简介:IwasdrivingmydadsoldCaddieontheinterstateinFlorida,whenIcameacrossthesignforthe“WorldsLargestFleaMarket.”Atonebooth,therewasasign“8-TrackTapesboughtandSoldHere!”Then,ithitme,somethinghadtobedoneaboutthatancientcollectionofDads8-tracksinthetrunkofthecar.Talkingtothedealer,whowasaretiredcop,hesaidhedbegladtotakethemoffmyhands,andpaymeafewbuckstoboot!Thecopcameuptome,tookmylicense,andexamineditandthecar.Finallyhec...
简介:RitualWalksAroundBenrabMountain¥//LAMCOTheNyingchiareaalongtheNyangQnRiver,anareahistoricallyknownasGongbo,wasthehnmeoftheGon...
简介:Thispapersummarizesthedesignequationsforlocalscourdeptharoundbridgeabutmentsasproposedbydifferentinvestigators,andalsothedifferentfactors,affectingthescourdepth.Methodsfortheestimationoflocalscourdepthbasedondimensionalanalysisarealsopresented.Thedesignmethodsbasedonempiricalrelationssuchasflowdepth,flowintensity,sedimentcharacteristics,abutmentsshapeandsize,alignment,andapproachchannelgeometryarealsodiscussed.Sinceclear-waterscouristhemaximumscourdepth,theequationforclear-waterscourisrecommendedforthecomputationoflocalscourdeptharoundbridgeabutmentsforuniformlyandnon-uniformlygradedsediments.