American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). Washington, D.C, USA. 12 p. This standard practice covers the requirements and testing criteria for the National Transportation Product Evaluation Program (NTPEP) evaluation of erosion control products (ECP) and sediment retention devices (SRD). Common references in this document are, rolled erosion...
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). Washington, D.C, USA. 2003. 11p. This test method covers the determination of the California Bearing Ratio (CBR) of pavement subgrade, subbase, and base/course materials from laboratory compacted specimens. The test method is primarily intended for but not limited to, evaluating the strength of cohesive...
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). Washington, D.C, USA. 2005. 5p. This method is intended for the determination of moisture content of hot mix asphalt (HMA) by drying in an oven. This standard may involve hazardous materials, operations, and equipment. This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns associated with...
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). Washington, D.C, USA. 2014. 8 This test method covers how to determine asphalt binders’ resistance to damage by means of cyclic loading employing linearly increasing load amplitudes. The amplitude sweep is conducted using the Dynamic Shear Rheometer at the intermediate pavement temperature determined...
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Document No: SBB-1 2004. 50p. This document is a standard developed by the AASHTO/ NSBA Steel Bridge Collaboration. The primary goal of the Collaboration is to achieve steel bridges of the highest quality and value through standardization of the design, fabrication, and erection processes. Each standard...
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). Houston, TX. 2004. 158p. The Guide describes criteria to be used for offshore LNG terminals which are to be classed or certified by American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). The present Guide addresses LNG terminals. ABS is willing to expand the criteria for handling other gaseous materials as the industry demand for same increases. ABS recognizes...
American Concrete Institute (ACI). First Printing. May 2008. 48 p. ISBN: 978-0-87031-278- 6. This document was developed to address the issues related to the prediction of creep under compression and shrinkageinduced strains in hardened concrete. It may be assumed, however, that predictions apply to concrete under tension and shear. It outlines the problems and limitations in...
American Concrete Institute (ACI). First Printing. December 2010. 20 p. ISBN: 978-0-87031-404- 9. Recommendations of this guide include proportioning, mixing, placing, finishing, curing, and testing. Shrinkagecompensating concrete is produced using expansive cements or expansive component systems. There have been significant changes and advances in the use of...
American Concrete Institute (ACI). 2004. 16 p. This guide presents state-of-the-art information relative to the construction of slab-on-ground and suspended-slab floors for industrial, commercial, and institutional buildings. It is applicable to the construction of normalweight and structural lightweight concrete floors and slabs made with conventional portland and blended...
Американский институт бетона (ACI). Доклад комитета 302 Американского института бетона. Русский язык. 2004. 100 стр. В настоящем руководстве дается самая современная информация о сооружении плит перекрытий на грунтовом основании и подвесных плит перекрытий для промышленных и коммерческих зданий. Руководство применяется для строительства с использованием полов и плит из обычного и...
American Concrete Institute (ACI). First Printing. March 2007. 12 p. ISBN: 978-0-87031-242- 7. This Specification covers requirements for hot weather concrete construction. Provisions of this Specification shall govern, except where other provisions are specified in Contract Documents. This Specification shall not be used in conjunction with ACI 301 or ACI 530.1.
American Concrete Institute (ACI). First Printing. July 2013. 28 p. ISBN: 978-0-87031-396- 7. This guide identifies problems associated with hot weather concreting and describes practices that alleviate these potential adverse effects. These practices include suggested preparations and procedures for use in general types of hot weather construction, such as pavements, bridges,...
American Concrete Institute (ACI). First Printing. September 2014. ISBN: 978-0-87031-934-1. 16 p. This Code provides information on the design, analysis, and construction of concrete thin shells.
American Concrete Institute (ACI). First Printing. September 2014 ISBN: 978-0-87031-930-3. 524 p. This Code includes provisions for the design of concrete used for structural purposes, including plain concrete; concrete containing nonprestressed reinforcement, prestressed reinforcement, or both; composite columns with structural steel shapes, pipes, or tubing; and anchoring to...
American Concrete Institute (ACI). 2006. 44 p. This document provides recommendations for the design and construction of FRP-reinforced concrete structures. The document only addresses nonprestressed FRP reinforcement (concrete structures prestressed with FRP tendons are covered in ACI 440.4R). The basis for this document is the knowledge gained from worldwide experimental...
American Concrete Institute (ACI). First Printing. July 2008. 80 p. ISBN: 978-0-87031-285- 4. This document provides guidance for the selection, design, and installation of FRP systems for externally strengthening concrete structures. Information on material properties, design, installation, quality control, and maintenance of FRP systems used as external reinforcement is...
American Concrete Institute (ACI). First Printing. March 2008. 11 p. ISBN: 978-0-87031-271- 7. This Specification covers materials, preparation, forming, placing, finishing, jointing, curing, and quality control of pervious concrete pavement. Provisions governing testing, evaluation, and acceptance of pervious concrete pavement are included.
American Concrete Institute (ACI). ACI 523.3R-93. 2014. 17 p. This guide applies to cellular concretes with cast densities greater than 50 lb/ft3 (800 kg/m3). Precast and cast-inplace cellular concretes are within the scope of this guide. Compressive strengths may vary widely and are specified based on a particular application. To assist in selection, proportioning, and production...
American Concrete Institute (ACI). First Printing. March 2010. 35 p. This document addresses the physical properties and durability of fiberreinforced concrete (FRC). The effects of fiber reinforcement are evaluated for various physical, short-term, and long-term benefits they impart to the concrete mixture. A variety of test methods, conditions, and properties are reported. The...
Elsevier, 2005. — 422 p. — ISBN: 0-7506-7733-3
The primary focus of this book is to present the basic physics of reservoir engineering using the simplest and most straightforward of mathematical techniques. It is only through having a complete understanding of physics of reservoir engineering that the engineer can hope to solve complex reservoir problems in a practical manner....
CuproBraze. Vasteras, Sweden. Edition Nr 8, September 2006. — 110 p. The CuproBraze brazing handbook is a way to share the latest knowledge regarding the CuproBraze process. It deals with technical questions in general. The Cupro Braze process is rather young and developments in different areas are still on-going
The Army Institute for Professional Development (AIPD). United States Army Combined Arms Support Command. Fort Lee, Virginia, US. Subcourse NO. OD1651. 113 p. The purpose of this course is to introduce the basic requirements involved in metal-arc welding operations. The scope of this subcourse consists of describing the classification of electrodes and their intended uses;...
The Army Institute for Professional Development (AIPD). United States Army Combined Arms Support Command. Fort Lee, Virginia, US. SUBCOURSE NO. OD1654. 80 p. The purpose of this subcourse is to introduce the student to the inert gas welding processes, and maintenance of welding equipment. The scope of this subcourse consists of the inert gas welding principles, equipment, and...
American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC). Approved by December 4, 2006. 20p. This Certification Standard for Steel Building Structures is intended to offer assistance to building professionals and owners in assessing Fabricators’ capability to satisfy project quality needs. Users of this Standard must evaluate Fabricator capacity independently. The Standard describes...
American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC). Chicago, Illinois. 2005. 80p. In the absence of specific instructions to the contrary in the Contract Documents, the trade practices that are defined in this Code shall govern the fabrication and erection of Structural Steel.
American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), Chicago, Illinois, US. 2010. Supersedes AISC 303-05. 84 p. This Code sets forth criteria for the trade practices involved in steel buildings, bridges, and other structures, where other structures are defined as those structures designed, fabricated, and erected in a manner similar to buildings, with building-like vertical and...
American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), Chicago, Illinois, US. Second Edition. 2002. 374 p. ISBN: 1-56424-052-5 The purpose of this Guide is to provide architects with the tools needed to feel more comfortable and confident working with structural steel in building projects. With a greater understanding of the characteristics and inherent benefits of structural steel,...
American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), Chicago, Illinois, US. 2004. 94 p. This Specification covers the design of bolted joints and the installation and inspection of the assemblies of fastener components listed in Section 1.3, the use of alternative-design fasteners as permitted in Section 2.8 and alternative washer-type indicating devices as permitted in Section 2.6.2,...
This standard American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC). Chicago, Illinois. 2005. 206p. The Specification for Structural Steel Buildings hereafter referred to as the 20 Specification, shall apply to the design of the structural steel system, where 21 the steel elements are enumerated in the AISC Code of Standard Practice for 22 Steel Buildings and Bridges Section
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American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI). 1st Printing – June 2007. 30 p. This standard provides criteria, including material and product requirements for structural members and non-structural members utilized in cold-formed steel framing applications where the specified minimum base steel thickness is between 18 mils (0.0179 inches) (0.455mm) and 118 mils (0.1180 inches)...
American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI). 1st Printing – November 2011. 36 p. The practices in this Code of Standard Practice are a model to address the design, fabrication and installation of cold-formed steel (CFS) structural framing. When adopted wholly or in part by a contract or construction documents, the trade practices that are defined in this Code of Standard Practice...
DesignAmerican Iron and Steel Institute (AISI). 2007 Edition. With the Supplement 2. 2008. 20 p. The design of cold-formed steel trusses for load carrying purposes in buildings shall be in accordance with AISI S100 [CSA S136] and AISI S200, except as modified by the provisions of this standard. This standard shall also apply to manufacturing, quality criteria, installation and...
American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI). 2007 Edition with Supplement
2. Revision of :AISI/COFS/PM-2006. 107 p. This standard consists of prescriptive requirements for cold-formed steel floor, wall, and roof framing to be used in the construction of one- and two-family dwellings, townhouses, and other attached and detached single-family dwellings not more than three stories in...
American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI). Handbook Series # 9 002. 2002. 18p. The purpose of this booklet is to help designers and manufacturing engineers achieve a better understanding of the welding characteristics of stainless steels, so they may exercise better control over the finished products with respect to welding. In addition to welding, other ancillary joining methods...
An American National Standard. American National Standard Lighting Group (ANSLG). Revision of ANSI_ANSLG C81.63-2006. Approved: November 6, 2007. 134 p. This standard sets forth the specifications for gauges for bases (caps) and lampholders for electric lamps
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). July 1972. 10p. This standard covers the screw thread used for mounting the objective assembly to the body or lens turret of microscopes. It is based on, and intended to be interchangeable with, the screw thread introduced and adopted many years ago by the Royal Microscopical Society of Great Britain, generally known as the "RMS...
American National Standards Institute (ANSI). ANSI B1.20.3 approved and formally designated as American National Standards on November 18,1976. 30p. This Standard contains nomenclature of screw threads; form of threads; diameter and pitches of screws for various uses; classification of thread fits, tolerances and allowances for threaded parts; and the gaging of threads. Screw...
An American National Standard. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Date of Issuance: July 30, 1984. Reaffirmed 1994. 45p. This Standard, for cast copper alloy solder joint pressure fittings designed for use with copper water tube, covers: (a) Pressure-temperature ratings (b) Abbreviations for end connections (c) Sizes, and method of designating openings of...
American National Standard For Cutting Tools. Approved March 22, 2002 American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Revision of ANSI B7.1-1995. 21p. This standard establishes a code for the designation of indexable insert shank-type milling cutters designed in U.S. customary inch units for the purpose of simplifying orders and referencing specifications
An American National Standard. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Partial Revision of ANSI 830.2-1943. 29p. This Code applies to the construction, installation, inspection, maintenance, and operation of jacks; power-operated cranes; crane runways; power-operated and manually operated derricks and hoists; power-op~rated overhead hoists and their runways; and...
American National Standards Institute(ANSI). Approved April 20, 2001. Revision of ANSI C18.1M, Part 1-1999. 64 p. This standard applies to portable primary cells and batteries with aqueous electrolyte and a zinc anode (non-lithium). This edition includes the following electrochemical systems: a) Carbon zinc (LeClanche and zinc chloride types); b) Alkaline manganese dioxide; c)...
American National Standards Institute(ANSI). Approved April 5, 2005. Revision of ANSI C18.1M, Part 1-2001. 70 p. This standard applies to portable primary cells and batteries with aqueous electrolyte and a zinc anode (non-lithium). This edition includes the following electrochemical systems: a) Carbon zinc (LeClanche and zinc chloride types); b) Alkaline manganese dioxide; c)...
American National Standards Institute(ANSI). Approved July 1, 1999. 20 p. This standard covers conformance tests and requirements for the integrity of above grade pad-mounted enclosures intended for installation in coastal environments containing apparatus energized in excess of 600 volts that may be exposed to the public including, but not limited to, the following types of...
American National Standards Institute(ANSI). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers(IEEE). Approved 11 December 2003. 144 p. This standard specifies U.S. consensus standard methods, instrumentation, and facilities for measurement of radio-frequency (RF) signals and noise emitted from electrical and electronic devices in the frequency range 9 kHz to 40 GHz. It does not...
American National Standards Institute(ANSI). 7th Edition. Revision of ANSI D-16.1-1996. 53 p. The purpose of this American National Standard is to provide a common language for reporters, classifiers, analysts and users of traffic accident data. The Manual on Classification of Motor Vehicle Traffic Accidents and its predecessor, Uniform Definitions of Motor Vehicle Accidents, have...
An American National Standard. Approved December 2, 2009 American National Standards Institute (ANSI), A reaffirmation of MH27.2 – 2003. 33p. This specification apply to underhung cranes whose end trucks operate on the lower flange of a patented-track runway section; and to carriers (trolleys) operating on single-track patented-track monorail systems, including all curves,...
An American National Standard. Approved December 2, 2009 American National Standards Institute (ANSI). A reaffirmation of MH27.2 – 2003. 28p. This specification apply to underhung cranes whose end trucks operate on the internal flange of a runway using enclosed track section; and to trolleys (carriers) operating on single-track monorail systems, including all curves, switches,...
An American National Standard. American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Approved February 1, 2001. Revision of ANSI N14.1-1995. 94p. This standard provides criteria for packaging of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) for transport. It includes specific information on design and fabrication requirements for the procurement of new UF6 packagings. This standard also defines the...
An American National Standard. American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Approved 19 February 2004. Effective August 19, 2003. 31 p. This standard provides performance iequirements for analog, sampled-data, and digital implementations of bandpass filters that comprise a filter set or spectrum analyzer. The extent of the passband region of a filter's relative attenuation...
An American National Standard. American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Approved 28 August 2003. Revision of ANSI S3.22-1996. 51p. This standard describes certain hearing aid measurements and parameters that are deemed useful in determining the electroacoustic performance of a hearing aid. Some of these lend themselves to setting of tolerances for the purpose of maintaining...