TESTS OF PLAIN CONCRETE COLUMNS

Thesis for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Illinois, Presented June 1908Concrete construction has had a remarkable development in the last decade and is now regarded by engineers and architects generally as a safe form of construction with a wide field of economic application. Common practice established itself at first and all concrete work was given an extravagant factor of safety,but in the last few years since reinforced concrete has attained popularity,the outstanding uncertainties have been un der investigation and rapid strides have been made toward es tablishing good practice in concrete construction.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.