The Behaviour and Strength of Prestressed Concrete and Rectangular Beams Subjected to Combined Bendi

The Ordinary Meeting of the Institution at 6 pm on Thursday 12 February 1970 is to be a Joint Meeting with the British Section of the Societe des lngenieurs Civils de France. A number of French guest speakers have been invited, including M. Yves Saillard, the Technical Director of the Syndicat National du Beton Arme et des Techniques Industrialisees.

The paper describes different types of tension roofs and methods by which they can be analysed. The theories consider prestressed cable roofs as discrete systems having significant geometrical displacements. H.A. Buchholdt

The Metric Panel, B/-/9, is keeping a general watching brief on progress in the construction industry as a whole, so as to act as BSI agent for monitoring and regulating the programme for the metrication of standards and Codes of Practice to ensure that the requirements of PD 6030 are met.