Analysis of Cylindrical Tanks with Flat Bases by by Moment Distribution Methods

THIS paper is one of a series of studies on the torsional resistance of non-circular sections and is part of a programme carried out under the direction of Professor W. Fisher Cassie in the Department of Civil Engineering, King’s. College, University of Durham. Previous papers in this series have been published in The Structural Engineer and are listed at the head of the bibliography. A.R. Gent

THE PRESIDENT introduced the Author, who then presented his paper, and showed a film illustrating the actual behaviour of beams under various forms of stress.

IN July 1955 there was ah exhibition of work in progress at the Building Research Station on structural engineering and soil mechanics, a short account of which was published in this Journal. The aim of this exhibition was to give design engineers a general picture of what research was being done at the Station, from the more fundamental long-term work to that which is yielding results for immediate application.