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The Structural Engineer, Volume 66, Issue 10, 1988
Design of flat slabs to BS 8110 Mr A . C . Shapcott of Horsham asks for enlightenment over the reasoning behind the factors given in Table 3.19 of the Code for the empirical design of flat slabs. He refers in particular to the moment values achieved at the first interior support: It appears that, historically, the slab moment values have been higher (CP114 and CPllO), but now equate to WL/16, the ‘L’ being modified in all cases. I note that the total moment at the joint equates to the old values, but at worst any stiffness analysis of slab alone should approach Table 3.13 values. Verulam
Dr. E. J. O’Brien (Roughan & O’Donovan (formerly, de Leuw, Chadwick & OhEocha)): I read this paper with great interest, as I am currently designing a grain germination vessel that is, in many respects, similar to the domed structures described.
The text of the address given by the President, Keith White, at the Institution’s annual dinner at Guildhall, City of London, on 6 May 1988, in response to the toast to the Institution proposed by the Rt. Hon. The Baroness Elles. May I first, on behalf of the members of my Institution and, I am sure, on the part of our guests too, express our sincere appreciation to you, Baroness, for speaking to us this evening and in proposing the toast to the Institution of Structural Engineers, so ably and so eloquently.