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Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 113Issue 1January 1948
Pages: 931 - 986

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Ralph E. Fadum, AM.ASCE
Prof. of Soil Mechanics, School of Civ. Eng. and Eng. Mechanics, Purdue Univ., Lafayette, Ind.
James H. Stratton, M.ASCE
Col., U. S. Army, Superv. Engr., The Panama Canal, Diablo Heights, Canal Zone.
Donald J. Belcher, AM.ASCE
Associate Prof., Civ. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.
J. A. Haine
Civ. Engr., Bureau of Reclamation, U. S. Dept. of the Interior, Denver, Colo.
J. W. Hilf
Civ. Engr., Bureau of Reclamation, U. S. Dept. of the Interior, Denver, Colo.
Jacob Feld, M.ASCE
Cons. Engr., New York, N. Y.
Kenneth S. Lane, AM.ASCE
Chf., Soils and Geology Branch, Garrison Dist., Corps of Engrs., Dept of the Army, Fort Lincoln, Bismarck, N. Dak.
George F. Sowers, J.ASCE
Asst. Prof., Civ. Eng., Georgia School of Technology, Atlanta, Ga.
René S. Pulido y Morales, M.ASCE
Chf. Engr., Soil Laboratory, Public Works Ministry, Havana., Cuba.
Raymond F. Dawson, J.ASCE
Associate Prof., Civ. Eng.; Associate Director, Bureau of Eng. Research, The Univ. of Texas, Austin, Tex.
D. F. Glynn
Superv. Engr., Soils and Hydr. Testing, Melbourne and Met. Board of Works, Melbourne, Australia.
L. F. Cooling
In Chg. of Soil Mechanics Div., Bldg. Research Station, Watford, England.
A. W. Skempton
Reader in Soil Mechanics, Univ. of London, London, England.
R. Glossop, J.ASCE
Engr., Messrs. John Mowlem and Co., London, England.
Milton Vargas, AM.ASCE
Chf., Soils and Foundations Div., Inst. for Technological Research, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Donald M. Burmister, M.ASCE
Associate Prof. of Civ. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, N. Y.
M. G. Spangler, M.ASCE
Research Prof., Civ. Eng. Dept., Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa.
E. W. Lane, AM.ASCE
Hydr. Consultant on Chi. Engr.’s Staff, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colo.
B. K. Hough Jr.
Associate Prof. of Soil Mechanics, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.

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