Technology News, April 1983

Technology News is a newsletter produced by the Iowa Department of Transportation to provide information to the transportation specialist in Iowa's cities and counties. Technology News is one of CTRE's primary avenues for exchanging transportation-related information with local agencies. The bimonthly newsletter gives an up-to-date look to the up-to-date information our 2,500+ readers have grown to expect.

Technology News, June 1983

Technology News is a newsletter produced by the Iowa Department of Transportation to provide information to the transportation specialist in Iowa's cities and counties. Technology News is one of CTRE's primary avenues for exchanging transportation-related information with local agencies. The bimonthly newsletter gives an up-to-date look to the up-to-date information our 2,500+ readers have grown to expect.

Technology News, November 1983

Technology News is a newsletter produced by the Iowa Department of Transportation to provide information to the transportation specialist in Iowa's cities and counties. Technology News is one of CTRE's primary avenues for exchanging transportation-related information with local agencies. The bimonthly newsletter gives an up-to-date look to the up-to-date information our 2,500+ readers have grown to expect.

Technology News,(Nebraska Edition) September 1983

Technology News is a newsletter produced by the Iowa Department of Transportation to provide information to the transportation specialist in Iowa's cities and counties. Technology News is one of CTRE's primary avenues for exchanging transportation-related information with local agencies. The bimonthly newsletter gives an up-to-date look to the up-to-date information our 2,500+ readers have grown to expect.

Efeito do retardamento da secagem na qualidade fisiológica de sementes armazenadas de azevém anual

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar os efeitos do retardamento da secagem e do armazenamento aberto na qualidade fisiológica de sementes de azevém anual (Lolium multiflorum Lam.), cultivar Comum-RS. Compararam-se períodos de retardamento da secagem (0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 18, 24, 36 e 48 horas) e períodos de armazenamento (0, 4 e 8 meses). Enquanto submetidas aos períodos de retardamento da secagem, 24 kg de sementes ficaram acondicionadas em 18 caixas de poliestireno. A secagem foi realizada sobre piso de concreto, à sombra, por 12 horas, sendo completada em estufa a 35ºC com circulação forçada de ar. As sementes mantiveram o nível inicial de germinação durante os oito meses de armazenamento, mesmo com até 12 horas de retardamento da secagem; entretanto, com seis horas de retardamento, o vigor das sementes foi reduzido aos oito meses de armazenamento, mas se manteve praticamente inalterado aos quatro meses, com até 11 horas de retardamento. Sementes com germinação acima de 70% mantiveram este valor até oito meses de armazenamento, independentemente do período de retardamento da secagem.

L'Escola Llagut : tres dècades de la seva història (1983-2013)

El treball està estructurat en tres blocs. El primer és una petita síntesi de la historia l’escola; el segon és un apartat on es descriuen els trets singulars del centre i que han forjat la seva idiosincràsia i el tercer bloc pretén fer un repàs sobre les mesures que es van aplicar o encara es duen a terme a l’escola per a la correcta integració dels nens nouvinguts. Al final d’aquest treball s’inclou un apartat on s’exposen els problemes i els reptes que té l’escola en un futur immediat i les conclusions que serveixen per a valorar l’assoliment o no dels objectius del treball així com la formulació d’algunes possibles propostes de millora

Ganho genético decorrente da substituição anual de cultivares de milho

Cultivares de milho (Zea mays) são normalmente substituídas alguns anos após a indicação para cultivo. Os objetivos deste trabalho foram desenvolver e avaliar um teste de hipótese para determinar se as substituições anuais de cultivares, nos ensaios de competição de cultivares indicadas de milho, resultam em ganho genético para produtividade de grãos. Os ensaios de competição de cultivares de milho superprecoce, precoce e normal foram conduzidos nos anos agrícolas de 1998/1999, 1999/2000, 2000/2001 e 2001/2002. O delineamento experimental foi em blocos ao acaso, com três repetições. Cada parcela foi formada por duas fileiras de 5 m de comprimento, com espaçamento de 0,8 m. O ganho genético, quanto à produtividade de grãos, foi estimado pelo método proposto por Vencovsky et al., e a significância verificada pelo teste de hipótese proposto neste trabalho. As substituições anuais de cultivares de milho são dinâmicas e nem sempre resultam em ganho genético para produtividade de grãos.

Iowa : a picture of excellence, 1983

This brochure contains numerous picturesque photos and written descriptions of Iowa with the intent of inviting the film industry to do film production in Iowa.

Totes les vacances són diferents. És més beneficiós fer el descans anual sempre a la mateixa època i recordar-lo

Les vacances, el descans mensual, ens influeixen des del punt de vista psicològic i fisiològic, en vista de dos treballs científics recents que analitzen minuciosament els seus efectes.

Transverse Joint Sealing with Various Sealants, HR-203, 1983

Iowa's first portland cement concrete pavement was constructed in 1904 in the City of LeMars. A portion of that pavement served traffic until 1974 at which time it was resurfaced. The first rural Iowa pee pavement (16' wide, 6" to 7" thick) was constructed under the direction of the Iowa State Highway Commission in 1913. Some of Iowa's early pavements had transverse joints at 25-foot spacings. At that time, joint spacings across the nation ranged from 24 to 100 ft. There have been many changes in joint design over the years with some pavements being constructed without transverse joints. Joint spacing on Iowa primary pavements has generally remained around 20 feet with this spacing having been adopted as an Iowa standard in 1954. Until 1978 it was common to specify a 40-foot joint spacing on secondary pavements. The performance of the pavements with joint spacings greater than 20 feet, and in some cases no contraction joints, generated a 1955 research project on joint spacing. This project was 16 miles long containing sections without contraction joints and sections with joints sawed at intervals of 20, 50 and 80 feet. Approximately half of the sawed joints were left unsealed. The results of this research supported the 20-foot spacing, but were inconclusive regarding the benefits of sealing. One of the desired characteristics of joint sealing material is that it should act as a moisture barrier and prevent the intrusion of surface water. It was generally accepted from past experience that the hot poured type joint seals did not provide this effective moisture barrier.

Floyd County, HR-1026, 1983

On May 18, 1983, Robert Shelquist, Don Jordison and John Roland made a field examination of the test and control sections with the purpose of evaluating the performance of the fabrics as compared with each other and as compared with the control sections.

Factors Relating to Aggregate Durability in Portland Cement Concrete, HR-2022, Interim Report, 1983

Over the past several years we conducted a comprehensive study on the pore systems of limestones used as coarse aggregate in portland cement concrete (pee) and their relationship to freeze-thaw aggregate failure. A simple test called the Iowa Pore Index Test was developed and used to identify those coarse aggregates that had freeze-thaw susceptible pore systems. Basically, it identified those aggregates that could take on a considerable amount of water but only at a slow rate. The assumption was that if an aggregate would take on a considerable amount of water at a slow rate, its pore system would impede the outward movement of water through a critically saturated particle during freezing, causing particle fracture. The test was quite successful when used to identify aggregates containing susceptible pore systems if the aggregates were clean carbonates containing less than 2% or 3% insolubles. The correlation between service record, ASTM C666B and the pore index test was good, but not good enough. It became apparent over the past year that there were factors other than the pore system that could cause an aggregate to fail when used in pee. The role that silica and clay play in aggregate durability was studied.

Erosividade mensal e anual da chuva no Estado de Minas Gerais

Este trabalho objetivou estimar e mapear a erosividade média (EI30) mensal e anual, analisar a distribuição espacial da precipitação, durante o período chuvoso, e identificar zonas similares quanto a EI30 no Estado de Minas Gerais. Foram levantadas séries históricas de precipitação diária de 248 estações climatológicas para estimativa do coeficiente de chuva de Fournier (Rc). Baseado na relação EI30 x Rc, verificada em algumas localidades do Estado, o índice EI30 mensal foi estimado para as 248 estações. A geoestatística foi aplicada no mapeamento dos dados. O Estado de Minas Gerais pôde ser dividido em três zonas, com erosividade anual variando de 5.000 a 12.000 MJ mm ha-1 ano-1 : erosividade média-alta, nas regiões central, nordeste e parte da Zona da Mata; alta, no Triângulo Mineiro (extremo da região), e parte do nordeste e sul do Estado; e muito alta, na maior parte do Triângulo Mineiro, Alto Paranaíba, noroeste e leste. A erosividade não apresentou relação com a latitude e longitude e foi influenciada por efeitos orográficos e características climáticas de cada região.

Performance of Reinforcement Fabric Used Under Asphaltic Concrete Overlays, MLR-83-03, 1983

The 1982 cost of a two-inch asphaltic concrete overlay, with fabric, was an average of 85% of the cost of a three-inch overlay (see attached calculations). A structural number can be assigned to the extra inch of overlay, whereas it is doubtful that any number can be assigned to the fabric. The observations made on the projects in this report leave little reason to be optimistic on the use of fabrics under asphalt overlays. This is especially true of the Floyd, Dallas and Clarke county projects. A great amount of fabric is being used nationwide for this purpose, probably more from sales promotion than from actual documented performance. Full scale field testing is continuing each time a project is let utilizing fabric reinforcement under asphaltic concrete overlays. It has already become apparent that the use of fabrics in AC overlays is not always cost effective.

Use of Reagent Grade Versus Industrial Grade Trichlorethylene in Asphalt Recoveries, MLR-83-05, 1983

This is a continuation of a project initiated a year ago to determine any differences in test results on recovered asphalt cements caused by the use of industrial grade of solvent as compared with the reagent grade. AASHTO specifies the use of reagent grade of trichlorethylene, but the Laboratory uses industrial grade which costs much less. Last year this objective of the project was aborted when it was found that a larger difference in test results was obtained between the two distillation apparatuses than between the two solvents, Then all efforts were directed toward obtaining uniformity in test results between the apparatuses under the east hood as compared with that under the west hood. Considerable progress was made toward this end. (See report under this same title dated April 1982). The objective this year was to again evaluate the results when using both variables (apparatuses and solvents). Another objective developed later in this investigation; this was to determine any differences in test results on recovered asphalt cements caused by the use of reclaimed trichlorethylene (from the distillation process) as compared with the use of industrial grade of solvent. At the present time the reclaimed trichlorethylene is discarded. If the reclaimed solvent could be used for further recoveries, a considerable savings in solvent costs would result.