Repository: UIHistories Project: Booklet - One Hundred Million (Impact of UI) (1931) [PAGE 25]

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number ol mtributions have been made by the University Id, such as: The effect of leeways on the strength of shaft the sti ngth of i inc, strength of [-beams in flexure, th strength and ss of steel under bi axial loading, the strength of joints, r idity I rivet intS of steel structures, and many others. Engi neering Bulletin No, 22, Test of Cast-iron and Reinforced Concrete Culvert Pipe.'' first published in 1908, was in such demand that it was reprinted in 1926. An investigation to determine the strength of cast-iron pipe and fittings is now under way and a very large number of tests have been made on sizes from 6-inch to 36-inch pipe. The tests on fittings point he way to considerable savings to the cities of the State. The work of one of the staff members with the Bureau of Relamation, while on leave of absence last year, was used as one of the bases for the selection of the type of dam to be built in Boulder Canyon. Hydraulics As long ago as 1910 tests were made by staff members on every type of locomotive water column used on American railways. Because of the tests, the water columns were redesigned and made more efficient, due to less delay in filling locomotive tenders, and because heights of railway tanks could be made less. It is impossible to estimate the savings to railroads in time and in reduced pumping costs but it is probably considerable. Many other contributions in hydraulic investigations have been made. Contributions in Ceramic Engineering Investigations of raw materials of the State by the Department of ( ramie Engineering, in cooperation with the State Geological Surhave resulted in the establishment of manufacturing plants utilizing these materials. Not less than three plants have been established

3 n .ult of p r e l i m i n a r y s t u d i e s of t h e p r o p e r t i e s oi t h e e l a \ s w h i c h n o w u s e . T h e a n i m a l p r o d u c t i o n of these t h r e e p l a n t s is c o n s e r \ a tiv( ly v a h i ' d at $600,000.

I'e ibly a much grcatei amount of money has been saved 1>\ discouraging the development of unsatisfactory clay deposits about which

Owners have b n enthusiastic S o m e c o n t r i b u t i o n h a s been m a d e in