Proceedings of The Institution of Civil Engineers. Vol. 16 (1960).

It contains of news, papers of the proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers from May to August 1960 in Vol. 16.

(May,1960) Notes of the month. News : Awards for Papers. Institution Scholarships. Middle East Joint Group. Ghana Joint Group. Trinidad and Tobago Joint Group. Overseas visitors. Subjects for Papers. Closing dates for written discussion on Papers. Binding of the Proceedings. Geotechnique. Candidates for election. Fifty years on the Roll of the Institution. Tranfers, elections and admissions. Whitworth Foundations awards. Changes of address. Library : Recent additions. Recent additions to the Loan Library. Additions to Film Library. One hundred years ago. Forthcoming events : Ordinary meetings. Conference on Civil Engineering Problems Overseas, 1960. Round Table Conference on Overseas Highway Problems, 1960. Conversazione. Competition for Institution Medal and Premium. Visits to works (disclaimer) : Ffestiniog Pumped Storage Scheme. Southampton Docks. British Transport Waterways, South Eastern Division. Doncaster By-pass. Two sites in Victoria Street, Westminster. Hydraulics Research Station, Wallingford. Local Associations : Midlands, North Western. Northern Counties. Northern Ireland. South Wales. South Western. Southern. Yorkshire (including Hull and E. Riding). Correspondence with the Institution. Sales agents for the Proceedings. Fair Copying Declaration. Papers : The analysis of steel decks with special reference to the highway bridges at Amara and Kut in Iraq by B. Farago, W. W. Chan. The new highway bridges across the Tigris at Amara and Kut in Iraq by W. E. Gelson, G. A. Plank. Effect of elevated temperatures on high-tensile-steel wires for prestressed concrete by M. F. Day, E. A. Jenkinson, A. I. Smith. (Jun,1960) Notes of the month. Chartered Civil Engineers' "sign-boards". British Petroleum Angle Bay Project, Milford Haven by Peter Jpry. Siemens and General Electric Railway Signal Co. Ltd. by R. W. Queree. News : The 100th birthday of J. A. Warren. Subjects for Papers. Closing dates for written discussion on Papers. Oversea visitors. Institution publications. Binding of Proceedings. Geotechnique. Candidates for election. Fifty years on the Roll of the Institution. Transfers, elections and admissions. One hundred years ago. Library : Recent additions. Recent additions to the Loan Library. Forthcoming events : Annual General Meeting. Conversazione. Conference on Civil Engineering Problems Overseas, 1960. Round Table Conference on Overseas Highway Problems, 1960. Visits to works (disclaimer) : Doncaster By-pass. Southampton Docks. British Transport Waterways, South Eastern Division. Hydraulics Research Station, Wallingford. Two sites in Victoria Street, Westminster. staines By-pass, Barnet By-pass. Proposed Amalgamation with the Institution of Municipal Engineers. Sales agents for the Proceedings. Fair Copying Declaration. Papers : The effect of a transition curve on the loss of head at a bend in a pipeline by Wilfred Eastwood, E. J. Sarginson. On stability of two-dimensional structural frameworks by Hsuan-Loh Su. Analysis for moments and deflexions in the elastic-plastic range by R. J. P. Garden. Stresses and deformations in elastic frames by A. J. S. Pippard, Letitia Chitty. Rational design of filters by K. J. Ives. (Jul,1960) Notes of the month. Annual Dinner. A Civil Engineering Training Scheme. Tour by Dutch guests. Visit to Kent River Board. Medway Bridge and Maidstone By-pass. Some continental impressions. News : Trinidad and Tobago Joint Group. Subjects for Papers. Christmas cards. Closing dates for written discussion on Papers. The Association of London Graduates and Students. Candidates for election. Fifty years on the Roll of the Institution. Honorary Degrees. Transfers, elections and admissions. Oversea visitors. Geotechnique. Correspondence with the Institution. Changes of address. One hundred years ago. Fair Copying Declaration. Library : Recent additions. Recent additions to the Loan Library. Additions to the Film Library. Correspondence (F. Van Duuren). Forthcoming events : Proposed amalgamation with the Institution of Municipal Engineers. Graduates' and Students' Conversazione. Young Trophy. Visits to works (disclaimer) : Staines By-pass. Barnet By-pass. Shell Building, South Bank. Farnborough Air Display. Kent sea defences. Runcorn-Widnes Bridge. Traffic Engineering Study Group : Mechanical car park. Sales agents for the Proceedings. British Nuclear Energy Conference. Papers : Series solutions of some surge-tank problems by B. A. Sutton. Direct design by limiting deformations by L. K. Stevens. Stresses in reinforced concrete shields for nuclear reactors by William Bonsall. The design of buttress dams of triangular profile and constant web thickness by J. R. Rydzewski. (Aug,1960) Notes of the month. Camnell Laird's Birkenhead Shipyards. The Oxford Southern and Western By-pass. Ffestiniog Pumped Storage Project. News : Birthday Honours. Trinidad and Tobago Joint Group. Programmes for electronic computing machines. October 1960 Examination. Charles Hawksley Prize Competition (value $150) for 1961. Members visiting oversea countries. Christmas cards. Closing dates for written discussion on Papers. Subjects for Papers. Oversea visitors. Geotechnique (contents of June number). Candidates for election. Transfers, elections and admissions. Conversazione, 1960 (photo). Fair Copying Declaration. Library : Recent additions. Recent additions to the Loan Library. One hundred years ago. Forthcoming events : Graduates' and Students' Conversazione. Visits to works : Staines By-pass. Shell Building, South Bank. Farnborough Air Display. Kent sea defences. Runcorn-Widness Bridge. Maritime works in Germany. Traffic Engineering Study Group : Mechanical car park, Bow Bells House, Cheapside. British Nuclear Energy Conference. The Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Papers : The James Forrest Lecture, 1960 : Plastics in engineering by Richard Beeching. The Sixth Graham Clark Lecture, 1960 : Engineering and civilization by Sir Hugh Beaver. Gauging water flow by the salt-dilution method by S. P. Hutton, E. A. Spencer. Pulverized fuel ash as a construction material by P. G. K. Knight. The vortex drop by Peter Ackers, E. S. Crump.