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Pavement marking of streets, roads, and highways. by National Safety Council.(CARDINAL)141986;
Includes bibliographical references (page 4).
Subjects: Road markings; Road machinery operators;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Workplace safety manual / by North Carolina.Department of Transportation.(CARDINAL)145570;
Updated irregularly. Library's copy incorporates revisions dated Dec. 1992 and July 1993.
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Accidents; Industrial safety; Road construction industry; Road construction workers; Road machinery operators; Safety education, Industrial;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Caution, farmer at work! : practice safety when operating farm machinery on public roads. by North Carolina.Agricultural Safety and Health Bureau.(CARDINAL)294831;
Funding by the Governor's Highway Safety Program.
Subjects: Agricultural machinery; Agricultural machinery; Traffic safety;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Asphalt paver : safety manual for operating and maintenance personnel / by Association of Equipment Manufacturers.(CARDINAL)273360;
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Asphalt pavers; Construction equipment; Road machinery;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Safety manual for operating and maintenance personnel : roller compactor / by Association of Equipment Manufacturers.(CARDINAL)273360;
Safety alerts -- A word to the user/operator -- Types of roller compactors -- Follow a safety program -- Prepare for safe operation -- Start safely -- Operate safely -- Shut down safely -- Perform maintenance safely -- A final word to the user.
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Road machinery; Road rollers;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Roller compactor : safety manual for operating and maintenance personnel / by Association of Equipment Manufacturers.(CARDINAL)273360;
Word of explanation (2) -- Foreword (4) -- A word to the user (5) -- Follow a safety program (6) -- Prepare for safe operation (9) -- Start safely (15) -- Work safely (18) -- Park & shutdown safely (23) -- Load & unload machine safely (25) -- Transporting safely (26) -- Perform maintenance safely (28) -- Special operating and maintenance precautions (43) -- Test your knowledge (47) -- A final word to the user (48).
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Road machinery; Road rollers; Risk management.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Evaluation of urethane and carbide-tipped blades on wheel-supported snow plows / by Roosevelt, Daniel S.(CARDINAL)313786; Cottrell, Benjamin H.(CARDINAL)311411; Virginia Transportation Research Council.(CARDINAL)195142;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 30-31).Final report.The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of urethane and carbide-tipped snow plow blades on wheel supported plows. Their performance was compared to that of VDOT's standard blade arrangement: carbide-tipped blades on plows without wheels. Performance was measured by the extent of damage to pavement markings, the quality of snow removal, and cost. The addition of wheel supports to plows with carbide-tipped blades prolonged the retroreflectivity and service life of pavement markings. A life-cycle cost analysis revealed that carbide-tipped blades without wheels were the least expensive alternative, followed closely by carbide-tipped blades with wheels, and then urethane blades with wheels. When compared with carbide-tipped blades without wheels, carbide-tipped or urethane blades with wheels were effective in removing loose, but not packed, snow. Timely chemical application to prevent snow-pavement bonding is crucial, particularly with wheel-supported plows. Urethane blades are susceptible to wear through friction and are impractical for use on second and third priority snow routes where variations in cross slope and soft shoulders bring the blade into contact with the pavement. The use of supports on plows equipped with carbide-tipped blades allows the operator the option to use the plow in a supported mode for first priority routes and an unsupported mode for second and third priority routes. Proper alignment of the wheels is critical to ensure proper operation, protection of the urethane blades from wear, and reduction of damage to pavement markings. Measuring the monetary value of increased and prolonged retroreflectivity of pavement markings and more effective snow removal is difficult. The authors recommend that VDOT not use urethane blades as a replacement for carbide-tipped blades under current operating conditions. However, if VDOT continues to make brighter and more durable pavement markings a high priority, then it should consider using carbide-tipped blades on plows with wheels. Other actions that balance protecting Virginia's pavement marking investment and ensuring effective snow removal, such as restricting the use of heavy equipment for snow removal and providing operator training, should also be considered. Finally if supported plows are adopted for use, other options to support the plow should be investigated through product evaluations by VDOT personnel.Sponsored by Virginia Department of Transportation [and the] Federal Highway Administration, under project no.
Subjects: Technical reports.; Road machinery; Roads; Snowplows; Urethane.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The little red crane / by Van Wright, Cornelius,author,illustrator.(CARDINAL)774987;
"Dex the Little Red Crane and his Very Tall Operator, Pete, are needed for a big project far away! While traveling through cities and across the water to their destination, Dex and Pete meet giant crane friends, all with different jobs. What could this big project far away want with a little crane like Dex? In the end, Dex may have the coolest job of all. A perfect story for readers interested in construction vehicles, each page of The Little Red Crane introduces readers to a new kind of machinery and the job it performs." -- Amazon.com.AD740L
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Picture books.; Road fiction.; Building; Cranes, derricks, etc.; Friendship; Self-esteem; Friendships.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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In pursuit of the traveling salesman : mathematics at the limits of computation / by Cook, William,1957-(CARDINAL)388588;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-224) and index."In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman covers the history, applications, theory, and computation of the traveling salesman problem right up to state-of-the-art solution machinery"--Provided by publisher."What is the shortest possible route for a traveling salesman seeking to visit each city on a list exactly once and return to his city of origin? It sounds simple enough, yet the traveling salesman problem is one of the most intensely studied puzzles in applied mathematics--and it has defied solution to this day. In this book, William Cook takes readers on a mathematical excursion, picking up the salesman's trail in the 1800s when Irish mathematician W. R. Hamilton first defined the problem, and venturing to the furthest limits of today's state-of-the-art attempts to solve it. Cook examines the origins and history of the salesman problem and explores its many important applications, from genome sequencing and designing computer processors to arranging music and hunting for planets. He looks at how computers stack up against the traveling salesman problem on a grand scale, and discusses how humans, unaided by computers, go about trying to solve the puzzle. Cook traces the salesman problem to the realms of neuroscience, psychology, and art, and he also challenges readers to tackle the problem themselves. The traveling salesman problem is--literally--a $1 million question. That's the prize the Clay Mathematics Institute is offering to anyone who can solve the problem or prove that it can't be done. In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman travels to the very threshold of our understanding about the nature of complexity, and challenges you yourself to discover the solution to this captivating mathematical problem"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Computational complexity.; Traveling salesman problem.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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USS Monitor : a historic ship completes its final voyage / by Broadwater, John D.(CARDINAL)309927;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue: first encounter -- "The Monitor is no more" -- Following new orders -- Facing the Cape -- Both ironclads in trouble -- Distress aboard Monitor -- "The Monitor is no more" -- Discovery -- Early attempts to locate Monitor -- Discovery and positive identification of Monitor -- The formal announcement and follow-up plans -- The R/V Alcoa seaprobe mapping cruise, April 1974 -- Story of an ironclad -- The slow evolution of naval technology -- Arms versus armor -- American ironclads capture the world's attention -- The ultimate test: the battle of Hampton Roads -- A sanctuary for America -- Protecting Monitor -- Investigating Monitor -- NOAA/Harbor Branch Foundation submersible expeditions -- NOAA reassesses its management strategy -- Institutional and private research expeditions, 1974-1979 -- Private dive expeditions,1990-1997 -- Next steps -- Charting a new course for the Monitor -- Escalating management issues -- Reassessment of Monitor management strategy -- Congressional mandate for a Monitor preservation plan -- Development of the comprehensive, long-range plan -- Summary of the final comprehensive, long-range plan -- Final recommendations -- Initial planning and implementation -- Implementing the recovery plan -- Help from a new source -- Propeller recovery expedition, 1998 -- Data collection expedition, 1999 -- Engineering the recovery of Monitor's machinery -- Hull stabilization and deployment of engine recovery structure, 2000 -- Steam engine recovery, 2001 -- Monitor completes its final voyage -- Gun turret recovery, 2002 -- 2002 Monitor expedition -- In Monitor's turret -- Entering a tomb -- Monitor completes its final voyage -- The turret's final journey -- Back in the turret -- Revelations from the turret -- The sanctuary's future -- Epilogue: telling Monitor's story."Recovering a lost ship that forever changed war at sea... On March 9, 1862, USS Monitor, prototype of a new class of armored warships, fought the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia at Hampton Roads, Virginia, only a day after Virginia had ravaged the Union fleet blockading the James River. In the world's first clash between iron-armored warships, Monitor and Virginia exchanged gunfire at close range for nearly four hours. The events at Hampton Roads changed the world's navies. After centuries of dominating battles at sea, wooden, sail-powered warships would be rendered obsolete. Iron, steam power, and heavy guns in rotating turrets were now the means to wage naval warfare. The harbinger of the change did not last long, however. Less than nine months later, the now-famous Monitor was under tow, heading south to Beaufort, North Carolina, when in heavy seas, the vessel sank, taking sixteen of its crew with it. Monitor was considered at the time to be a total and irretrievable loss; even the location of its final resting place became a mystery. Not until 1973 was the inverted hulk located, and in 1995, partial recovery of the wreck began under the auspices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in partnership with the US Navy. The decision to place Monitor in a protected zone-a national marine sanctuary-marked another historic first for the vessel. The story of this decision, the subsequent protection and management of the historic resource, and the raising of major hull components including the gun turret, add another layer of history to the Monitor's fascinating story. Lavish illustration (photographs, site drawings, and artifact sketches) complement this informative and highly readable account by John D. Broadwater, whose decades-long career as an archaeologist included participating in several early Monitor expeditions and eventually heading Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, during which time he planned and directed the major expeditions that resulted in recovery of many of Monitor's most significant objects. Naval warfare buffs, amateurs and professionals involved in maritime archaeology, and Civil War aficionados will be intrigued and informed by USS MONITOR: A HISTORIC SHIP COMPLETES ITS FINAL VOYAGE."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Monitor (Ironclad); Shipwrecks; Underwater archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology);
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