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U.S. Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation
Industry: Government
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A U.S. Department of the Interior agency that oversees water resource management incuding the oversight and operation of numerous diversion, delivery, and storage projects the agency has built throughout the western United States for irrigation, water supply, and attendant hydroelectric power ...
A shear test in which soil or rock under an applied normal load is stressed to failure by moving one section of the specimen container (shear box) relative to the other section.
Industry:Engineering
The time for concrete to fully consolidate in a vebe cylinder.
Industry:Engineering
Any structure that conveys water from one location to another.
Industry:Engineering
A hollow steel beam with a square or rectangular cross section.
Industry:Engineering
Machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
Industry:Engineering
General term for all light-colored, granite-like igneous rocks.
Industry:Engineering
An agricultural tool that loosens and works the ground surface.
Industry:Engineering
The main course of a stream where the current is the strongest.
Industry:Engineering
Dollar value in the indicated year, not adjusted for inflation.
Industry:Engineering
Diameter of the various particles comprising a particular soil.
Industry:Engineering