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Volume 1, Issue 6, December 1952

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BUOYANT FOUNDATIONS IN SOFT CLAY FOR OIL-REFINERY STRUCTURES AT GRANGEMOUTH
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- pp. 301–321
- Authors: C W PIKE; B F SAURIN
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/ipeds.1952.12290
- PROCEEDINGS THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS PART I11 DECEMBER 1952 STRUCTURAL AND BUILDING ENGINEERING DIVISION MEETING 25 March, 1952 Professor A. J. Sutton Pippard, M.B.E., D.Sc., M.I.C.E., Chairman of the Division, in the Chair. The following Paper was presented for discussion and, on the motion of the Chairman, the thanks of the Division were accorded to the Authors. Structural Paper No. 31 " Buoyant Foundations in Soft Clay for Oil-Refinery Structures at Grangemouth " by Cecil Wilfrid Pike, A...
DISCUSSION. BUOYANT FOUNDATIONS IN SOFT CLAY FOR OIL-REFINERY STRUCTURES AT GRANGEMOUTH.
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- pp. 321–334
- Authors: A C HARTLEY; H Q GOLDER; A W SKEMPTON; L J MURDOCK; J MCHARDY YOUNG; D H LITTLE; T P O SULLIVAN; E M BARNES; B F SAURIN; C W PIKE
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/ipeds.1952.12291
- CLAY FOR OIL-REFINERY STRUCTURES AT GRANGEMOUTH 321 The principal Contractors were George Wimpey and Co. Ltd, and the soil investigations were carried out by Soil Mechanics Ltd. The Paper is accompanied by seven photographs and seven sheets of drawings, from which the half-tone page plates and theFigures in the text have been prepared. Discussion The Authors introduced the Paper with the aid of a series of lantern slides. Mr A. C. Hartley observed that when any large enterprise had to be planned, the site should be chosen from very many aspects...
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CAISSON FORMING THE FOUNDATION TO THE CIRCULATING-WATER PUMP-HOUSE FOR THE USKMOUTH GENERATING STATION.
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- pp. 335–356
- Authors: W S WILSON; F W SULLY
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/ipeds.1952.12292
- STOREY WILSON AND SULLY ON USKMOUTH CAISSON 335 WORKS CONSTRUCTION DIVISION MEETING 1 April, 1952 Mr David M. Watson, B.Sc., Vice-President I.C.E., Chairman of the Division, in the Chair The following Paper was presented for discussion and, on the motion of the Chairman, the thanks of the Division were accorded to theAuthors. Works Construction Paper No. 21 " The Construction of the Caisson forming the Foundation to the Circulating-Water Pump-House for the Uskmouth Generating Station" b Y William Storey Wilson, M...
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DISCUSSION. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CAISSON FORMING THE FOUNDATION TO THE CIRCULATING-WATER PUMP-HOUSE FOR THE USKMOUTH GENERATING STATION.
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- pp. 357–373
- Authors: H J B HARDING; H SHIRLEY SMITH; B A E HILEY; N S WILLIAMS; W D SHORT; S E JONES; F W SULLY; C D C BRAINE; R W A FANE; S WILSON
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/ipeds.1952.12293
- DISCUSSION ON USKMOUTH CAISSON 357 Discussion The Authors introduced thePaper with the aid of a a m and a sectional model of the caisson. Mr H.J. B. Hmding observed that the decision to use caissons for the pump-house a t Uskmouth had been taken by the late Dr Mautner of Messrs Mouchel & Partners, a caisson sinker of international fame until he had been evicted by the Nazis, which, as usually happened in cases of persecution, had proved to be to Britain's benefit ; but thecourage to combine the original design of two caissons into one of such magnitude had been that of Mr Storey Wilson, and the Paper was a valuable and complete record of what was an astonishing work...
THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF STRUCTURAL THEORY.
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- pp. 374–402
- Author: S B HAMILTON
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/ipeds.1952.12294
- 374 HAMILTON ON T H E HISTORICAL STRUCTURAL AND BUILDING ENGINEERING DIVISION MEETING 6 May, 1952 Professor A. J. Sutton Pippard, M.B.E., D.Sc., M.I.C.E., Chairman of the Division, in the Chair. The following Paper was presented for discussion and, on the motion of the Chairman, the thanks of the Division were accorded to the Author. Structural Paper No. 32 '' The Historical Development of Structural Theory " b Y Stanley Baines Hamilton, Ph...
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DISCUSSION. THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF STRUCTURAL THEORY.
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- pp. 402–419
- Authors: A W SKEMPTON; G A GARDNER; O BONDY; N DAVEY; R P MEARS; H Q GOLDER; P L CAPPER; R J WILKINS
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/ipeds.1952.12295
- 402 EAMILTONHISTORICAL ON THE 66. G.Lamb.See ref. 61. 67. E. H. Salmon, " Materials and Structures." Longmans, London, 1931.Vol. I, ch. XVI. W. A. Scoble, " Report on Combined Stress." Rep. Brit. Ass., 1913, p. 169. 68. E. G. Coker and L. N.G. Won, " A Treatise on Photo-Elasticity." Cambridge, 1931. 69. L...
EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF SPACE STRUCTURES, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO BRACED DOMES ; WITH A NOTE ON STRESSES IN SUPPORTING RING-GIRDERS.
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- pp. 420–441
- Authors: Z S MAKOWSKI; A J S PIPPARD
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/ipeds.1952.12296
- 420 MAKOWSKI ANI) PIPPARD ON EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF Paper No. 5887 "Experimental Analysis of Space Structures, Particular with Reference to Braced Domes; with a Note on Stresses in Supporting Ring-Girders" by Zygmunt Stanislaw Makowski, Dip. Ing., and Professor Alfred John Sutton Pippard, M.B.E., D.Sc., M.I.C.E. (Ordered by the Council to be published with written discussion) -f SYNOPSIS of based on Clerk Maxwell's reci rocal Indirect methods experimental stress analysis theorem are often used for plane frames but seldom for space structures...
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CORRESPONDENCE. THE CONSTRUCTION OF LOCH SLOY DAM.
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- pp. 442–445
- Authors: J STEVENSON; F N SPARKES; P O WOLF
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ipeds.1952.12297
- 442 CORRESPONDENCEON THE CONSTRUCTION OF LOCH SLOY DAM CORRESPONDENCE on Papers published in Proceedings, Part II August, 1952 I, Works Construction Paper No. 20 " The Construction of Loch Sloy Dam " t by James Stevenson, BSc., A.M.I.C.E. Correspondence Mr F. N. Sparkes observed that the strengthof the concrete referred to in Table 1 was lower than was to be expected from the water/cement ratios stated to have been used. For Portland cement of average quality the actual average compressive strength of the test cubes a t 7 days was about 16 per cent lower than was to be expected and at 28 days about 24 per cent lower...
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CORRESPONDENCE. SOME RECENT EXPERIENCE IN COMPOSITE PRE-CAST AND IN-SITU CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO PRE-STRESSING.
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- pp. 446–449
- Authors: F J SAMUELY; T RIDLEY; U BJUGGREN; J W A AGER
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ipeds.1952.12298
- 446 CORRESPONDENCE ON SOME RECENT EXPERIENCE IN COMPOSITE Structural Paper No. 30 " Some Recent Experience i Composite Pre-cast and In-situ Concrete n Construction, with Particular Reference to Pre-stressing " t by Felix James Samuely, B.Sc.(Eng.), A.M.I.C.E. Correspondence Mr ThomasRidley observed that the obvious disadvantages in the site manufactureof ferro-concrete were such as to have caused considerable concern over the years of its use, and still had notbeen satisfactorily eliminated. Perhaps the most important of those disadvantages were the following :(l ) Manufacture of good concrete with consistent qualities under all weather conditions was extremely difficblt...
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ICE Proceedings: Engineering Divisions

Volume 1, Issue 6, December 1952