Structural Engineering
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| Dams |
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| Interactive investigation into
the good and bad impacts of dam construction. |
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| Building Big |
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| About the engineering principles required to build large structures, including bridges, domes, skyscrapers, dams, and tunnels. Discusses the various factors that need to be considered when designing large buildings. |
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| Great Projects: The Building of America |
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| Famous engineering projects from a series of four programs from PBS. Covers the building of Hoover Dam, Mississippi River levees, the first utility bridges in New York City, and Boston's Big Dig. |
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| New Buildings Institute |
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| Organization that promotes "energy efficiency in buildings through policy development, research, guidelines and codes." Includes information on about lighting, architecture, mechanical systems, online reports, and tools. |
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| Report Card for America's Infrastructure |
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| Consists of short fact sheets and letter grades for America and states in twelve physical infrastructure categories. Provided by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). |
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| Structurae |
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| Database of structures including buildings, bridges, dams, towers, and domes, browsable alphabetically, by structure type, function, construction method, geography, Information includes materials, dimensions, photographs. Available in English, French, Ger |
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| World Trade Centre - New York - Engineering Aspects |
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| Basic information about the World Trade Center buildings. Also information about the structural system and informed speculation about why it collapsed. Includes diagrams, photographs. From the University of Sydney. |
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| California Dams Database |
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| Provides key facts on California dams. Includes interactive and static maps. |
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| Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering |
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| International forum for the discussion of research and practical applications in structural engineering. Contains peer-reviewed technical papers, discussions and comments, news about conferences and workshops. |
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| United States Society on Dams |
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Professional organization that promotes the advancement of dam engineering and technology. Contains introduction to dams and their benefits, definition of a dam, reasons for their construction.
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| World's Longest Tunnel |
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| Information on hundreds of the world's longest tunnels with categories on road, subsea, railway, and canal tunnels.
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