item Code: IS790
Date of Publication: 2006
Price: $0.00
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This 75-page research report was published in June 2006 by U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. The report summarizes research already performed on stepped spillways and recommends additional research needed to determine parameters that can be used by practicing engineers to design stepped spillways.
The report discusses the hydraulics of different types of flows over stepped spillways of varying slopes. Skimming flow regime is primarily discussed with regard to research that has been performed concerning air entrainment and flow resistance under uniform fully aerated flow condition.
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Roller-Compacted Concrete Quality Control Manual
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Item Code: EB215
Date of Publication: 2000
Price: $20.00
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This 58-page publication provides general guidelines for establishing a field quality control program for the production and placement of roller-compacted concrete (RCC). Prepared primarily for the use of RCC in dam and overtopping spillway applications, the manual can also be useful for heavy-duty pavement and storage area type projects. Tables and figures are included to illustrate various key elements in a typical QC program. Also included are several sample data recording forms and worksheets.
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Shades of Gray, Sands of Time: Images of Concrete Construction in Days Past
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Item Code: CD061
Date of Publication: 2005
Price: $35.00
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This collection of over 900 black and white photographs illustrates the building of our nation in the last century, the role of concrete in the process and provides glimpses of life in that era. These historical photographs illustrate concrete construction and equipment, including buildings and bridges, highways and streets, and other types of concrete structures under construction. Of special interest are several hundred images of machinery used in concrete construction: paving machines, earthmoving equipment, cranes, buckets, buggies and other "tools of the trade." Of these, there are 144 pictures showing vintage ready mix trucks, from the earliest models to those used in the fifties and sixties.
Industry professionals and observers, teachers and students, and people interested in historical Americana will find this a valuable resource in preparing papers, PowerPoint presentations, and simply for study.
All images are presented in high-resolution quality (1536 x 1045 pixels or higher).
Some of the searchable categories include: Airport construction; Building construction; Batch plants; Bridge construction; Buckets; Buggies; Mixers; Cranes; Dump trucks; Earthmoving machinery; Finishing; Floating; Forms; Vibrating; Pavement construction; Paving machines; Placing; Precasting plants; Ready mix trucks; Ready mixed concrete plants; Resurfacing.
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Small Concrete Dams
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Item Code: EB002
Date of Publication: 1980
Price: $12.50
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Contains principles for design of dams less than 100 ft. high. Focuses on considerations necessary to determine the feasibility and safety of these structures, such as topography, foundation, and hydrology.
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State-of-the-Art Report on Soil-Cement
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Item Code: LT120X
Date of Publication: 1990
Price: $9.00
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A photocopy of the report published by the American Concrete Institute in 1990, reapproved in 1997, provides information on applications, material properties, mix proportioning, construction, and quality control inspection and testing.
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Tightness Testing of Environmental Engineering Concrete Structures and Commentary (ACI 350.1R-01)
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Item Code: LT186
Date of Publication: 2001
Price: $24.50
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This standard is a supplement to the requirement of ACI 350 code. It gives methods and criteria for tightness testing of environmental engineering concrete structures. It is applicable to liquid and gas containment structures constructed with concrete or a combination of concrete and other materials. It includes hydrostatic, surcharged hydrostatic, and pneumatic tests. The standard is written in explicit, mandatory language, and as such, is intended for reference in project specifications. Published by ACI.
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