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Thermometers / by Amstutz, Lisa J.,author.(CARDINAL)396274;
Includes bibliographical references (page 23) and index."Hot or cold? Young readers will learn how scientists use thermometers to observe and measure temperature."--Ages 5-7.K to grade 3.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Thermometers; Temperature measuring instruments; Temperature measurements;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Understanding the weather. by World Almanac Library (Firm)(CARDINAL)668911;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Examines various aspects of weather including the atmosphere, winds, clouds, precipitation, rainbows, and storms and discusses the instruments and methods used to study weather and predict its behavior.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Weather; Meteorology;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Tracking the weather / by Davies, Monika,author.(CARDINAL)615735;
Weather watchers -- Modern measurements -- Tracking temperature -- Recording the rain -- Assessing air pressure -- Watching the wind -- Power in numbers -- Think like a scientist."Rain, sunshine, warm fronts, and cold fronts. Have you ever listened to a weather report? Knowing the weather can help us plan ahead. But reporters aren't the only ones who can track weather. You can, too!"K to grade 3.720LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Weather forecasting; Meteorological instruments; Weather forecasting;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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LTPP seasonal monitoring program : instrumentation installation and data collection guidelines / by Rada, Gonzalo R.(CARDINAL)312667; Pavement Consultancy Services.(CARDINAL)309483; Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center.(CARDINAL)286897;
Final report;"This report describes the operation theory, installation procedures and operation guidelines for instrumentation selected to monitor changes in internal pavement moisture and thermal regimes, frost/thaw conditions, and external climate at test sections in the long-term pavement performance seasonal monitoring study. The instrumentation includes time domain reflectometry to measure moisture content of unbound materials, thermistor sensors to measure pavement temperature gradients and air temperature, electrical resistivity probes to measure frost locations, a piezometer to measure the depth of ground water table and tipping-bucket rain gauge to measure precipitation. These measurements of the external climate and the resulting changes in the pavement material will be coupled with monthly or more frequent deflection measurements, seasonal roughness measurements, elevation profile and distress surveys to study the cause and effects of seasonal changes in pavement structural response."Performed by PSC/Law Engineering, and sponsored by the Office of Engineering and Highway Operations R & D, Federal Highway Administration, under contract no.
Subjects: Technical reports.; Pavements;
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Makerspace projects for measuring the weather / by Linde, Barbara M.(CARDINAL)344631;
Meet a makerspace -- Weather -- Weather and climate -- The first weather instruments -- Modern tools -- The first forecaster -- All about rain -- Project 1: Rain gauge -- All about temperature -- Project 2: Thermometer -- All about wind -- Project 3: Anemometer -- A home weather station -- Whatever the weather."Will you get a snow day tomorrow? Or are you hoping for a sunny day for a summer picnic? Readers of this volume will learn about weather forecasting and how to make their own weather instruments with three engaging makerspace projects. They'll also learn more about people and events in the history of weather forecasting and the importance of tracking the weather. Budding scientists will enjoy following instructions in the text to create and use their own rain gauge, anemometer, and thermometer. Colorful photographs, diagrams, and graphic organizers will help students visualize the concepts. Fact boxes and sidebars provide additional information to aid reader comprehension"--
Subjects: Weather forecasting; Meteorology; Makerspaces;
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Human thermal environments / by Parsons, K. C.(Kenneth C.),1953-(CARDINAL)207333;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-352) and index.(cont) Do requirements for comfort apply universally? -- Heat stress -- Physiological responses to heat -- Heat stress indices -- Direct heat stress indices -- Acclimatization -- Cold stress -- Physiological responses to cold -- Psychological responses to cold -- Interference with activities, performance and productivity -- Early studies: factory output and accidents -- Performance models and indices -- Rational performance model -- Human skin contact with hot surfaces -- Skin contact with a hot surface: analysis of the event -- Mathematical models of heat transfer -- International standards -- ISO standards -- Other ISO items -- Standards in the USA -- Standards in the UK -- European standards (CEN) -- Example of the application of ISO standards to the assessment of a hot environment -- Example of the application of international (ISO) standards for the assessment of moderate environments -- Example of the application of international (ISO) standards for the assessment of cold environments -- Thermal models and computer aided design -- Thermal models -- Do models work?(cont) Fundamentals of heat transfer -- Conduction -- Radiation -- Convection -- Evaporation -- Computer program listings for the assessment of heat stress, thermal comfort and cold stress.Human thermal environments -- Basic parameters -- Heat balance equation for the human body -- Example calculation -- Human thermal physiology and thermoregulation -- Thermophysical properties of the human body -- Psychological responses -- Behavioural thermoregulation -- Body temperature -- Psychological responses -- Psychological models -- Thermal sensation -- Thermoreception -- Semantics, psychological models and multi-dimensional scaling -- Mood, aggression, depression and other psychological reactions -- Measurement methods and assessment techniques -- Measuring kits and composite instruments -- Measurement of physiological response -- Measurement of psychological responses -- Thermal index: an assessment technique -- Metabolic heat production -- Where does the come from? -- Units -- Estimation of metabolic heat production -- Use of tables and databases -- Subjective methods -- Thermal properties of clothing -- Simple clothing model -- Two-parameter model -- Determination of the thermal properties of clothing -- Thermal comfort -- Whole-body thermal comfort -- Thermal models and thermal comfort.
Subjects: Environmental engineering.; Human engineering.; Temperature;
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Meteorology projects with a weather station you can build / by Gardner, Robert,1929-2017.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Presents meteorology experiments using a weather station that the reader builds"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Meteorology; Meteorological stations; Science projects;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Field instrumentation and measured response of the I-295 cable-stayed bridge / by Duemmel, Paul S.; Virginia Transportation Research Council.(CARDINAL)195142;
Includes bibliographical references.pt. 1. Field study of live load responses -- pt. 2. Field study of thermal responses.Final report.This first report describes the results of a field study of the live load responses of a segmentally constructed prestressed concrete cable-stayed bridge. The main span of the test structure consists of twin box girders connected by delta frames. Known vehicular loadings were placed statically at various points along the bridge. Strains measured during this loading were compared with those obtained from a finite element model of the bridge. Strain trends predicted by the finite element model were in good agreement with the measured strain trends. Quantitative agreement was fair, at least in part because of the high stiffness of the bridge and the limitations on the magnitude of load that could be applied. The second report describes the results of a field study of the thermal responses of a cable-stayed bridge. Data were gathered from the I-295 James River Bridge, a precast segmental concrete bridge with a cable-stayed main span consisting of twin box girders connected by delta frames. The thermal gradient and associated thermal strains in the box girders and pylons were measured using an extensive array of thermocouples and strain-gaged reinforcing bars installed at selected locations in the main-span box girder and south pylon. The temperature and strain response data were compared with that predicted from detailed finite element models of the structure using both frame and plate elements. Comparison revealed a complex three-dimensional strain pattern dependent on the wind direction and the angle of solar incidence. Simplified beam element models were unable to predict many of the observed local variations in thermal strain, which are influenced by wind direction, solar heating direction, proximity to the web, and the existence of parapets monolithic with the deck. Three-dimensional finite element models appear to be more capable of predicting the kind of three-dimensional strains observed, but quantitative agreement with the observed thermal strains was limited at best.
Subjects: Technical reports.; Bridges; Bridges; Cable-stayed bridges; Cable-stayed bridges;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Machinists' and metalworkers' pocket reference / by Walsh, Ronald A.(CARDINAL)768771;
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Machine-shop practice; Metal-work;
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Construction, 2014. by National Research Council (U.S.).Transportation Research Board.(CARDINAL)141287;
Includes bibliographical references.Foreword -- Part 1, Construction Management and Project Delivery -- Performance Bond: Cost, Benefit, and Paradox for Public Highway Agencies -- Applying Alternative Technical Concepts to Construction Manager-General Contractor Project Delivery -- Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity Contracting -- Geotechnical Requirements in the Design-Build Selection Process -- Improving the Transparency of Construction Projects Through Visualization Technology -- Part 2, Portland Cement Concrete Pavement -- Construction of Roller-Compacted Concrete Pavement in the Fayetteville Shale Play Area, Arkansas -- Field Study of Air Content Stability in the Slipform Paving Process -- Part 3, Asphalt Pavement -- Influence of Sustainable Recycled Asphalt Technologies on Pavement Construction Cooling Predictions -- Measurement of Asphalt Concrete Temperatures During Transport with the Use of an Instrumented Probe System -- Effects of Milling and Other Repairs on Smoothness of Overlays on Asphalt Pavements -- Part 4, Bridges and structures -- Measuring Displacement of Tall Concrete Columns During Construction -- Performance Testing of Inspectors to Improve the Quality of Nondestructive Testing."TRB's Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2408 consists of 12 papers that cover performance bonds; alternative technical concepts; indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contracting; geotechnical requirements in the design-build selection process; visualization technology; and air content stability in the slipform paving process. This issue also explores the construction of roller-compacted concrete pavement in the Shale Play Area in Fayetteville, Arkansas; sustainable recycled asphalt technologies; the measurement of asphalt concrete temperatures during transportation; overlay smoothness; displacement of tall concrete columns during construction; and performance testing of inspectors to improve the quality of nondestructive testing."--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Technical reports.; Conference papers and proceedings.; Highway engineering; Roads; Pavements;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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