Abstract
TN his presidential address to Section G (Engineering), Mr. J. S. Wilson, a practising civil engineer, has chosen to discuss a branch of engineering to which he has devoted much of his time. The word stability as applied to a structure means, in a general sense, strength and endurance to resist the loads and forces to which the structure may be subjected. The loads and thrusts combined with the dead weight of the structure induce stresses and strains in the material of which it is built. The determination of these stresses and strains in the various members is a matter of calculation or applied mechanics. The maximum stresses allowed in the members must be chosen to suit the characteristics of the material used.
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Stability in Engineering. Nature 136, 383–384 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136383b0
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