... GEOMETRY SURFACE LAYERS REINFORCING BARS STEEL REINFORCEMENT EFFECT SAMPLING POTENTIAL PROBLEMS LOCATION Proc. fnstn Ciu. Engrs, Part 2, 1991, 91, Mar., 71-88 PAPER 9614 STRUCTURBAULILDAINNDG BOARD Reinforced concrete resistivity measurement techniques S . G. MILLARD, BSc, PhD, MICE* Half...

... Sciences Papers on structural reliability are very welcome, as they appear too infrequently in these Proceedings. However, a number of points concerning the Monte Carlo simulation need to be clarified. 49. Firstly, the Monte Carlo techniques discussed in the Paper are not new. Importance sampling has...

... CONCENTRATION CONTENT SILICA SAMPLING SCANNING INVESTIGATIONS CEMENT ASH TESTS PROPERTIES STRENGTH PERMEABILITY PROFILES INGRESS REACTIONS ELECTRONS MICROSCOPY Proc. Instn Ciu.Engrs, Part 1,1989,86, Dec., 11 11-1128 9504 STRUCTGURROAULPENGINEERING An investigationof conventional ordinary...

... and relative current speed (ambient/jet) U J U j which obtained at the time of measurement. 10. In both studies dilutions were measured from samples taken within the surface boil. However, the WRC bulked many of their samples to obtain what was, in essence, a measurement of average dilution within the boil...

...,expression (2) is approximated by its unbiased estimator where Z[G(x)] = 1 if G(x) 0 (failure domain) = 0 if G(r) 2 0 (safe domain) and .ii is the ith sample (realization) of the random vector X (i.e. a sample drawn fromf,( Unfortunately, evaluationof equation (7) is extremely inefficientfor the low...

...GP HAMMERSLEY © Thomas Telford and ICE 1988 LAING TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD ALKALI SILICA DAMS REACTIONS WATER STRUCTURES RETAINING CONCRETE CEMENT ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE METHODS PLANNING STUDIES SITES SAMPLING LABORATORIES TESTING INSPECTION ANALYSIS LOGISTICS...

...PJ CURRAN; G THOMPSON © Thomas Telford and ICE 1988 DILUTION EFFLUENT EVALUATION DISPERSION DYES WATER TECHNIQUES BOATS DATA MEASUREMENT METHODS SAMPLING COSTS MODELLING Proc. Instn Ciu. Engrs, Part 2, 1988,85, June, 357-358 DISCUSSION ON PAPER 9129 WATER ENGINEERGIRNOGUP...

... VERTICAL SAMPLING MANDRELS DRILLING GEOPHYSICS SURVEYS BOREHOLES GROUND SPECIFICATIONS BLASTING VIBRATIONS h o c . Instn Ciu.Engrs, Part 1,1987,82,Jun.,697-703 8953 DISECNUGSSINMIOEANENRAINGGEMENT A8 Port Glasgow eastern section : design and construction D. Droy, A. McGown andD. C . Mann GROUP...

...CY CHIA © Thomas Telford and ICE 1987 SINGAPORE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PAVEMENTS FLEXIBLE STRIPPING TESTS MEASUREMENT COMPRESSION STRENGTH MICROSCOPY STABILITY VALUE AGGREGATES ACCURACY SAMPLING TESTING ASPHALT Proc. Instn Civ. Engrs, Part 2,1987,83, Mar., 333-338...

...PG FOOKES; RS THOMAS POSFORD, PAVRY & PARTNERS SITES APPRAISAL POTENTIAL BREAKWATERS ROCKS HARBOURS LOW STRENGTH PROTECTION GEOLOGY RUBBLE MOUND CONSTRUCTION ISLANDS DURABILITY FINANCE QUALITY IN SITU CONTRACTS CLIENTS FIELD STUDIES OBSERVATIONS SAMPLING TESTS...

.... The siteinvestigationandsamplingtechniques are described, with particular emphasis on the use of small-diameter piston sampling and Rowe consolidation tests to obtain consolidation parameters for embankment design. In the rock- cut section of the works theuse of seismic surveysto determine the practicabilityof blasting rock at low values...

... much, and how much it mattered. A desk study and reconnaissance were essential before site work started anda preliminary investigation, followed by reappraisal and return to site for further work, might often be best. Mr Smith emphasized the sampling and analytical strategies in the Draft Code, which...

...AN BEAL; R WALLIS © Thomas Telford and ICE 1984 R H THOMASON OVE ARUP CONCRETE CUBES STRENGTH SPECIFICATIONS LIMIT STATE PRACTICE CODES COMPLIANCE THEORY METHODS SAMPLING QUALITY TESTS UK Proc. InstnCiu. Engrs, Part 1, 1984,76,Feb.,317-319 INFORMALDISCUSSION...

... STANDARDS CODES PRACTICE REJECTION TESTS DEVIATION PROBABILITY SELECTION RANDOM EQUATIONS RISKS DEFECTS MINIMUM CURVES CUSTOMERS PRODUCERS SAMPLING VARIABILITY CALCULATIONS THEORY Proc. InstnCiu. Engrs, Part 2,1982,73,June, 515-532 8494 DISCUSSION Concrete cube strengths-what use...

... SALINITY FLOATS TRACKING TIDES RECORDING WIND GRABS SAMPLING VIB BRIDGWATER BAR BRISTOL CHANNEL UK Proc. Instn Civ. Engrs, Part 2, 1981,71,Dec., 1-23 8474 Aspects of sediment movement near t o Bridgwater Bar, Bristol Channel P. A. MANTZ, MSc, PhD, DIC, MICE. MASCE, MlnstP...

... than has been suggested previously. In particular it is shown that the formula commonly used to calculate the effectiveness of test criteria is not appropriate at normal sampling rates. The effect of a change to the specification of minimum strength on permissible stresses is discussed...

.... It was inferred from this result that by concentrating on those metered consumers with quarterly consumption in excess of 1000m3 (annualconsumption of at least 4 Ml/a), information on over 85% of total metered demand could be obtained from a relatively small number of consumers. 10. The eventual sample consisted...

...MC DART; PJL WYLLIE; EEC © Thomas Telford and ICE 1981 THAMES WATER AUTHORITY EUROPEAN COMMUNITY WATER WATER AUTHORITIES DESIGN COMPLIANCE DIRECTIVES ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENT QUALITY LEGISLATION CONSENTS SAMPLING STANDARDS MONITORING RIVERS ACTS NETWORKS EFFLUENT...

... distributions to represent material strength and load stress, and compares the apparent design safety margins with those which would be obtained in theactualengineering structures as constructed. Material strength sampling and testing 4. When many samples of a material aretested for strength, theresults may...

... to improve sensitivity a t low flows and to facilitate extrapolation of the rating curves beyond the metered range. Sediment sampling 9. Sedimentsamples have been taken at eleven streamgaugingstations sincelate 1969. Wheredepthofflowpermitted,a US GeologicalSurvey depth-integrating sampler, type DH 49...