PMC2000-308 RELIABILITY ANALYSIS OF PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BRIDGE GIRDERS: COMPARISON OF EUROCODE‚ SPANISH NORMA IAP AND AASHTO LRFD A. S. Nowak‚ F. ASCE University of Michigan‚ Ann Arbor‚ MI 48109-2125 Nowak@umich.edu Chan-Hee Park YonseiUniversity‚ Seoul‚ Korea chpark@yonsei.ac.kr J.R. Casas University of Catalonia‚ Barcelona‚ Spain casas@etseccpb.upc.es Abstract The objective of this paper is to compare the reliability level of prestressed concrete bridge girders designed using three
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Spaghetti Bridge Abstract For this assignment our task was to build as a group a spaghetti bridge with the objective of carrying the most weight as possible using only spaghetti and hot glue‚ meeting the specifications. The bridges will be loaded until they fall. After testing to destruction‚ the bridges loading capacity was 14.4kg‚ with an initial mas of 0.840kg. This gave a weight to strength ratio of 17.1 putting the group at 4th/8th position in class. From this it was learned the
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It was said by the Saxons that Harold Hardrada was stronger and bigger than any man living. As soon as he and Tostig landed with their army in the north of England‚ they routed the first English who came to fight them. When Harold of England heard this he set out for the north‚ hurrying his grumbling soldiers along at a speed to which they were quite unaccustomed. King Harold and his men were only a day’s march from York when the invaders took the city by storm. That night the Northmen returned
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In Spring 1960‚ Ruby Bridges was one of several African-Americans in New Orleans to take a test to determine which children would be the first to attend integrated schools. Six students were chosen‚ however‚ two students decided to stay at their old school‚ and three were transfered to Mcdonough. Ruby was the only one assigned to William Frantz. Her father initially was reluctant‚ but her mother felt strongly that the move was needed not only to give her own daughter a better education‚ but to "take
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the effects which these above mentioned events which were taking place in Britain had on her rural family life. This essay will explore how in the poem‚ ’The Female Vagrant’ Wordsworth’s portrays the effects of these events on rural family life. Wordsworth portrays the effects of urbanization on rural family life as horrible. At the start‚ the female vagrant’s life and her father’s was like a happy dream; "One field‚ a flock‚ and what the neighbouring flood / Supplied‚ to him were more than mines
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William Ellery Channing has a quote that says‚ “Every human being has a work to carry on within‚ duties to perform abroad‚ influence to exert‚ which are peculiarly his‚ and which no conscience but his own can teach.” This meaningful quote is difficult to comprehend. To be easier to understand‚ it needs to be broken down into key elements. The key elements in this quote are: a work to carry on within‚ duties to perform abroad‚ influence to exert‚ which are peculiarly his‚ and which no conscience but
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CeeLo Green has released a song called “Robin Williams” which is a tribute to the late actor. Williams‚ a seemingly happy man‚ was battling depression and committed suicide in August 2014. "Robin Williams" is the first single from Green’s upcoming album Heart Blanche. Although the song is good‚ I can’t help but think that it’s a blatant cash-grab. The upbeat and catchy song features lyrics that relate to Williams and his battle with depression. The lines "we don’t know what the next man’s going through"
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Significance of Setting within A Worn Path and An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge The settings within A Worn Path and An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge are both quite significant to their stories. The two share a great number of similar and contrasting elements‚ which makes them very unique. Each are set within time periods which makes life particularly difficult for their main characters‚ and their physical surroundings impose many obstacles upon them. However‚ the differences between the two strongly outweigh
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Like‚ Whatever she included a section called “What’s Black‚ Then White‚ and Said All Over?”. This section examines common way of speaking‚ which Savan claims has its origins in African American vernacular. Julia Alvarez‚ author of the book Once Upon A Quinceañera: Coming of Age in the USA‚ also writes about other cultures accumulating themselves into the American
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written by William Slator. The story is about a boy who tumbles across phobias as they get presented right in front of him throughout the story. He has three fears‚ the elevator‚ the fat lady‚ and his dad’s judgement. William Slator also telegraphs Martins’ lack of ability to get over his fears by building suspense through Martins’ thoughts and actions which are all efforts to avoid these fears. Mainly he is doing this because he is claustrophobic
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