Design Criteria for Structural Sandwich Panels

Hogging moment reinforcement in T-beams We have had three responses to Mr A. E. Archibald ’s tale of woe (reported in our August issue) from his graduate assistant days about the non-acceptance by his chief of his proposal to spread hogging reinforcement in T-beams out sideways into the slab. Mr E. A. F. Robinson, of Surbiton, expresses his reservations about Mr Archibald’s proposals because of the shear stresses that would be induced in the slab. Verulam

The paper sets out a design method for short and slender masonry walls and columns of geometric cross-section which are subjected to vertical loads. A variety of cross-section shapes is considered, including such standard cases as diaphragm walls and walls with piers. M.E. Phipps

On 28 October 1987, in the elegant surroundings of the Cafe Royal in London, a l-day symposium addressed the problems, both real and perceived, of high-rise housing. Speakers from a wide range of backgrounds considered the past and future for this once popular, but now much deprecated, style of residential development. Cyril Morgan OBE(formerly, Secretary of the Institution), who chaired the morning session, began by flattering the assembled gathering, suggesting that most were too young to remember the Ronan Point collapse with any clarity!