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The Development Of Plans For A National Airport For Ankara, Turkey, Mehmet Ragip Samli

Masters Theses

"'The present rapid development of general interest in aviation has brought to the front a new field of engineering. Development of the airplane has already reached a stage where the limit of its usefulness seems fixed only by the places which may be provided for taking off and landing. Due to the newness of the problem, not every one on whom responsibility rests recognizes the fact that the selection of the proper site and location for an airport is just as much an engineering problem as are its design and construction.'

The Turkish government began construction or the Ankara-Esenboga airport …

The Effect Of Pressure Prehydration On The Strength Of Hydraulic Cement Concrete, Thomas Holmes Whitfield Jr.

Masters Theses

"It appears that the rapidity of curing and the degree or ultimate strength of concrete can be influenced by both chemical and physical factors. The main function of the physical factors involved seems to be the creating of a more intimate combination of the cement and water which are the active ingredients. For example, finer grinding of the cement would present more surface area to the water; the application of heat would decrease the amount of surface tension of the water, in addition to speeding the chemical reaction, steam under pressure would force water into the porous particles of cement; …

Effects Of Sand Admixtures On The Physical Properties Of Soils, Necati Kanatsiz

Masters Theses

"The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of sand admixtures on the physical properties of soils. Soil may be defined as a heterogenous [sic] collection of rock and mineral fragments whose decomposition and disintegration have been brought about by the action of physical, chemical, and biological forces, working singly or in combination...In the conviction that the study of soils, with respect to highway engineering, is becoming more and more important this study was undertaken in order to learn whether the addition of sand would lead to desirable results, and if not, at least secure some further addition …

Effect Of Removed Web-Section On Critical Load For I-Beam Columns, Henri Simon Rigo

Masters Theses

"This investigation deals with a series of column tests of aluminum I-sections which have a perforated web. Specifically, the tests show that the weight is decreased without decrease in strength. Several basic assumptions are made in the design of a column. The physical action of a column is idealized in the derivation of formulae which will predict within reasonable limits the load which the member will sustain. In a given installation of non-homogeneity of material, kinks, uneven bearing, lack of symmetry due to riveting or welding, stress concentration and many other disturbing factors not in agreement with these assumptions may …

Flood Control With Retarding Basin Type Reservoirs In Meramec Basin, Missouri, Ilhan Kaya Ozbilen

Masters Theses

"When rainfall occurs that provides more runoff than can be carried within the normal channels of existing streams a flood results. The excess water overflows the valley lands, invades developed areas, and causes destruction of property or, in extreme cases, loss of human life...Many structures are built to control water: Waterways of proper depth and width provide arteries of transportation; water controlled and discharged through water-wheels provides power; water may be caught in storage basins and distributed for irrigation or water supply; and water that is an actual or potential source of damage or danger to property or to human …

The Precipitation-Runoff Relationship On The Grand River Basin Of Missouri And Iowa, J. Kent Roberts

Masters Theses

"In the study of a drainage basin which is to be utilized for water supply or water power, there is frequently a dearth or complete lack of runoff data, though precipitation data are almost always available. The Water Resources Branch of the United States Geological Survey maintains gaging stations on various streams and runoff records from these streams are available from their publications and offices. Many of these runoff records cover a considerable number of years, and are entirely sufficient for use in an analysis of any drainage basin covered by such data. Some of these gaging stations have not …

A Comprehensive Traffic Survey Of Phelps County, Missouri, Clifford D. Muir

Masters Theses

"The purpose of this study is two fold. The first of these purposes is to serve as a pattern or guide for any county or township wishing to conduct a comprehensive traffic survey. The second purpose of this study is to provide traffic classification and other data on a typical county system of rural roads. Today, many counties in the United States are faced with the problem of inadequate roads, due to the modernization of the American farm. While they realize this problem exists, may county governments have developed no organized method of studying and determining their needs...When the author …

Effects Of Wave Action Upon The Design Of The Breakwater For Istanbul Harbor, Melih Suat Durusan

Masters Theses

"The city of Istanbul is situated on the southern entrance of the Bosphorus which separates Asia from Europe; at the same time it is the only strait that leads to the Black Sea. Istanbul is the city that connects Europe-Asia highways and railways. These features show that Istanbul is a very important port. The Golden Horn and the southern end of the Bosphorus constitute a natural harbor which has been in use for many years. Although the natural harbor has served its purpose in the past, the present conditions necessitate the presence of a new harbor...One economical method of improving …

Economical Span Length Ratios For Three-Span Continuous Girder Bridges, Donald Hindrik Timmer

Masters Theses

"The three-span continuous bridge is one of the most popular bridges used by highway departments at the present time. The low first cost and overall economy combined with the pleasing appearance of this type of bridge as compared to simple span structures has led most highway departments to use continuous spans whenever conditions permit. The design of three-span continuous bridges, as well as the design of any of the other bridge types, is usually carried out as an analysis rather than a design. In the case of the three-span continuous girder, with rolled steel beams, an initial assumption as to …

Design Of A Wind Tunnel For The Missouri School Of Mines And Metallurgy, William E. Speece

Masters Theses

"For some time there has been a need for a wind tunnel at the School of Mines for experimental work in the Civil and Mechanical Engineering Departments. With the expanding program and the possibility of establishing an Aeronautical Engineering School here, the need will be even more pronounced. So the problem will be of definite practical value. It was the original idea to design a small tunnel, build the tunnel, and to run a series of smoke tests on various structural models. However, after discussing the possibility of such a problem with school authorities, it was decided that if a …

Efficiency Of Various Types Of Reinforcement In Controlling Opening Of Cracks In Concrete Pavements, Frederick Richard Heartz

Masters Theses

"To date very little work has been done on the subject of the amount of crack opening for different loads on concrete pavement. It is a known fact that these cracks must be held together sufficiently to have aggregate interlocking action if the pavement is to transfer loads from one edge of a crack to the other. The maximum permissable [sic] opening has been set at .027 inches by the Highway Research Board. The author has attempted in this investigations (1) to determine the effect of different spacing and different sizes of longitudinal and transverse wires in controlling crack opening …

The Establishment And Analysis Of A Triangulation System For The Teaching Of Advanced Surveying, Philip Blaine Newlin

Masters Theses

"The first thought of establishing a triangulation system for the University of Arizona student work was conceived early in the fall of 1947, when the author first learned that he would be in charge of the advanced surveying field parties during the spring semester. These men were to be instructed in the accepted manner of conducting surveys of higher order. This would include the measuring of a base line of second or first order accuracy, the turning of horizontal angles with this same degree of accuracy, the determination of the azimuth of the lines by astronomical observations, the running of …

Interrelationship Of Transverse Anchorage And Adhesive Bond In Welded Wire Reinforcement, Alan Arthur Becker

Masters Theses

"...Welded Wire Reinforcement Fabric has been applied only to certain "light types" of reinforced concrete construction. It has not as yet been applied as main tension reinforcement for most concrete structures, mainly due to the fact that a thorough investigation of the potentialities and possibilities of welded wire fabric has not as yet been conducted. It is expected that the data collected in this investigation coupled with data collected in similar investigations performed at the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy will furnish the basis for a structural and economic comparison between welded wire fabric and ordinary reinforcing bars. The …

Aerodynamic Research For An Improved Rotor Control System On Helicopters, Delmar Wallace Breuer

Masters Theses

"Since the author has always been interested in Aeronautical Engineering, and in particular, rotary-winged-aircraft, the problem of research for aerodynamic improvement of rotary-wing control systems was chosen. This problem was suggested by the Army Aircorps Officials of Wright-Patterson Field of Dayton, Ohio as being a valuable and practical problem for the government. It is also valuable and practical for the author since it follows his general course of undergraduate study and since it fits closely into the field for which he is preparing himself...The requirement with which the author is most concerned is the design system for the producing of …

A Correlation Of Formulas For The Flow Of Fluids In Pipes, John Gorman Duba

Masters Theses

"At present there exist two quite distinct fields in fluid flow in pipes, the one in water supply and the other in the petroleum industry. It is the purpose of this paper to discuss the various pipeline flow formulas as used in both fields and to correlate the exponential type formula which is much used in practice with the Nikuradse curves obtained in the laboratory"--A Brief Historical Review, page 5.

The Theory Of Limit Design As Applied To The Design Of A Continuous Beam Over Three Supports, Robert F. Davidson

Masters Theses

"The theory of Limit Design is the application of the theory of Plasticity to the estimation of the actual carrying capacity of a structure. In this theory, as it is applied to statistically indeterminate structures, the areas of most unfavorable stress are allowed to be stressed beyond the yield point and into the plastic range of stress. It was formerly held that, by assuming elastic behavior, all questions of strength of materials that concern the Structural Engineer were capable of solution. However, it is now becoming recognized, from actual measurements of deformations of structures and from tests carried to near …

Analysis Of The Transit Traverse Survey Method Of The United States Department Of Interior, Geological Survey, Edward John Kimmick

Masters Theses

"This thesis was undertaken to ascertain the feasibility of incorporating the United States Geological Survey methods of surveying and computing into a course of study in the Civil Engineering curriculum. It has been the author's opinion that a course of study could be tendered, as a definite project, which incorporates fundamental surveying and advanced surveying. The author's planned course of study was a method of third order transit traverse survey streamlining the method used by the United States Geological Survey. The time element and weather were the essential factors in the planning. In the advanced surveying course there are eighteen …

The Mechanical Anchorage Value Of The Transverse Wires In Welded Wire Reinforcement Fabric, Ernst August Weinel

Masters Theses

"The tests reported in this paper were performed in an effort to secure data concerning characteristic properties of Welded Wire Reinforcement Fabric. This fabric has been used, up to the present time, primarily for temperature reinforcement. Limited attention has been focused on its potentialities for use as main tension reinforcing steel, particularly concrete highway slabs and floor slab reinforcement for buildings. The manufacturers of the Welded Wire Reinforcement Fabric believe their product can be used to better advantage as main tension reinforcement in reinforced concrete structures both from an economic and structural viewpoint, than structural steel reinforcing bars"--Object of Research, …

Improving Railroad "Less-Than-Car-Load" Freight By The Use Of Containers And Container Cars, Kenneth Walter Schoeneberg

Masters Theses

"Less-than-car-load (L.C.L.) freight has been and is becoming more of an acute problem with the railroads of this country. They are rapidly losing this vital and important function of their transportation service. Following, is a brief history of the railroads along with a discussion of their present day problems dealing with less-than-car-load freight service. It is believed, by the author, that a system of developing and using containers and container cars along with a pick up and delivery service will solve these problems the railroads now experience. If this method of freight transport would be adopted by the railroads, not …

A Comprehensive Traffic Survey For The City Of Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri, Leon Hershkowitz

Masters Theses

"The ultimate aim of this comprehensive traffic survey for the city of Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri, is to furnish a guide or pattern together with the necessary forms, maps and charts, that can be followed and reproduced by any city having a population of less than 10,000 in a study to determine its particular traffic problems. This survey should serve as a guide in determining what corrective action can be taken in connection with the following: (1) The improvement of location of state highway trunk [sic] routes, by-pass routes, auxiliary routes, and county roads in the city's immediate area. (2) …

Stresses In A Plate Having A Relatively Small Circular Hole And Loaded Parallel To The Axis Of The Hole Under Various Conditions Of Constraint With An Application To Deep Oil Wells, A. Dale Topping

Masters Theses

"The object of this investigation is to determine the stresses about a hole in a thick plate of large dimensions compared with the radius of the hole when the plate is loaded parallel to the axis of the hole under various conditions of restraint, and to apply the results to the case of a deep well. The case of a plate with an initial stress in its plane is also considered...The problem arose from difficulties encountered in the drilling of deep oil wells. After drilling has proceeded to a certain depth, the sides of the bore hole apparently collapse and …

A Comparison Of The Use Of Polaroid And Colored Filters In The Multiplex Aeroprojector, Robert Greig Livingston

Masters Theses

"The purpose of this thesis is the drawing of a comparison between the use of the colored filters, which are normally employed in the multiplex aeroprojector by various mapping agencies throughout the country, and the use therein of Polaroid filters. The filters in the aeroprojector serve to break the projection of a stereoscopic pair of photographs into two impressions which are viewed separately by each eye of the observer, thus providing the main requirement for the observance of a three-dimensional effect. this stereoscopic effect is utilized in the multiplex plotting machine for the delineation of contours...In order to form a …

Photoelastic Investigation Of Short Beams, Ross R. Carrolla

Masters Theses

"In this investigation the author used beams made of Bakelite. They were of rectangular cross-section and centrally loaded. These beams were viewed in polarized light and the maximum fiber stresses observed in that manner were compared with those computed from the flexure formula. The purpose was to determine the minimum length-depth ratio for which the latter gave fairly accurate results"--Preface, page 6.

Design Study Of A Three Span Continuous Tied-Arch Bridge, George Perry Steen

Masters Theses

"In this study of the continuous tied-arch bridge, having one main span and two equal side-spans, the following items are endeavored: (1) To set up the total internal work equations and to find the values of the unknown forces or redundants. (2) To compute to maximum moments for design and to complete the design of the super-structure for one bridge. Details, such as the gusset plates, rivets, connection angles, etc., are not designed; the effect of such being allowed in the design for dead load as a certain per cent for details. (3) To set up hypothetical conditions for other …

Coordination Of Transportation Systems Of The United States, Herman Blickensderfer

Masters Theses

"To any thinking man it must be apparent that the railroads are of vital necessity to the country at large as they can more cheaply move a host of the heavy commodities than can the trucks, and of course the waterways do not and cannot reach every part of the vast territory that must be served. On the other hand it is equally apparent that many of the other types of traffic can be handled more readily and cheaply by truck than by rail. This would lead one to conclude that some way should be found to give to each …

Investigations Of Diversion On The Lower Mississippi River, Elmer John Sperling

Masters Theses

"The purposes of this investigation were severally as follows: (a) To determine the feasibility of digging pilot channels to scour out channels through the Beouf and Atchafalaya basins of sufficient size to handle the project flows contemplated for these basins in time of superflood. (b) To determine the best forms of the pilot channels and the best approximate dimensions. (c) To determine velocities conducive to erosion, transportation, and deposition; the manner and rate of enlargement under below-bank, bankful, and overbank flows; and the character of trace to be expected after enlargement of the proposed channels. (d) To investigate any suggested …

A Study Of Influence Line Analysis Of Stresses In A Cantilever Steel Highway Bridge, Lawrence King Snyder

Masters Theses

"As its name implies, this thesis introduces to the reader the basic conceptions and principles of the use of influence line analysis of the structural theory relating to calculation of stresses in a steel cantilever bridge truss"--Preface, page i.

Lactose Fermenting Bacteria In The Water Supplies Of The Rolla Quadrangle, Joe Beaty Butler

Masters Theses

"I. Preliminary investigations. This includes the securing of 139 water samples from water sources in the Rolla Quadrangle, and inoculating 1cc samples from these into Dunham's Lactose tubes and thereby getting lactose gas production checks on the field samples. II. Confirmatory tests. This consisted in the isolation of lactose fermenters on Eosin-Methylene Blue Agar and checking of the cultures back through the lactose and then through dulcitel and saccharose so as to complete Jackson's Classification. 106 cultures were classified in this manner. III. Running through a complete set of tests of pure cultures, so as to completely (as possible) identify …