Proceedings of The Institution of Civil Engineers. Vol. 13. (1959).

It contains of the proceedings of the news and papers of civil engineering from May to August 1959. Vol. 13. (1959). Session 1958 - 1959.

(May,1959) News : Institution scholarships. The Professional Interview. Closing dates for written discussion on Papers. Report on mining subsidence. Binding of the Proceedings. Geotechnique. Bibliography on prestressed concrete. Civil Engineering Code of Practice. Candidates for election. Transfers, elections and admissions. Library : Recent additions. Recent additions to the Loan Library. One hundred years ago. Forthcoming events : Annual General Meeting. Supplementary meeting : Discussion on floods. Informal meeting. Ordinary meetings. Conversazione. Careers Exhibition. Competition for Institution Medal (cancellation). Association of London Graduates and Students. Visits to works. Local Associations : Midlands. North Western. Northern Counties. Northern Ireland. South Wales and Manmouth. Sales agents for the Proceedings. Papers : Recent irrigation projects in the Indus Basin by Prof. Kurt Billig. An investigation into the manufacture of high-strength concrete in a tropical climate by Tom Ridley. Redistribution of design bending moments in reinforced concrete continuous beams by A. H. Mattock. A new calculations for the bearing capacity of driven piles by F. R. Bullen. Strengthening works to a reinforced concrete coaling wharf by C. G. Cumming. (Jun,1959) Report of the Conference of Engineering Institution of the British Commonwealth. News : Appointment of Deputy Secretary. The place of traffic engineering in the Institution. Middle East Joint Group. Trinidad and Tobago Joint Group. Subjects for Papers. Charles Hawksley Prize Competition (value $150) for 1960. Closing dates for written discussion on Papers. Geotechnique. Professional conduct overseas. Whitworth Foundation awards. Ordnance Survey : Proposed changes in 1:2500 National Grid plans. Candidates for election. Fifty years on the Roll of the Institution. Transfers, elections and admissions Library : Recent additions. Recent additions to the Loan Library. Changes to address. One hundred years ago. Forthcoming Events : Annual General Meeting. Conversazione. Visits to works. General conditions for visits. Correspondence with the Institution. Sales agents for the Proceedings. Papers : Research and development of shock-controlled foundation for a heavy-gun laboratory testing-hammer by J. H. A. Crockett, D. B. O'Neill. Plastic collapse loads for circular-arc bow girders by Prof. N. S. Boulton, Boonsorn Boonsukha. Features of Lednock Dam, including the use of fly ash by A. C. Allen. The calculated and observed effects of dead and dynamic crane loads on the framework of a workshop building by D. A. Godfrey, E. R. Bryan. (Jul,1959) Annual Dinner. News : President's portrait in Royal Academy. Fuel installations at airports of international standing. Closing date for October 1959 Examination. Subjects for Papers. Christmas cards. Association of London Graduates and Students. Closing dates for written discussion on Papers. Geotechnique. Postgraduate course in nuclear power. Candidates for election. Transfers, elections and admissions. Library : Recent additions. Recent additions to the Loan Library. Addition to Film Library. Correspondence : The Belfast Conference (T. M. Ridley). The Belfast Conference (J. M. F. Rogers). Management and the engineer (J. K. B. Willis). One hundred years ago. Forthcoming events : Visits to works. General conditions for visits. Graduates' and students' Conversazione. Young Trophy. Sales agents for the Proceedings. Papers : James Forrest Lecture, 1959 : Roads and road usage : the application of science by Dr. W. H. Glanville. A method of measuring the flow of a version fluid in a conduit without the insertion of a meter, office plate or Pitot tube by D. B. Smith. Some model tests on multi-storey rigid steel frames by M. W. Low. The relation between the yield of a discharging well at equilibrium and its diameter with particular reference to Chalk well by Jack Ineson. The effect of flood-elimination works on the flood frequency of the River Wandle by J. E. Nash. Inverse design of beams and grillages by Jacques Heyman. Statistical approach to structural design by Hsuan-Loh Su. Experiments on the displacement of water by waves of various heights and frequencies by Prof. Jack Allen, D. H. Gibson. The analysis of rectangular diagrids by anisotropic plate theory by L. G. Jaegar, Prof. A. W. Hendry. (Aug,1959) Hydraulics Research Station, Wallingford by J. G. Samson. News : Birthday Honours. The Middle East Joint Group. Trinidad and Tobago Joint Group. Ghana Joint Group. Charles Hawksley Prize Competitions, 1959, 1960. Subjects for Papers. Closing dates for written discussion on Papers. Christmas lectures. Geotechnique. Candidates for election. Transfers, elections and admissions. Changes of address. One hundred years ago. Library : Recent additions. Recent additions to the Loan Library. Correspondence (J. Penaloza). Sales agents for Proceedings. Forthcoming events : Visits to works. General conditions for visits. Graduates and Students Conversazione. Papers : Paper for written discussion : Storm-water overflows : the operation and design of a stilling pond by D. E. Sharpe, T. W. Kirkbride. Papers not for discussion : The three-span articulated beam by Prof. R. G. Robertson. Loading tests on two prestressed concrete highway bridges by R. E. Rowe. Papers discussed at a Joint Meeting : The architect and the engineer by E. D. Jefferiss Mathews. The engineer and the architect by O. N. Arup. Discussion on the above two Papers. Discussion on the following Papers : Tehran water supply : water treatment and chemical manufacturing (Paper no. 6328, Meykadeh, Fitt, Boddington). Habbaniyah flood-relief and storage scheme (Paper no. 6309, Gwyther, Humble, Lewis). Preliminary planning for a new tube railway across London (Paper no. 6343, Turner). Construction of a large experiment tank at Haslar (Paper no. 6334, Hunter, Little, Hacon). The design and construction of the Avon Dam (Paper no. 6316, Bogle, Ross, McMillan). Development in overhead electrification of railways as it affects the civil engineer (Paper no. 6320, Sadler). Report of the Council, 1958-1959. Balance Sheet, 31 December, 1958.