Design of Doubly Reinforced Beams and Tests on Construction Joints

THERE is a natural tendency for every designer to believe the method with which he is familiar- to be the best method of dealing with a specific problem, and to be reluctant to weigh carefully the merits of any new method of design put forward. Perhaps this is due to the fact that a busy man is so often unwilling to spare the time necessary to become familar with a new method, which in return for a few hours' study and practice may later return handsome dividends in time and tedium saved.

E.G.S. Powell