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Volume 30, Issue 8, October 1948

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SHUTTERING. WORKS CONSTRUCTION PAPER NO 11. (INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS).
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- pp. 303–334
- Author: C PARRY
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1948.13402
- JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS N o. 8 1947-48 OCTOBER 1948 WORKS CONSTRUCTION DIVISION MEETING . 13 April. 1948 . . . CHARLES MATTHEW NORRIE. D.S.O., B.Sc., M.I.C.E. in the Chair. The following Paper was submitted for discussion. and. on the motion of the Chairman. the thanksof the Division were accorded to the Author Works Construction Paper No . 11. '' Shuttering." BY CYRIL PARRY TABLE OF CONTENTS. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timber forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General notes on design...
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DISCUSSION. SHUTTERING. WORKS CONSTRUCTION PAPER NO 11.
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- pp. 334–347
- Authors: C PARRY; J C WADDINGTON; S N BARRON; R HAMMOND; COLLETT DICKINSON; J C DICKINSON; R W A FANE; P R ALDERMAN; H R BOYCE; J MARTIN; D A STEWART; H J B HARDING; C A RISBRIDGER
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1948.13403
- 334 P U R Y ON 8-G. (1) Timber forms-architectural work. (2) Steel forms-commercial and industrial work. (3) Whenever possible, build a wall of concrete in one lift. (4) If work must be carried out in lifts, then use a s s e which ytm eliminates either embedded or withdrawn ties. (5) If vibrators are to be used, then use internally applied machinea and insist upon theircorrect application. (6) Endeavour to use large form units whenever possible...
JAMES FORREST LECTURE, 1948. RELAXATION METHODS: AN ENGINEERING APPROACH TO COMPUTATION. (INCLUDES PLATES).
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- pp. 351–378
- Author: SIR R SOUTHWELL
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1948.13404
- ORDINARY MEETING. 351 1948. JAMES FORREST LECTURE, The President said that the James Forrest Lecture was founded in 1891 inhonour of the late James Forrest, who was Secretary of The Institution from 1859 to 1896 and Honorary Secretary from1896 until his death in 1917. The Lecture to be delivered was the iifty-fourth Lecture of the series. Mr. Forrest had bequeathed t o The Institution some pieces of silver plate which had been presented to him during the course of his life, and normally they were displayed on eachoccasion of the James Forrest Lecture ; but the practice was not being followed on that evening owing to the fact that a Conference was being held in the building...
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OBITUARY. RALPH FREDERICK HINDMARSH, 1877-1948.
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- pp. 387
- Author: UNKNOWN
- Document Type: Obituary
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1948.13405
- OBITUARY. 387 OBITUARY. RALPH FREDERICK HINDMARSH was born a t Newcastle on the 2nd February, 1877, and died a t Bournemouth on the 16th March, 1948. He received his early education at the Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne, and his practical training with the late Mr. A. S. Dinning, Civil Engineer, of Newcastle. He entered the service of the Tyne Improvement Commission in 1898 as assistant engineer to the late Mr. James Walker, M.I.C.E. In 1902 he became principal engineering assistant to Mr...
OBITUARY. JOHN MCGLASHAN, 1874-1948.
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- pp. 388
- Author: UNKNOWN
- Document Type: Obituary
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1948.13407
- 388 OBXTUARY. J O H N McGLASHAN W= born at Bombay on the 24th September, 1874, and died st Hatfield Peverel, Essex, on the 2lst April, 1948. He was educated a t Gordon's College, Aberdeen, and received his scientific training a t Aberdeen University. After serving his pupilage under the late Mr. R. Gordon Nicol,M.I.C.E., Harbour Engineer of Aberdeen, he remained with Mr. Nicol as second assistant until 1898, when he took up an appointmentas assistant Engineer to the Bombay Port Trust...
CORRIGENDA. DRAG VELOCITY IN RELATION TO PRODUCTION OF TURBULENT ENERGY AND LOSS OF HEAD IN PIPES IN THE V2 LAW REGION OF FLOW.
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- pp. 389
- Author: J WILLIAMSON
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1948.13408
- CORRIGENDA. 389 CORRIGENDA. May 1948 Journal, Paper No. 5640 (Williamson) : p. 253, bottom line. For p. 257, Fiy. 2. For "1 1 (F X F X K X V D ) " reed `` VD = (A X K3 X h- X VD)': " V D = 1.15 z V p " read K+ " (K 1 Vg". B) p. 261, Fig...
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CORRESPONDENCE. THE MOVEMENT OF WATER IN THE MIDDLE AND LOWER CHALK OF THE RIVER DOUR CATCHMENT.
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- pp. 393–397
- Authors: D H B REYNOLDS; F H EDMUNDS; H WALLHOUSE
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1948.13392
- JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS No. 8, OCTOBER 1948 : SUPPLEMENT CORRESPONDENCE ON PAPERSPUBLISHED IN DECEMBER 1947 JOURNAL. Paper No. 5499. ` I The Xovement of Water in the Middle and Lower Chalk of the River Dour Catchment*'' By DONALD HUGHBAILLIE REYNOLDS, M.A., M.I.C.E. Correspondence. Mr. F. H. Edmunds observed that the Authorhad made and substantiated several important point,s. Of particular interest were his conclusion that in theDour valley major fissures which underdrained an area of chalk might run in anydirection, and theassociated conclusion that the nailbournes of the Dover district flowed from large fissures, and did not simply represent a rise in the genera1 water-table to a level above the valley floor...
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CORRESPONDENCE. PRESTRESSED REINFORCED-CONCRETE HANGAR AT THE CIVIL AIRPORT OF KARACHI.
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- pp. 397–401
- Authors: C G SEXTON; SIR A DEAN; S K GHASWALA; K HAJNAL KONYI
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1948.13393
- AND LOWER CHALK OF THE RIVER DOUR CATCHMENT. 397 Mr. Wallhouse had presented enough evidence show that conclusions to Nos. 2 and 3 were, in certain localities, applicable to the upper part of the chalk formation. He had also drawn attention to the value of resistivity tests where the conditions were favourable. The logical conclusion was that the chalk formation still held many secrets, and that any person seeking water in it would be well advised to make a study of all relevant data which it was practicable to collect. Paper No...
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CORRESPONDENCE. EARTHQUAKE-RESISTANT STRUCTURES: THE SEISMIC FACTOR AND THE USE OF REINFORCED BRICKWORK IN QUETTA CIVIL RECONSTRUCTION.
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- pp. 402–410
- Authors: R G ROBERTSON; V A MURPHY; LAUGHARNE THORNTON; D L THORNTON; J B WILSON
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1948.13394
- 4VJ CORRESPONDENCE ON THE EARTHQUAKE-RESISTANT CORRESPONDENCE ON PAPERS PUBLISHED IN JANUARY 1948 JOURNAL. Paper No. 5381. `I Earthquake-resistant Structures : the Seismic Factor and the Use of Reinforced Brickwork in Quem Civil Reconstruction." -/By REGINALD GEORGE ROBERTSON, A.M.I.C.E. B.A., Correspondence. Mr. V. A. Murphy congratulated the Author for placing on record the effects of theQuettaearthquake of 1941, and giving details and principles of design in that area. He considered that engineers associated with such problems would find many points of interest in the Paper and would be in general agreement with the principles stated...
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CORRESPONDENCE. STRESSES AND TEMPERATURE EFFECTS IN DAMS, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO ASWAN DAM.
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- pp. 410–415
- Authors: S L BEY; H F WILMOT
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1948.13395
- 410 CORRESPONDENCE ON THE STRESSES AND TEMPERATURE when the principal recorcl of and theloss of 30,000 lives. thclast shock was immense destruction Paper No. 5535 " Stresses and Temperature E f c s in Dams, w t Particular Reference fet ih to Aswan Dam." -1 l3y SERCE T,ELTAVSKY 'BEY, Ph.D., M.T.C.E. Correspondence. Mr. H. F. Wilmot observed that the Author's scholarly treatise would go far towards putting the subject of the temperature-range occurring in dams on a more satisfactory basis...
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CORRESPONDENCE. MOMENT DISTRIBUTION APPLIED TO RECTANGULAR RIGID SPACE FRAMES.
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- pp. 415–420
- Authors: J L MATHESON; L A BEAUFOY; H J COWAN
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1948.13396
- EFFECTS IN DAMS, PARTICULA4RTO ASWAN DAM. 415 or gate wells) in the Paper the omission wasduc to the restrictions placed ; upon the Author with regard to the permissible length of the Paper. In any case, the heightening of that part was a far simpler problem, which could have been solved in several different ways. The adopted alternative was one of the possible solutions, but from the standpoint of deformations and stresses, which were the main problem of the Paper, it did not contain points of general interest, such as the pierced dam, and scarcely merited a lengthy discussion in the Paper...
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CORRESPONDENCE. VACUUM-CONCRETE.
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- pp. 420–421
- Authors: K BILLIG; B MATHER
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1948.13397
- 420 CORRESPOMnENCE VACUUM-CONCRETE. THE ON Mr. Cowan's observations were of great interest, since they showed that torsional effects might well be specially important in reinforced-concrete frames. Paper No. 5577 Vacuum-Concrete." -t By KURTBILIJQ,A.M.T.C.E. Correspondence. Mr. Bryant Mather made reference to the Author's statement (p. 253) that it was surprising that no factual test data had been published on resistance to abrasion, in view of the large areas which had been vacuumtreated in the United States...
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CORRESPONDENCE. THE PEGU YOMAS SCHEME FOR THE WATER SUPPLY OF RANGOON.
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- pp. 422–427
- Authors: F R MELVILLE; RLG HETHERINGTON; W J E BINNIE; C C MACKINTOSH; AE MANN
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1948.13398
- 422 COKKESPONDENCE ON THE PEGU YOMAS SCHEME FOR THE CORRESPONDENCE ON A PAPER PUBLISHED IN MARCH 1948 JOURNAL. Paper No. 5593. `6 The Pegu Yomas Scheme for the Water Supply of Rangoon." By FREDERICX ROBERT MELVILLE, B.Sc., and ROGER GEYT HETHERINGTON, LE O.B.E., M.A., MM.1.C.E. -r Correspondence. Mr. W. J. E. Binnie observed that, owing to its waterlogged condition, it was considered that it would be impracticable to place the pipes below the ground and it was therefore decided to support;them on pedestals above ground, as described in the Paper...
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CORRESPONDENCE. TIDAL POWER: ITS DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION.
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- pp. 428–433
- Authors: B D RICHARDS; G W M BOYCOTT; H CHATLEY; A H NAYLOR; T H WEBSTER
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1948.13399
- 428 CORRESPONDENCE ON TlfE TIDAL POWEE : CORRESPONDENCE ON A PAYER PUBLISHED IN APRIL 1948 JOURNAL. Paper No. 5656. `` Tidal Power : Its Development and Utilization." t By BERTRAM DARELL RICHARDS, B.Sc. (Eng.), M.I.C.E. Correspondence. Mr. G . W. M. Boycott observed that he could not agree with the Author's statement that an essential condition of the utilization of tidal cnergy was that the tidalpower output should form only a fraction of the total, and that that was not so would, he thought, be made clear by a consideration of the Report of the Electricity Commission, published in 1947...
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CORRESPONDENCE. THE RECONSTRUCTION OF BAMFORD FILTERS. (INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS).
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- pp. 434–436
- Authors: R W S THOMPSON; J M L BOGLE; R C WHITEHEAD
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1948.13400
- 434 CORRESPONDENCE O N THE 1tECONSTRUCTION OF CORRESPONDENCE ON PAPERS PUBLISHED I 8 MAY 1948 JOURNAL. Paper No. 5642. '' The Reconstruction of Bamford Filters." By REGINALD -f WILLIAM SCOTT THOMPSON, (Eng.), RSc. M.I.C.E. Correspondence I Mr. J. M. L. Bogle observed that the Authorhad emphasized the importance of the use of non-corrodible material throughout the underdrain system of any filter employing an acid coagulant. In the discussion Mr. Pugh had also emphasized the advantage of omission of metal air-pipes when dealing with corrosive waters such as that referred to in the Paper...
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CORRESPONDENCE. DRAG VELOCITY IN RELATION TO PRODUCTION OF TURBULENT ENERGY AND LOSS OF HEAD IN PIPES IN THE V2-LAW REGION OF FLOW.
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- pp. 437–449
- Authors: J WILLIAMSON; H CHATLEY; W F GILBERT; S K ROY
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1948.13401
- CORRESPONDENCE ON THE DRAG VELOCITY IN THE +LAW IN PIPES 437 REGION OF FLOW. . Paper No. 5640. '' Drag Velocity in Relation to Production of Turbulent Energy and Loss of Head in Pipes i the W-Law Region of Flow." 1n By JAMESWILLIAMSON, M.I.C.E. Correspondence. Dr. Herbert Chatley observed that the Paper was a very ambitious attempt to simplify pipe ffow equations and certainly succeeded in expressing many of the features of fluid resistance in a clear manner. It was, perhaps, doubtful if the Manning formula was sufficiently accurate to permit its development to the extent indicated...
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Journal of the ICE

Volume 30, Issue 8, October 1948