There appear to be three different genres of writing in the ASCE journal. These are all defined by their content and not by their form. Most of the articles in the journal have the same form and structure but there seems to be a distinct difference in the content given in these journals.
There are not any official names for the genres that I have found in the journal entries, however I will give them a name based off their content. One genre is the "Positive Research" genre which features papers written to describe a certain experiment or hypothesis that will theoretically add to the development of ideas in the Civil Engineering field. The next genre is the "repair research" genre which focuses on how to fix specific problems in the civil engineering field. The last genre is "General Hypothesis" in which an author develops a theory but has not done any individual research on the issue, this type of article is much more scarce than the other two but just as important.
Again Positive Research is any proactive research backed paper that will improve techniques or further ideas in the civil engineering field, repair research is any paper written with the topic of analyzing the repair or rebuilding of things withing the civil engineering field. The general hypothesis genre is all about developing a hypothesis about something in the civil engineering field without having any research to back it up. Each genre has a different purpose but with the same ultimate goal of adding something to the civil engineering field as well as being a way to add to the discussion of ideas in the field. All of these are aimed at civil engineers and those who are in ASCE and looking to make a difference in the world and the field of engineering.
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