This paper uses a comprehensive survey of the entire U.S. trucking fleet to investigate patterns in the terms of trade between carriers and shippers during 1987 and 1992. Analysis of the 1992 data suggests that internal procurement and longterm contracts are used to alleviate hold-up problems associated with the use of specific trailers. The relationships between governance structure and measur...

We have successfully demonstrated a long-haul transmission of 32 × 10 Gbit/s and 64 × 10 Gbit/s over singlemode fiber of 650 km and 530 km respectively by using RAMANEDFA hybrid optical amplifier as inline and preamplifier amplifiers. The measured Q-factors and BER of the 32 and 64 channels after 650 and 530 km respectively (16.99–17 dB) and (10 -13 ) were higher than the standard acceptable va...

The rapid evolution of long-haul optical communications systems, witnessed in the last five years, is due to the gradual adoption of spectrally efficient, multilevel modulation formats, in conjunction with polarization division multiplexing (PDM) and coherent intradyne detection assisted by digital signal processing (DSP). The objective of this tutorial chapter is to briefly review the operatin...

The Boundary Element Method has been applied to calculate stress distribution and stability of underground mines for disposal of chemical waste. A case similar to the Stripa mine in Sweden has been considered. The rock mass was granite, with major fracture zones represented by three families of planes mutually orthogonal and 100 meters distant from each other. The pre and post processor GiD [3]...