Continuous Random Wave Loading on Structural Members

The doubts expressed by Mr. Gorzelany about plated timber roof trusses (February 1977) are reflected by Mr. R. A. Gill who writes : The probability of a national outcry against the fear that at some time in the future the combination of all adverse effects from excessive moisture, unprotected teeth etc. may affect the strength of plated timber roof trusses is not as remote as some people may think. Verulam

The term 'stress-ribbon' describes a structure type in which the deck hangs in catenary form. The behaviour and design of an all-steel structure of this type is discussed using a 490m span highway bridge as an example. R.J. Wheen and A.J. Wilson

President's Diary The President and Mrs. Eastwood Will receive some 700 members and their guests at the Institution's Annual Dinner at Grosvenor House, London on Thursday, 5 May, among them Sir Charles Villiers, MC, Chairman, British Steel Corporation and Sir Roy Marshall, CBE, Secretary-General of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals, with their ladies. Sir Charles will be proposing a toast to the Institution, to which the President is to reply; Sir Roy will respond to the toast to 'The Guests' proposed by Mr. Peter Dunican, CBE (President-Elect).