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Describes the method of construction of embedded retaining walls and shows details of the field instrumentation work being undertaken as part of a major research investigation by the TRL’s Ground...
Shows load tests taken to collapse on eight brick and masonry arch bridges. The tests were carried out in order to study failure loads and modes of collapse of arch bridges, and thus to provide data for...
Demonstrates standard test procedures for fracture toughness testing.
Looks behind the scenes at the world’s fastest train, the French TGV.
As part of the Transport and Road Research Laboratory’s work enabling highway authorities to ensure that post-tensioned concrete bridges remain servicexs, load tests were carried out using a specially...
Explains the principles of geographic information systems (GIS), a computerised blend of geographical and statistical information, and looks at four applications. Also visits three of the ESRC’s eight...
Archive copy at the Property Services Agency. The Design Standards office in the Property Services Agency (PSA) pioneered a system of quality assurance (QA) in accordance with BS 5750. Here design examples...
Describes and analyses the devastating fire at Bradford City Football Ground on 11 May 1985 in the aftermath of the investigation by the Fire Research Station.
A visual record of the failure of the Teton Dam in south-eastern Idaho on 5 June 1976.
Looks at how an earthquake shattered San Francisco in 1906 and a more recent earthquake in suburban Los Angeles. Also looks at the causes of earthquakes and at fault systems. Examines the attempts by NASA to...
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