Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers : Vol. 6 (1957).

It contains of the proceedings of the institution of civil engineers on January to April 1957 (Vol.6).

Opening meeting : 6th November 1956. The problem of liquid and gaseous effluent disposal at Windscale by F. R. Farmer (with discussion). Prestressed concrete runaways : History, practice and theory by A. J. Harris (with discussion). The analysis of certain interconnected skew-bridge girders by Professor A. W. Hendry, L. G. Jaeger. The elastic buckling of brittle columns by J. C. Chapman, Jean Slatford. The design, fabrication and erection of automatic radial sluice gates by R. B. Thorn (abstract). Correspondence on paper no. 6155 (Chitty and Pippard). Correspondence on symposium of papers on cargo handling (Lees, Matheson, Shire and Tooth). Correspondence on road paper no. 51 (Summerfield). Factors influencing the choice of the right dredger by J. A. Ringers (with discussion). Some methods of extending the life of bridges by major repairs or strengthening by J. D. West (with discussion). The skidding resistance of roads and the requirements of modern traffic by G. C. Giles (with discussion). A theoretical considerations of side weirs as storm-water overflows by Peter Ackers. The discharge of water over ride weirs in circular pipes by J. W. Allen. The discharge capacity of side weirs by V. K. Collinge. The behavior of side weirs in prismatic rectangular channels by Professor William Frazer. Discussion. Notes on the repair and reconstruction of an estuarial embankment breached by the storm surge of 1953 by John Langdon (extract). Correspondence on paper no. 6107 (Rowe). The effect of synthetic detergents on the biological stabilization of sewage by Laing Barden, P. C. G. Isaac (with discussion). Ordinary meeting : 20th November 1956. Allt-Na-Lairige prestressed concrete dam by J. A. Banks (with discussion). The analysis of prestressed concrete structures and the application of recent research by P. B. Morice (with discussion). Carrying capacity of mild-steel arches by L. K. Stevens. Wind loading on roofs with special reference to high suctions by J. D. Haddon (abstract). Special general meeting : 22nd January 1957. The design and construction of a laboratory for research in underwater ballistic by C. L. Champion, R. J. R. Hancock, Mark Woolfson (with discussion). A French dual-purpose scheme : The durance project and the Serreponcon Dam by Raymond Giguet (with discussion). The construction of a soil-cement runway at Christchurch by A. O. Barries, Maj. Jack Cottington. Stabilized-soil pavements at Southern-on-sea municipal airport by T. B. Hill., K. H. G. Williams. A heavy duty airfield pavement embodying soil stabilization by F. R. Martin. Discussion. Ordinary meeting : 18th December 1956. Post-war developments in the coal-mining industry by Andrew Young, H. A. Longden, B. L. Metcalf (with discussion). Organization and control of highways maintenance by W. J. Hiscock (with discussion). The analysis of grid frameworks of negligible torsional stiffness by means of basic functions by L. G. Jaeger. The introduction of tunneling for the construction of large-diameter sewers in Kingston-Upon-Hull by G. W. Roberts, W. H. Lucas. Shaft raising in the Scottish highlands by R. S. Henderson. Correspondence on public health paper no. 17 (Farmer). Correspondence on paper no. 6126 (Marriot).