Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers : Vol. 5 (1956) Part I.

It contains of the proceedings of general and ordinary meetings and other selected paper of the institution of civil engineers on January, March, May, July, September and November 1956 (Vol.5) Part I.

Opening meeting : 1st November, 1955. The raising and strengthening of the steenbras dam by S. S. Morris, W. S. Garrett (with discussion). The use of blast-furnace slag as a concrete aggregate by E. F. Farrington. Correspondence on paper no. 6034 (Young and Landau). Ordinary meeting : 15th November, 1955. The development of a mechanical-draught water-cooling tower by L. G. Smith, G. J. Williamson (with discussion). Ordinary meeting : 13th December, 1955. The Sir Charles Parsons Memorial Lecture, 1955 : The development of the gas turbine by Sir Harold Cox. Experiments on concrete under combined bending and torsion by N. S. J. Grassam (abstract). Correspondence on paper no. 6070 (Skempton, Peck and McDonald). Supplementary meeting : 15th December 1955. Rankine Memorial Lecture : A commemorative lecture by Sir R. V. Southwell. Special general meeting : 16th January 1956. Ordinary meeting : 17th January 1956. The experimental and mathematical analysis of arch dams with special reference to Dokan by Professor D. N. de G. Allen, Letitia Chitty, Professor A. J. S. Pippard, R. T. Severn (with discussion). The determination of the stresses in an arch dam from a rubber model by Letitia Chitty, Professor A. J. S. Pippard. Sheet-pile walls at failure by P. W. Rowe. Joint meeting with the institution of electrical engineers : 31st January 1956. The Pimlico district heating undertaking - costs and financial results by Bryan Donkin, C. M. Johnston, Edward Ockenden (with discussion). Ordinary meeting : 14th February 1956. The design and construction of Aden Oil Harbour by J. E. G. Palmer, Harold Scrutton (with discussion). Further discussion on paper no. 6098 (Morris and Garrett). Correspondence on paper no. 6098 (Morris and Garrett). Correspondence on paper no. 6114 (Smith and Williamson). Correspondence on paper no. 6113 (Allen, Chitty, Pippard and Severn). Report of the council 1955-1956. Balance sheet and accounts. Annual general meeting : 5th June 1956. Joint meeting with the institution of mechanical engineers and the institution of electrical engineers : 16th January 1956. Advanced courses for engineers in industry by H. D. Morgan, Professor G. F. Mucklow, Willis Jackson (with discussion). Ordinary meeting : 13th March 1956. Methods of using long-term storage in reservoirs by H. E. Hurst (with discussion). Ordinary meeting : 17th April 1956. The Glen Shira hydro-electric project by John Paton (with discussion). Joint meeting with the institution of mechanical engineers and the institution of electrical engineers : 27th April 1956. The second Graham Clark Lecture : The impact of engineering on society by Sir Maurice Bowra. Correspondence on paper no. 6092 (Farrington). Correspondence on paper no. 6094 (Palmer and Scrutton). Ordinary meeting : 15th May 1956. The James Forrest Lecture, 1956 : Marine Physics by G. E. R. Deacon. No-fines concrete as a structural material by R. H. Macintosh, J. D. Bolton, C. H. D. Muir. Heat flow in the steam curing of concrete products by Professor A. D. Ross. Some civil engineering aspects of atomic power generation by Ian Davidson. The use of fly ash and similar materials in concrete by A. A. Fulton, Professor W. T. Marshall.