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  • Comparison of Vermont and Oregon statutory land surveyor laws

    Creator:
    Norton, Robert Leon
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    Land use planning, zoning, and subdivisions are integrally tied to the land resource. The need for a land surveyor and for statutes which govern his operation when working in these areas is stressed. A brief history of Vermont and Oregon, illustrating the role of land surveys on settlement, is given....
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    Masters Thesis
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    knowledge than to let the practice continue. J. Robert Coltharp at the Sixth National Surveying Teachers

  • Least squares adjustment computer programs for horizontal and vertical positions

    Creator:
    Shrestha, Ramesh Lal
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    The application of the least squares adjustment techniques to the area of surveying has been considered and two computer programs called HCONTRL and VCONTRL are developed for horizontal and vertical control respectively. The principle of least squares is discussed in chapter II. The observation and condition equations are compared and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    grateful to Professor Robert J. Schultz for patiently editing and correcting this paper, and for the

  • Nonlinear finite-element modeling of intercomponent connections in light-frame wood structures

    Creator:
    Groom, Kevin
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    Nailed connections have nonlinear load-displacement relations. Modeling these connections in an assembled structure would require a great amount of computational time because of the large number of degrees of freedom. Replacing these connections with energetically-equivalent nonlinear springs reduces the number of degrees of freedom, and leads to computational efficiency in...
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    Masters Thesis

  • The computer, the computer user group, and the civil engineer

    Creator:
    Cunningham, Gerald Robert
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    An attempt to determine the relationship between the computer, the computer program exchange organization and today's practicing civil engineer has just been completed. A questionnaire was used to obtain information and opinions from 850 selected practicing civil engineers. Based on those questionnaires reaching their addresses, a return rate of 81.7...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Engineer AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF GERALD ROBERT CUNNINGHAM for the M. S. (Name) (Degree) in

  • Evaluation of finite element techniques for soil reinforcement applications

    Creator:
    Berg, Ryan Robert
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    A literature review and a computer study are conducted to identify the requirements of finite element programs for the specific use of discrete analyses of reinforced soil structures. The utility of six commercially available programs are appraised with respect to the identified requirements. The results of the study are directed...
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    reinforcement applications AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Ryan Robert Berg for the degree of Master of Science

  • The static and dynamic analysis of discretely represented moorings and cables by numerical means

    Creator:
    Dominguez, Richard Frank
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    Computer oriented techniques and procedures are presented for the analysis of single and multiple cable systems. Application is made to a two-point mooring system influenced by surface and subsurface hydrodynamic loading. The effects of the various parameters are presented and the numerical method is compared to exact solutions obtained from...
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    Dissertation
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    MEANS Abstract approved: Redacted for privacy Robert W. Fliskier Computer oriented techniques and

  • Mass transport in laboratory water wave flumes

    Creator:
    Kim, Tae In
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    A complete solution, exact to second-order, for wave motion forced by a hinged-wavemaker of variable-draft is presented. A solution for a piston type wavemaker is also obtained as a special case of a hinged-wavemaker with negative infinite draft. The existing Stokes inviscid theories for mass transport is extended to include...
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    Dissertation
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    Abstract approved: _Redacted for Privacy Dr. Robert T. Hddspeth ) C-Y A complete solution, exact to

  • Estuarine sediment controls on trace metal distributions

    Creator:
    Davies-Colley, Robert J.
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    Sediments are the major compartment in aquatic environments for many materials of toxic or nutrient concern. The lack of knowledge of the phase associations of toxic metals in sediments is the largest deficiency in our understanding of the environmental hazard posed by metal contamination. This study examined the sedimentary partitioning...
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    Dissertation
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Robert J. Davies-Colley for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

  • Nonlinear diffraction theory by an eigenfunction expansion of the Green's function

    Creator:
    Chen, Min-Chu
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    A second-order nonlinear diffraction theory is developed for a large diameter circular cylinder under the action of surface gravity waves of finite amplitude in water of-finite depth. Boundary value problems are derived by using a perturbation expansion and the solutions for the diffracted waves are given in terms of Fredholm...
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    Dissertation
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    EIGENFUNCTION EXPANSION OF THE GREEN'S FUNCTION Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy V Dr. Robert T

  • Application of the generalized Melnikov method to weakly damped parametrically excited cross waves with surface tension

    Creator:
    Fadel, Suzan M.
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    The Wiggins-Holmes extension of the generalized Melnikov method (GMM) is applied to weakly damped parametrically excited cross waves with surface tension in a long rectangular wave channel in order to determine if these cross waves are chaotic. The Lagrangian density function for surface waves with surface tension is simplified by...
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    Dissertation
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    Waves with Surface Tension Abstract approved: Robert T. Hudspe The Wiggins-Holmes extension of the