History of Construction, Engineering, and Management in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Penn State

At Penn State, the credit for broadening the Civil Engineering Department’s longstanding academic focus on analysis and design to include the construction phase must go to Dr. Harmer A. Weeden and his longtime associate Dr. Thomas D. Larson. Jack H. Willenbrock joined the Department as an Instructor in June 1968 and grew the construction program so that today about a fourth to a third of the civil undergraduates obtain employment in the construction industry. The program has awarded about 250 postbaccalaureate degrees.     

Certification and Accreditation in Civil Engineering

Certification has been common for technicians for many years but specialty certification is rapidly becoming important to engineering practitioners in addition to or as a substitute for licensure in some fields. Certification and accreditation are closely related but there are also important differences. International standards now exist for accreditation of certification programs and could provide the basis for mutual recognition of specialty certification worldwide. ASCE should seek international accreditation of its specialty certification programs and play an appropriate role in defining international standards related to specialty certification and assessment of conformity to those standards.     

Introducing Students to Professional Practice in Civil Engineering

This paper describes a module that was introduced into a civil engineering degree program with the help of professional engineers. The aim was to develop a bridge between the world of learning and professional practice by putting students in the role of consulting engineers working with industry to produce a feasible solution to a real inquiry from a client. The module is placed in context by comparing the goals of accredited civil engineering programs in the United Kingdom and America, by describing how it is linked to the degree program and by explaining the matrix developed to identify the skills the students needed to demonstrate their ability to practice as professional engineers. Details of the module are given with examples of student work and feedback.     

硫酸盐浆厂污水处理工程及单元技术特点

本文简略介绍云南某硫酸盐浆厂污水处理工程采用的国内不多见的污水单元技术，并对其先进性和实用性效果进行评价和探讨。     

工业工程继续教育和高等教育自学考试方案研究

根据作者参与工业工程（ＩＥ）研究和学术活动的实践，阐述了如何把学习国外先进经验与中国国情相结合，并以机电制造工业为主要对象，研究和设计了ＩＥ专业继续教育和高等教育自学考试教学计划。同时说明了该计划的实施，为大批培养社会迫切需要的ＩＥ人才创造了条件，并对我国ＩＥ学科建设起到了积极的推动作用。     

某微型起爆器引起的一起误爆事故分析

该文分析某微型起爆器引起的一起误爆事故，指出该起爆器设计上的缺陷及其对作业安全的威胁，提出防患建议。     

炸药爆炸事故的综合后果模型

讨论爆炸冲击波对建筑物的破坏作用，比较冲击波破坏半径和爆炸火球引燃木材半径的相对大小，提出炸药地面爆炸后果预测模型。该模型同时考虑爆炸冲击波、火球热辐射、房屋倒塌、爆源间面积、爆源间防爆程度、人员和财产分布状部等因素对事故后果的影响。模拟计算结果与事故的实际损伤情况基本相符。     

软测量的工程化设计

将软测量应用到工业生产之前必须解决其工程化设计的问题.为此,在软测量技术理论研究和应用经验的基础上,对软测量工程化设计中应解决的关键问题和解决方法进行了研究.软测量的工程化设计包括机理分析、辅助变量选择、数据采集和预处理、建立软测量模型、设计校正模块等步骤.其关键技术在于软测量过程的数据处理、模型的建立和校正.并以杭州龙山化工厂碳酸化塔中C02浓度软测量的工程化设计为例,对工程化设计中的一些关键问题处理进行介绍.实践表明,软测量的工程化设计在实际工业生产中具有很好的应用性和指导性,但也有待更进一步的研究.     

数据挖掘在给水管网安全中的应用

简要介绍了数据挖掘及其在给水管网安全中的应用。提出了一种基于数据挖掘的时间序列相似性查询方法。通过对事故症候相似性查询，建立安全预警系统，为调度员提供事故预警信息。     

高效铣环在胜科1井事故处理中的应用

胜科1井是中国石化的一口重点科学探井,在钻至井深5001m时因井眼缩径发生了卡钻事故。由于井底存在直翼扩大器、PDC钻头等含有硬质合金的落鱼,普通铣鞋无法完成套铣打捞作业,为此,专门设计了一种高效铣环。该铣环的切削元件选用了一种硬度达93.2 HRA的钛合金,经铣槽镶焊在本体上;本体选用了40CrNiMo厚壁管材,并进行了调质处理;连接螺纹选用了双级梯形同步螺纹。在胜科1井的应用表明：切削元件的强度满足了切削扩大器切削翼和PDC钻头胎体的需要,其齿形、布齿方向和出刃高度设计合理,提高了切削速度;本体性能高,切削元件焊接性能较好;双级梯形同步螺纹有效增加了连接部位的强度,具有较高的上扣扭矩,承受冲击载荷能力强。高效铣环在该井的成功应用,为今后同类型井的事故处理提供了借鉴。