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CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION 1 



Objectives 1 



Purpose 1 



SCOPE OF INVESTIGATION 3 



Experimental Phase 3 



Analytical Phase 5 



General 5 



Concept of Failure 5 



Method of Analysis 6 



RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 8 



Experimental 8 



Post-Test Observations 11 



Displacements 14 



Analytical 14 



Stresses 14 



Displacements 16 



Comparison of Experimental and Analytical Results 16 



Discussion 24 



FINDINGS 25 



DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS 27 



Design Curves 27 



Material 27 



Structure 28 



Example 30 



ACKNOWLEDGMENT 31 



