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Excerpt from Tests of Cast-Iron and Reinforced Concrete Culvert Pipe
Berry, Chief Engineer C., R. I. P. Ry., and R. E. Gaut, Bridge Engineer I. C.. R. R., for the assistance they gave in arranging for furnishing the pipes. The tests were made between November, 1906, and January, 1908. The work was an outgrowth of the thesis investi gation of W. A. Slater municipal and sanitary engineering) upon the strength of concrete rings. Part of the experimental results of Mr. Slater are included, and a reference is made to the thorough analytical treatment made by Mr. Slater along the lines of Bach's method for curved beams. The 1907 tests of concrete and reinforced concrete rings were part of the thesis work of Messrs. H. B. Bushnell, J. Cermak and A. P. Poorman, senior students in civil engineering, Class of '07. The rings used in these tests were made by employees of the Engineer ing Experiment Station. Supervision of the. Tests and assistance were also given. The main tests were made by the Engineering Experi ment Station. Special acknowledgment is made to D. A. Abrams, Associate, and W. R. Robinson First Assistant in the Engineering Ex periment Station for assistance In these tests and in the preparation of this bulletin.
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