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.     

Application of Support Vector Machines in Assessing Conceptual Cost Estimates

Total conceptual cost estimates and the assessment of the quality of these estimates are critical in the early stages of a building construction project. In this study, the support vector machine (SVM) model for assessing the quality of conceptual cost estimates is proposed, and the application of SVM in construction areas is investigated. The results show that the SVM model assessed the quality of conceptual cost estimates slightly more accurately than the discriminant analysis model. This shows that using the SVM has potential in construction areas. In addition, the SVM model can assist clients in their evaluation of the quality of the estimated cost and the probability of exceeding the target cost, and in their decision on whether or not it is necessary to seek a more accurate estimate in the early stages of a project.     

数字式液压流量阀在工程机械中的应用

数字式流量阀是一种新研制开发的数字控制式流量阀，其调速控制响应快、精度高、稳定性好，应用于工程机械液压系统，可使工程机械的操纵控制系统面临新的变革。     

网壳结构内扩安装法施工内力特性分析

本文针对目前国内常用的网壳内扩安装法，全过程跟踪分析了构件在用内扩法安装期间的施工内力特性及其变化规律，得出了网壳结构设计计算必须考虑施工内力的影响等重要结论。     

布里奇曼法生长碲镉汞晶体的缺陷及其展望

简单介绍了布里奇曼法生长碲镉汞晶体的主要缺陷以及缺陷的控制原理，回顾了国内进行磅镉汞晶体生长的布里奇曼法及加速坩埚旋转技术的布里奇曼法（ＡＣＲＴ－Ｂ）研究的情况，并提出了进一步研究的问题。     

SMS——智能网的业务管理系统

本文叙述了智能网的业务管理系统所实现的３种功能：业务管理功能，网络管理功能和业务管理访问功能，还介绍了业务管理和网络管理之间的关系，ＳＭＳ的集中式和分布式两种体系结构及业务管理功能的设计方法和进一步研究方向。     

60m高度处单片露天超高混凝土悬臂墙的设计与施工

通过采用竖向预应力技术 ,解决了 60m高度处单片 8m高悬臂钢筋混凝土墙根部裂缝宽度超过规范限值的问题 ;采用将预应力钢绞线顶端锚固于墙高中段等结构和施工措施 ,控制墙体长细比不超过 3 0 ,减少了由于长细比过大对墙体承载力的不利影响     

企业施工定额的编制以及施工成本分析平台的应用

本文阐述了施工企业内部编制定额的必要性和成本分析平台的实用性,并根据多年的工作经验就建筑施工企业对施工成本的控制谈谈一自己的认识和看法.     

包装工程专业的建设与现代物流

根据现代物流的发展，讨论了包装工程专业的建设。