ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico: The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911.Conway, G. R. G. (George Robert Graham)
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ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico: The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911.
The T-beam section was secured by notching the tops of the moulded
members, with notches 10 cm. deep, throughout the lengths of the beams,
as shown on Plate VI. A computation of the maximum flange increment
shows that these notches are sufficient to transfer the flange stresses
to the stem, but, for additional security, flat steel bars were bent to
a Z-shape and embedded in the top of the beam, about 60 cm. apart.
Continuity in the beams was secured by carrying the steel to the tops of
the beams over all supports, and, after erection, concreting them into
the roof slab. The secondary beams, after casting, were dropped into
recesses left in the radial beams for the purpose.
_Concreting, Mixing, etc._--The radial beams and column sections were
cast as nearly as possible under their ultimate positions; the secondary
beams were cast outside and immediately adjoining the reservoir.
The rock and sand was brought from the Company's crushing plant, in
3-cu. yd., side-dump cars, running on a 30-in. track by gravity a
distance of 1 km., the last 150 m. requiring hauling with 6 mules. The
cars returned all the way to the crusher by gravity. These cars dumped
the material into bins on the high ground above the reservoir; from
there it was hoppered into cars which carried to the mixer all the
material for one batch of concrete. Two No. 1 Smith mixers were used,
and from 25 to 30 batches per hour could be handled in each machine.
The concrete was transported from the mixers to place in 1/2-cu. yd.,
18-in. gauge, swivel, steel dump-cars pushed by two men. All the
concrete used in the bottom of the reservoir, for the main beams,
columns, and floor, amounting to about 2,460 cu. m., was dumped through
a chute into smaller cars. The chute had so many baffle-plates and bolts
that it resembled a gravity mixer, but, although it was 12 m. long, it
effectively prevented the separation of the materials.
_Concrete Placing and Moulding._--The square foundations for the columns
were deposited _in situ_, a recess being left for the reception of the
pedestals, which were moulded in place afterward. The capitals and
pedestals were cast in one piece, and the columns in 1.21-m. (48-in.)
sections, eight 5-cm. holes being left in them by using wrought-iron
pipes, held in place by templates and removed when the castings were
about 3 hours old. The columns were erected by threading them on the
15.8-mm. (5/8-in.) reinforcing rods, which extended from the pedestals
up through the capitals. The rods were in two lengths, arranged to lap
alternately at one-fourth, the center, and three-fourths of the height
of the columns. In erection, a light timber frame was used in
conjunction with the derrick, and, as the columns were placed, the
reinforcing steel was grouted solid with 1:2 cement mortar.
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