Design of Webplates of Steel Girders with regard to the Postbuckling Behaviour Approximate Solution

Mr. J.N. WEBB (Associate-Member), asked whether the construction of the bridge in steel had been considered.

An acquaintance with the history of structural analysis greatly enhances the value of a knowledge of structural theory. For the engineering student this is particularly so, with perhaps even greater emphasis in the case of the part-time student whose curriculum is often restricted to statements of basic principles and their applications without reference to origins. P. Carlson

In presenting his paper the author said that whilst the paper concerned the structural design and construction of the tower, it would no doubt be appreciated that there were many other aspects of the design, all of which had influenced the structure to a greater or lesser degree. He asked that it be borne in mind that the tower block was only part of the Development, though it did form the greater part-over 50 per cent in terms of floor area and volume. The foundations and superstructure, he said, could be considered quite separately from the adjacent buildings, but architecturally and economically they could not. His introductory remarks were followed by slide illustrations.