Each year, experts at Bechtel publish technical papers on a wide range of topics that serve as guidelines for engineers at companies and universities worldwide. We're pleased to share many of them with you. The papers below, sorted alphabetically by discipline, can be downloaded as PDF files.
Advanced Simulation and Analysis
Computational Fluid Dynamics Model for Tacoma Narrows Bridge Upgrade Project
Proceedings of FEDSM'03: 4th ASME. JSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference, July 6-11, 2003
The Role of Modeling and Simulation in Extreme Engineering Projects
U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, 2004
Troubleshooting Furnace Operations Using Computational Fluid Dynamics
ASME PVP 2004, San Diego (La Jolla), California, July 25-29, 2004
Aviation
The Virtual Airport
ACI Europe Communiqué Airport Business, 2004
Civil/ Structural
The Collection and Management of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Data
ASCE Conference, 2006
The Development, Implementation and Future of the AGS data formats for the transfer of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental data by Electronic Means
ASCE Conference, 2006
Solid Fuel Power Plant Structures―Modular Design & Construction Techniques Can Keep Projects on Schedule and Within Quantity Estimates
Structure, February 2002
Electrical
Fieldbus Technology for the LNG Process―A Viable Option
LNG Journal, November 15, 2002
Engineering Management
Design Considerations for Combined Cycle Plants for the Deregulated Market―An EPC Contractor’s Perspective
ASME Turbo Expo 2002, June 3, 2002
Engineering Design and Exergy Analyses for Combustion Gas Turbine Based Power Generation System
Energy 29, 2004 (1183-1205)
Matching Steam Turbines with the New Generation of Gas Turbines
Presented at PowerGen Europe 2004, Barcelona, Spain, May 2004
Geotechnical & Hydraulic Engineering Services (G&HES)
Analysis and Design of Sediment Basins
Eighth National Conference on Hydraulics in Water Engineering, Australia, July 13-16, 2004
Comparison of Two Ground Modification Techniques to Reduce Settlement
Proceedings: Fifth International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, New York, NY, April 13-17, 2004
Corrosion of Reinforcing Steel in Drilled Shafts with Construction Flaws
Transportation Research Board, January 2002
Design and Installation of Foundations in Various Ground Conditions at Four Power Stations in the U.K.
Fifth International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, New York, NY, April 13-17, 2004
Developing Site-Specific Derived Concentration Guideline Levels for Multiple Media at the Connecticut Yankee Haddam Neck Plant
WM'03 Conference, February 23-27, 2003, Tucson, AZ
Electronic Capture of Environmental Data Using a Tablet PC Mobile Application for Direct Export to a Database
WM’04 Conference, Tucson, AZ, February 29- March 4, 2004
Evaluation of Water Resources Reliability in Morocco
Presented at the XI World Water Congress, Madrid, Spain, October 5-9, 2003
Jet Grout Columns Support Major Power Plant Structures
12th PanAmerican Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ASCE Geo-Institute, Cambridge, MA, June 2003
Liquefaction Probability of the BART Transbay Tube Backfill
11th International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (11th ICSDEE), Berkeley, CA, January 2004
Micropiles for Support of Heavy Crane Ring Foundation
Fifth International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, New York, NY, April 13-17, 2004
Monitoring and Stabilisation of the Giants Seat Landslip, U.K.
Fifth International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, New York, NY, April 13-17, 2004
Seismic Soil Pressure for Building Walls—An Updated Approach
11th International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (11th ICSDEE), Berkeley, CA, January 2004
Unique Control of Post-Construction Settlement
GeoTrans 2004
Use of Physical Model and 3D Numerical Models to Design a Selective Withdrawal Intake
4th ISEH and 14th Congress of Asia & Pacific Division of IAHR, 2004
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL)
Driving Point Impedance and Physical Property Logging
Technical Program of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), January 1, 2002
The Effects of Supercritical Propane on the Alkylation of Toluene with Ethylene over USY and Sulfated Zirconia Catalysts
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., January 1, 2002
Field Demonstration of Acetone Pretreatment and Composting of Particulate-TNT-Contaminated Soil
Bioremediation Journal, February 2, 2002
Heavy-Metal Aerosol Transport in a Lead-Bismuth Cooled Fast Reactor with In-Vessel Direct-Contact Steam Generation
Nuclear Technology, April 4, 2002
Preparation and Characterization of Novel Polymer/Silicate Nanocomposites
Functional Condensation Polymers, January 1, 2002
Mechanical
Advances in Power Plant Steam Blow Cleaning Analyses
ASME Turbo Expo 2004, Vienna, Austria, June 14-17, 2004
Application of ASME AG-1 to the DOE Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant
28th Nuclear Air Cleaning and Treatment Conference, 2004
Economic and Performance Evaluation of Heat Sink Options in Combined Cycle Applications
Proceedings of Turbo Expo: ASME/IGTI Turbo Expo, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, June 16-19, 2003
Copyright © 2003 by ASME
Risk Assessment is Fuzzy Business—Fuzzy Logic Provides the Way to Assess Off-site Risk from Industrial Installations
Risk 2004
Risk Mitigation by Managing Water Treatment System Interfaces in the Power Industry
International Water Conference, 2004
Nuclear
Direct Deterministic Method for Neutronics Analysis and Computation of Asymptotic Burnup Distribution in a Recirculating Pebble-Bed Reactor
Annals of Nuclear Energy, January 1, 2002
A Generic Semi-Implicit Coupling Methodology for Use in RELAP5- 3D©
Nuclear Engineering and Design, January 1, 2002
Oil, Gas, & Chemicals (OG&C)
Atlantic LNG Train 4, the World’s Largest LNG Train
LNG 14, 2004
Evaluating Performance of Air Cooled Heat Exchangers in LNG Plants
Prepared for Presentation at the AIChE Spring National Meeting 2003, New Orleans, LNG Equipment Design
Liquid Expanders in the Phillips Optimized Cascade LNG Process
LNG 14, 2004
Lowering LNG Unit Costs Through Large and Efficient LNG Liquefaction Trains—What is the Optimal Train Size?
Prepared for presentation at the 2004 Spring Meeting, New Orleans, LA., April 25-29, 2004
Trinidad LNG―"The Second Wave"
Gastech 2002, October 13, 2002
Power
Alloy 430 Ferritic Stainless Steel Welds Fail Due to Stress Corrosion Cracking In Heat Recovery Steam Generator
ASME Journal, August 1, 2002
Incremental Cost of CO2 Reduction in Power Plants
ASME Turbo Expo 2002, June 3, 2002
Proven Success for Driven Pile Foundations
International Deep Foundations Congress, February 14, 2002
Seismic Analysis and Design with Maxwell Dampers
Journal of Engineering Mechanics © ASCE/March 2003
Technical & Economic Comparison of CO2 Reducing Technologies for Power Plants
CEPSI, November 5, 2002
Thermal Stresses at Dissimilar Pipe-Stanchion Interfaces
2004 ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference
Process Engineering
An Advanced IGCC Coal Power Plant
20th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, September 15-19, 2003
Conceptual Design of the Chornobyl New Safe Confinement – an Overview
Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference, 2004
IGCC—The Challenges of Integration
Proceedings of GT2005 ASME Turbo Expo 2005: Power for Land, Sea, and Air
A Large Coal IGCC Power Plant
19th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, September 23-27, 2002
Telecom
Alternative RF Planning Solutions for Coverage Deficiency
Bechtel Telecommunications Technical Journal, December 1, 2002
The Application of Trial Methodologies for Measuring and Verifying GPRS KPIs in the Railway Environment
Bechtel Telecommunications Technical Journal, September 2004
The Capacity of a WCDMA Network: A Case Study
Bechtel Telecommunications Technical Journal, Vol. 3, No. 1, August 2005
The Future of Network Planning—Virtual Desktop Modeling
Bechtel Telecommunications Technical Journal, September 2004
How to Dimension Wireless Networks for Packet Data Services with Guaranteed QoS
Bechtel Telecommunications Technical Journal, Vol. 3, No. 1, August 2005
The Impacts of Antenna Azimuth and Tilt Installation Accuracy on UMTS Network Performance
Bechtel Telecommunications Technical Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1, January 2006
A Novel Code Planning Approach for a WCDMA Network
Bechtel Telecommunications Technical Journal, Vol. 3, No. 1, August 2005
Optimal Splitter Placement in PONs
Bechtel Telecommunications Technical Journal, September 2004
Reducing the Amount of Fiber in Fiber-to-the-Home Networks
Bechtel Telecommunications Technical Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1, January 2006
Survey of MEMS-Enabled Optical Devices—Applications and Drivers for Deployment
Bechtel Telecommunications Technical Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1, January 2006
UMTS Radio Interface System Planning and Optimization
Bechtel Telecommunications Technical Journal, December 2002
