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The Structural Engineer, Volume 43, Issue 1, 1965
A discussion meeting will be held on Thursday 14 January 1965 at the Institution to discuss the structural engineering implications of the London Traffic Survey; open discussion will be guided by a panel comprising:- 0. A. Kerensky (Member of Council), Chairman K. H. Best, BEng, MIStructE, MICE R. L. Cox P. Stott, MA, MICE K. Summerfield, MSc, AMIStructE, AMICE
In the design of open-web trusses the axial stresses are usually calculated on the following assumptions: that: (1) all members are straight and free to rotate at the joints, which are assumed to act as smooth hinges; (2) all joints lie at the intersection of the centroidal axis of the members; and (3) all loads, including the weight of the member, are applied at the joints. H.K. Bandyopadhyay
The skyscraper has been called the uniquely American type of building. This is so probably because of circumstances peculiar to the United States and particularly to two of its major cities. James Ruderman