Yield Line Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Skew Slabs under Highway Bridge Loadings

The paper is concerned with arbitrations and litigation in the construction industry. It outlines the problems of appearing as an expert witness and the difficulties which may occur in the presenting of technical evidence for the consideration and judgement of lay persons. Thomas Akroyd

It seems to me that my professional career has spanned a period of progressive and rapid changes, including as it does the start of the nuclear age, space travel and the second World War and a period, since that war, of development in technologies that has stemmed in large part from the need to defend ourselves. Underlying this need, it appears to me, has been a major increase in speed whether in communications or in weapons which, in turn, has made the reaction time to events as they occur even shorter. Derek R.R. Dick