| Description |
1 online resource (422 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Author Biographies -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 How to Design an Engineering Experiment -- 2.1 Defining the Question to Be Answered -- 2.2 Defining the Variables Involved in a Question -- 2.3 Measuring and Controlling the Variables -- 2.4 Evaluation of Potential Interferences That Can Occur -- 2.5 Minimizing, Avoiding, or Accounting for the Effects of Interferences -- 2.6 Sensitivity Analyses of Experimental Data |
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2.7 Safety Considerations in Experiment Design -- 2.8 Ethics Considerations in Experiment Design -- 2.8.1 Ethics in Experimentation -- Citations -- 2.8.2 Ethics in Experimentation -- Data -- Chapter 3 Sampling Source Media -- 3.1 Sampling Soil or Other Solids -- 3.2 Sampling Concrete -- 3.3 Sampling Water and Other Liquids -- 3.4 Sampling Air and Other Gases -- 3.5 Sampling Health and Safety Plans -- Chapter 4 Expected Outcomes and Interpretation of Data -- 4.1 Expected Outcomes -- 4.2 Interpretation of the Data -- 4.3 Uncertainty Considerations -- 4.4 Estimating Future Parameter Values |
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4.5 Probability -- 4.5.1 Probability as Basis of Statistics -- 4.5.2 Estimating Probabilities in Experimentation -- 4.5.3 Misuse of Probability Data -- 4.5.4 Number of Data Points Needed -- 4.5.5 Selective Use of Data -- 4.5.6 Cause and Effect vs. Correlation -- 4.6 Risk -- Chapter 5 Model Design Methodology -- 5.1 Discussion -- 5.2 Model Format -- 5.3 Experiment Design Format Model -- Chapter 6 Laboratory Report -- 6.1 Conversion of Theory to Experimental Output Data -- 6.2 Compare and Contrast Experimental Output Data to Existing Literature -- 6.3 Suggested Laboratory Report Template |
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Chapter 7 Effective Presentation of the Data to Others -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Presentation of the Presenter -- 7.2.1 Dress Code -- 7.2.2 The Meaning of the Dress Code Concepts -- 7.2.2.1 Business Formal Attire -- 7.2.2.2 Traditional Business Attire -- 7.2.2.3 Smart Casual Business Attire -- 7.2.2.4 Business Casual Attire -- 7.2.2.5 Casual Business Attire -- 7.3 Actions at the Podium -- 7.3.1 Speaking -- 7.3.2 The Use of a Written Script -- 7.3.3 The Use of a Microphone -- 7.3.4 Movements on Stage -- 7.3.5 Eye Contact -- 7.3.6 QuestionÂandÂAnswer Sessions |
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7.4 When There Is More than One Presenter Acting as a Team -- 7.4.1 Introduction -- 7.4.2 Allocation of Time -- 7.4.3 Time Utilization -- 7.4.4 Transitions between Speakers -- 7.5 Presenting the Data -- Chapter 8 Designing Research Experiment Projects -- 8.1 Research to Assess Soft Roadbed Support Soils -- 8.2 Research to Develop a Stronger Asphalt Paving Material -- 8.3 Research Recommendations -- Chapter 9 Material and Structural Analysis Experiments -- Chapter 10 Concrete Testing Experiments -- Chapter 11 Soil Testing Experiments -- Chapter 12 Environmental Assessment Experiments |
| Summary |
This textbook provides guidance to students and practicing civil engineers on how to design a civil engineering experiment that will produce useful and unassailable results |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Chapter 13 Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Experiments |
| Subject |
Civil engineering -- Experiments
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Charest, Abigail J
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| ISBN |
9781000840827 |
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1000840824 |
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