15 Mile Road/Edison Corridor Sewer Tunnel Failure Study, Detroit Area, Michigan (open access)

15 Mile Road/Edison Corridor Sewer Tunnel Failure Study, Detroit Area, Michigan

Partial abstract: "The study consisted of field and laboratory investigations, construction evaluation, and geotechnical and structural analyses to determine the cause(s) of distress and failure of a 2600-ft section of 12-ft 9-in. diameter concrete-lined sanitary sewer tunnel in the Detroit, Mich., area. [...] The report includes summaries of all pertinent construction records, results of all pertinent past and current field and laboratory tests on construction and geotechnical materials, and detailed geotechnical and structural analyses based on observed conditions and measured parameters."
Date: January 1981
Creator: Albert, Dick; Hoff, George C.; Lorence, Brian; Mitchell, Gerald B.; Mlakar, Paul F.; Murphy, William L. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Extrusion at Revere Copper and Brass Inc., March 1, 1949 (open access)

Extrusion at Revere Copper and Brass Inc., March 1, 1949

The following report discusses the process of several sections of beryllium where 3.018" squares 40" in length can be machined, and six sound 8.0" diameter billets and three trial billets containing casting defects can be extruded.
Date: 1949
Creator: Arnold, Samuel V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gas Masks for Gases Met in Fighting Fires (open access)

Gas Masks for Gases Met in Fighting Fires

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over the development of gas masks designed for fighting fires. The characteristics of the different types of masks in development are presented. This paper includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: August 1921
Creator: Fieldner, Arno Carl; Katz, Sidney H. & Kinney, Selwyne P.
System: The UNT Digital Library