390 INDEX
Conversion table, typical, 2
Crack control, 128
Culverts, highway, designing,
285–290
Darcy–Weisbach formula, 302
Design methods, 118–127
beams, 118–123
columns, 123–127
Direct design method for flat-plate
concrete slabs, 144
Distance measurements in surveying,
177–180
Earth dams, 356–359
seepage in, 357
slope protection, 358
wave action on, 359
Earthmoving formulas, 196–197
Elastic–curve equations for prismatic
beams, 32–38
Environmental protection,
361–383
Expansion, temperature, of pipe,
313
Factors, adjustment, for lumber,
164–169
conversion, 2–9
Fasteners, for wood, 169
Fixed-end moments, 42–46, 78
chart for, 42
Flat-plate construction, 142
Flat-slab construction, 142
Forest Products Laboratory, 162
Foundation stability analysis,
109–112
Geometric properties of sections,
13–20
Grading of lumber, 157
Gravity dams, 348
Gravity retaining walls,
150–153
Grit chamber, design of, 383
Groups of piles, 107–109Hardened-state properties of concrete,
127
Highway and road formulas,
275–290
American Association of State
Highway and Transportation
Officials (AASHTO),
279–280
circular curves, 275–277
equations of, 276
culverts, highway, designing,
285–290
allowable wall stress, 288
American Iron and Steel Institute
(AISI) design procedure,
286–290
bolted seams, checking of,
290
handling stiffness, 289
ring compression, 287
wall thickness, 289
highway alignments, 279
curves and driver safety, 278
stopping sight distance, 279
stationing, 279
interchanges, types of, 282
parabolic curves, 277
equations of, 278
street and maneuvering space,
284
structural numbers for flexible
pavements, 281
transition (spiral) curves, 284
turning lanes, 283
Hooks on bars, for concrete, 133
Hydraulic turbines, 344–347
selecting rotative speed, 345
speed drop, 347
speed rise, 347
water hammer in penstocks,
346