An Introduction to Welded Structures

MEMBERS we feel sure will be delighted to hear that as a result of the ballot, which is reported fully on another page, Major A. H. S.Waters,V.C., D.S.O. , M.C., M.Inst.C.E., M.I.Mech.E., etc., has been elected President of the Institution for the session 1933-34.

These notes, collected over a period of some twenty-five years in Great Britain, Europe, and the United States, are the more interesting items in connection with structures of reinforced concrete and steel and their equipment. H.C. Johnson

Suspension Bridge with a hinged stiffening truss. The main suspension cable consists of links a, b, c, d, e, f, h, j and k and is assumed to be connected to rigid supports at (a) and (k). Vertical suspenders connect the cable to the stiffening girder which is hinged at the mid point of the bottom chord. No suspender is assumed to act at this hinge. The left hand end of the stiffening girder is hinged to supports while the right-hand end is allowed to move horizontally. H.A. Whitaker