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(1) “PLAIN and Reinforced Concrete Arches” is an American translation by Dr. Steinman of a German treatise by Prof. J. Melan, who is an authority on structural design, and has invented a well-known system of reinforced arch construction. The treatise is thorough, accurate, and clear. After considering the theory of hinged and hingeless arches, the latter by both analytic and graphic methods, the effects of temperature, displacement of the abutments, and non-vertical loads are examined. Then come arches with elastic abutments, the results being applied to a treatment of arches continuous over several spans, on lofty piers. Reinforced arches are next considered, and there is a valuable chapter on the recalculation of the stresses in an arch ring by a more rigorous method after it has been provisionally designed. The calculations of arches, especially of reinforced arches, are laborious, and fully-worked-out examples of two actual bridges are given, the solutions being in one case by analytic, in the other by graphic, methods. There is a very useful chart for designing concrete sections with double reinforcement.
(1) Plain and Reinforced Concrete Arches.
By Prof. J. Melan. Authorised Translation by Prof. D. B. Steinman. Pp. x + 161. (New York: J. Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1915.) 8s. 6d. net.
(2) Masonry: A Short Text-book on Masonry Construction, including Descriptions of the Materials used, their Preparation and Arrangement in Structures.
By Prof. M. A. Howe. Pp. ix + 160. (New York: J. Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1915.) Price 6s. 6d. net.
(3) Railroad Field Manual for Civil Engineers.
By Prof. W. G. Raymond. Pp. vii + 386. (New York: J. Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd, 1915.) 12s. 6d. net.
(4) Working Data for Irrigation Engineers.
By E. A. Moritz. Pp. xiii + 395. (New York: J. Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1915.) 17s. net.
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G. (1) Plain and Reinforced Concrete Arches (2) Masonry: A Short Text-book on Masonry Construction, including Descriptions of the Materials used, their Preparation and Arrangement in Structures (3) Railroad Field Manual for Civil Engineers (4) Working Data for Irrigation Engineers. Nature 96, 139 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/096139a0
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