... with inventive ideas and good planning and preparation. The successful outcome of the float-out operation and placing of the floated culvert has helped contribute to the exceptional Thames Tideway Tunnel project. cofferdams & caissons hydraulics & hydrodynamics maritime engineering models...

... methods & aids history models (physical) Before the 1970s it was common for the designers of major projects in many branches of civil engineering to use experimental tests on reduced-scale physical models to complement their design calculations made by hand, using the best engineering...

... loads can be complicated, especially if such loads can be impulsive. Some of these complexities are summarised below. failures maritime engineering models (physical) Wave loads acting on an elevated deck, beam or other projecting elements such as fenders have been defined as ‘wave-in-deck...

... with a speed of √gd, where g is the gravity constant and d is the water depth. © 2008 Thomas Telford Ltd 2008 buildings structures & design hydraulics & hydrodynamics models (physical) The Asian tsunami of 26 December 2004 showed the catastrophic devastation...

..., structure & design design methods & aids models (physical) The partial collapse of Charles de Gaulle Terminal 2E in Paris in May 2004 opened up a debate on the most likely causes of the failure. In the UK this case has led to the calls for independent design checks for innovative, complex...