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Caption: Booklet - War Program at the UI (1942)
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I niver.uty of Illinois 17 of polarised light. Because of its unique equipment and competent :>. many special testing problems are brought to the College such as the reaction under vibration of certain forms of stiffeners for airplane wings. Other investigations in which the Federal Government is directly interested concern light alloys suitable for airplane propellers, the strength of plastics, welded and riveted joints, and structural problems involving concrete. The work being done on welded and riveted joints is for the United States Navy and bears directly on the design of warships of various classes. T h e data secured in the investigations of reinforced concrete promise to be of great importance in evaluating the strength of existing bridges in carrying military loads. Probably more information is available at the University of Illinois on this subject than anywhere else in the world. H e a t treatments in plants manufacturing munitions is another problem under study, and the Ceramics Department, in cooperation with industry, is vigorously pursuing a search for effective metal substitutes for both civilian and military use. Many staff m e m b e r s in the College of Engineering act in an advisory capacity to industries working on war contracts. F o r instance, one m a n has under scrutiny the designs of a new t a n k being developed for the Ordnance Department by the Caterpillar Tractor Company of Peoria, Illinois; another acts as adviser on the heat treatment of the steel used in projectiles; while a third is Chairman of the W a r P r o d u c t s Advisory Committee for manufacturers having war contracts in Central Illinois. The Engineering Library began early to augment its facilities dealing with wartime needs, particularly in all branches of aeronautics and civilian defense. These resources are much used by the personnel of Chanute Air Field. The College of Fine and Applied A r t s is doing research work to determine the best methods of construction to meet such emergencies as bombing, gas attack, or fire. Several members of this College are working on zoning and site planning for defense housing, and considerable attention is being given to the art of camouflage. T h e Library of the College of Fine and Applied Arts, like the other departmental libraries on the campus, is acquiring much material related to the particular aspects of the war in which it is interested.
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