This guide is designed to help managers at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers construction field offices determine their needs for microcomputer support in their day-to-day operations, and select and procure appropriate systems. The information in this report supersedes that in the 1983 edition. The guide begins with an introductory tutorial on microcomputers intended to provide managers with the necessary information to make decisions about microcomputers, followed by a review of ...
A triaxial cell has been modified to permit measurement of volumetric strains during deformation-rate-controlled and stress-controlled triaxial tests on frozen soils. In the system described, a volume change in the soil sample alters the level of fluid in the triaxial cell. The fluid level can be monitored during the test using a sloping tube volumeter. Theoretical accuracy with this arrangement can exceed 0.1% of the sample volume. (AA)
This report discusses a generalized stochastic network model which incoporates the key features of the Corps of Engineers' contract modifications and claims processing procedures. The results of simulating the network model with two different levels of Resident Contracting Officer (RCO) authority are presented. The models and simulation provide a quantitative measure of the modifications and claims system's performance on which a quantitative evaluation of proposed system changes can be based. ...
Design charts have been produced for slope stability analysis in natural earth slopes where c'/gammaH = 0.075 and c'/gammaH = 0.100. This permits use of the Bishop and Morgenstern stability method in sensitive clay soils such as Leda clay. (AA)
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