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Collection: Glover (Robert E.) Papers Author: Glover, Robert E. (Robert Ellsworth) Title: 1950
Date: 1950
File Name: WREG02802.pdf Date Transcribed: January 2021 Editors: T. Barker
Transcription Platform: Microsoft Word BEGIN TRANSCRIPTION Memoranda 1950 Diary 1950 Calendar 1950 1949 Leave Statement Glover, Robert E.
Annual Ceiling: 523 Balance: 523
Sick Ceiling: 720 Balance: 720
Tuesday, January 3, 1950
Due to failure of Rice to act on request for earthquake studies and tunnel stress studies by the Spiral Assignments Section, Blanks says to do work here in Lab. REG 1-4-50
Thursday, January 5, 1950
Martin says Hebert is not willing to release data from the Electronic Analogue tests so report arranged for in May 1949 can be completed. I urged that the report be completed now. Martin is unwilling to insist on Hebert releasing data. REG
Mr Rollins from Ft Collins in today. REG Monday, January 9, 1950
Julian Hinds in today. REG 1/11/50 Tuesday, January 17, 1950
At Boulder, Colorado I described the Bureau Reflex Integraph before the [?] honorary mathematical fraternity President Lloyd O Timblin presided. Attendance probably about 75. REG 1/18/50
Wednesday, January 25, 1950
Returned to work at noon today after returning from Nebraska. REG 1/26/50 Meeting of Panel on dams. Silt pressures discussed.
Thursday, January 26, 1950
Herb Slife and Hamilton in today to talk about possible experiments to solve Grand Coulee power plant bearing troubles. (At least ten of these bearings have been burned out. It costs us $25,000 each time it happens) REG
Monday, January 30, 1950 [diagram]
Wednesday, February 1, 1950
Meeting of Davis panel. Zangars data on failure and [?] factor and Kirns data on earthquake allowances studies. REG 2-3-50
Thursday, February 9, 1950
Conference on irrigation pipe this morning. Oliver says to lay pipe and close to terminal structures immediately to retain all of the longitudinal compression in order to keep tight joints. Bedding methods discussed by Holtz. McHenry described experiments. REG
Tuesday, February 14, 1950
On leave all day (annual) REG 2-15-50 Wednesday, February 15, 1950
Meeting of Panel on dams uplift assumptions discussed. Sheer-friction and failure criterions also discussed. Puls suggests 4 for sheer friction. Zangar says this is a greater safety factor than may be present in concrete. Problem of getting field test data in in time to be of use in design is difficulties funds for preliminary irrigation are to small. Lacking this data the designs must grab something out of thin air (Raphael estimates $700,000 could have been saved on Shasta) REG 2-16-50
Thursday, February 16, 1950
Conner said last night that the delay in approving my draft of a thesis on the Reflex Integraph was due to filing of a patent by Rouse and Taylor. He said they went to Boulder for this purpose last monday. REG Vinsenhaler and Pearson from California asked and Nicholson from Canada over to see the Electronic Analogue. REG
Tuesday, February 21, 1950
Meeting of Panel on dams. Present Hammond, Raphael, Puls, Zangar, Parmakian, Dexter, Rhoades, Glover. Uplift Sector discussed. REG
Thursday, February 23, 1950
Mr Chinmnappa of the DVC of India in today to see Lane. REG Mr Joseph J Hillner started on the Stable channel work today. REG
On leave 1 hr to talk to Hutchinson. They will accept thesis on Reflex Integraph if references to persons are deleted. (This includes a statement by the writer about his own work) His reason for this was that the school does not wish to [?] the controversy. He would not state [?] by Rouse and Taylor. REG Monday, February 27, 1950
Mr Busch of Life magazine in today to talk about Mr Savage. REG (introduced by Poe)
Thursday, March 2, 1950
On leave in pm to go to Boulder to arrange for [?] needed for Master’s degree in Applied Math. Britten says that Rouse and Taylor concede that the basic idea for the Reflex Integraph is mine but claim they designed the integrating and reflexing systems. Their observation is that they are not getting enough credit. REG 3-3-50
Monday, March 6, 1950
Attended the AIEE meeting of MST&T Plant School at 1438 Curtis St. Speaker was WS Bloor Field Engineer Leets and Northrup. Spoke on Load and Frequency Control for Interconnected Power systems. REG 3-7-50
Wednesday, March 8, 1950
For solar energy collection with parabolic mirror there is an advantage in setting the long axis east and west instead of north and south as at Mead. They work at best efficiency at midday at all times of the year and alternate mirrors can be trapped out in waited to make best use of area. Robert E Glover Mar 8 1950
[diagram]
Friday, March 10, 1950
On leave in pm to go to Boulder REG 3-15-50 Wednesday, March 15, 1950
Meeting with Mr Peckworthy of Morrison Concrete Pipe Association on joints for concrete pipe. Old rigid concrete joint grid. Rubber joints probably better. [?] joints poor. Better joints needed. REG
Dominguez and Wren of Chile in today REG 3-16-50 Monday, March 27, 1950
On annual leave 6 hr to go to Boulder to register. REG Conference on slide area measurements in afternoon. REG Tuesday, March 28, 1950
Backed into by car blocking driveway this morning. 1061 10461. REG Wednesday, March 29, 1950
Call from commander Roberts at Washington in regard to the seismograph for use at the slide area. REG Saturday, April 1, 1950
In San Francisco on Advisory Committee work REG 4/3/50 Sunday, April 2, 1950
Returned from San Francisco by United Airlines. REG 4/3/50 Monday, April 3, 1950
Mr Conard started to work on the stable channel problem today. REG Monday, April 17, 1950
Attended meeting of Tech club at Albany Hotel in the evening. REG 4/19/50 Tuesday, April 18, 1950
Attended informal ASCE Group meeting on 1952 Convention in PM Mr Reynolds made comments REG 4/19/50
Wednesday, April 19, 1950
Mr Price agrees to try a different type impeller in the present grout machine to produce better particle breakdown. REG
Monday, April 24, 1950
Dart Wantland in today with seismograph and other records from the slide are near Palisade. He says the seismograph was set up on the 20th and first days record was the 21st. REG
Friday, April 28, 1950
Mr Whipple of ACT here today. REG 5/1/50 Friday, May 12, 1950
Mr Aylers in today. Richardson says they have three men for the Dredge board so I will not be required to go needles. REG
Monday, May 15, 1950
Roy Carlson in today to talk about uplift. REG Tuesday, May 16, 1950
Mr Andre Nizery Chief Engineer Points e Chausees of France in today. REG
Mr MP O’Brien Head Dept of Engr Univ of California at Berkeley in today. REG 5/18/50 Monday, May 29, 1950
Returned to work today after being on leave last week. REG
Adrian Paan in today. Now at Rice Institute at Huston. Jarvis also here. REG Tuesday, May 30, 1950
Mr Smith of the Soil Conservation Service (office at Grand Junction) in today. Mr ARtee of Mexico in today. REG
Friday, June 2, 1950
Mr Swain in today to inquire about the stable channel problem. REG Monday, June 5, 1950
Talked with Curtis, Terrell, Fineup and Rockwell about the Coachella oscillation problem. REG Sunday, June 11, 1950
Newsom says use 0-3200-0-0-16 for preparation of charts for winter concreting data. REG Blanks is agreeable to preparation of the charts for winter concreting. REG
Thursday, June 15, 1950
Mr Agnew in this morning to discuss sea-water evaporation. He talked to Gilliland and Glover. We made no promises to back the scheme. Certain technical difficulties were discussed. REG
Tuesday, June 27, 1950
Mr Arthur Leyden in today. REG 6/29/50 Thursday, June 29, 1950
McNoun called from Iowa City about references to Univ of Oregon publications on Camper Vibrations. REG
Friday, June 30, 1950
Coachella model operated today. Oscillation were observed. Natural period about 21. See 30 to 40 sec forcing period producer [?] surges. Imposed period is propagated through. REG
Note: Water was first our in the model in the afternoon of June 29 1950 according to Wm Simmons notes. REG Oct 22 1953
Thursday, July 13, 1950
Messrs Sweet and Larson in today to see Coachella model. Monday, July 17, 1950
Mr Pickett in today. REG Tuesday, July 18, 1950
John Maletic and Mr Beecher in today. REG Thursday, July 20, 1950
Mr Rohrer and John Maletic in today. Open house. Friday, July 21, 1950
Open house. Prof Gross from Illinois Institute of Technology in today. REG Sid Larson in today. REG Monday, July 31, 1950
Kieth Anderson of Region 1 in today with Tom Ahrens. REG Thursday, August 3, 1950
On leave to go to Boulder to turn in Thesis. REG Monday, August 7, 1950
Attended the Chief Engineer meeting to discuss the Coachella surging problem. Pete Terrell led the discussion. REG
Mr Sharp of Army Engineers in today. REG
Kruger suggests check valve at downstream box stand to stop reverse flow. Also an additional box stand in the line somewhere to change frequency. Also a directional [?] REG
Tuesday, August 8, 1950
On leave in PM to go to Boulder Thursday, August 10, 1950
Friday, August 11, 1950
Mr McClellan says go ahead with the three papers on farm pond dam construction. REG Saturday, August 12, 1950
Left for San Bernardino California to study the problem of surging in the Coachella pipe lines today. REG Aug 21, 1950
Monday, August 21, 1950
Returned to Denver from Coachella Saturday night. First day on office after return. REG
Mr Hebert suggests a float controlled radial gate to replace the manually controlled gates through the baffle wall or entrance to the outlet pipe. REG
Monday, August 28, 1950
McHenry in to talk about Florey’s case. I called Holtz’s office to see if there was any change in conditions with respect to Conard. Messner says they are getting some rotations men back now. I said that the last time I had talked to Holtz he indicated hopes were dim that he would be able to let Conard transfer. He (Messner) suggested we go ahead with Florey’s case. McHenry will talk to Price. REG
Wednesday, August 30, 1950
Mr Poe approved the gift of a copy Frank Allen’s informal memo on floor losses to Dr Löf. REG Meeting of the Panel on Dams. REG 8/31/50
Tuesday, September 5, 1950
Mr Massenet of Liege, Belgium in today to talk about stresses in concrete dams and the laws of failure of concrete under tri-axial stress conductions. REG
Monday, September 11, 1950
Messrs Pretsch of Germany and Bowman of the office of scientific services in today. REG Wednesday, September 20, 1950
Suggested introduction of maternal into a stream at constant rate and analysis by spectrograph to Gilliland as a method of flaw determination in streams of penstocks. Gilliland suggested the flame photometer as a better service. Walt Thomas says the method has been used with chemical titration for determination but is limited to about 5% accuracy. He thinks there might be better possibilities using the flame photometer. Gilliland suggests Lithium on the material to use. REG
Monday, October 23, 1950
Conference with Terrell, Blongren, and McClelland on control of surges in the Coachella and other pipe lines. Terrell and Glover explained developments to Mr McClellan and he agreed to change his
recommendation on the Glover and Terrell trip report. (Note: His original action was to note the report and state that the lids should not be installed) REG
Tuesday, October 24, 1950
Mr Young called to request someone to give a talk on Surges in Pipe Lines to the local ASCE Hydraulics group on Sept 27 1950. Talked to Pete Terrell about giving it and it was agreed that one or the other of us would make the talk. Mr Poe, Mr Wood and Mr Young advised. (In Mr Young’s absence call Streeter Reg 7). 409CH. Slides and 16mm monies to be used. REG
Mr Young’s telephone Ke8196
Mr Florey’s Efficiency Rating signed today (E) REG Monday, November 6, 1950
Returned Sunday from trip to Jackson Miss. to attend a meeting of the ASCE Hydraulics Division. Paper on Application of an Analog Computer to problems of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in California presented. REG 11/8/50
Wednesday, November 8, 1950
Eleven slides including the eight slides used at Jackson returned to Drawing and Data files by Baits today. REG
Monday, November 13, 1950
One of the ½” thick glass plates in the steel and glass flume burst during a demonstration of the Coachella Box stand model. Mr Nalder was present as well as several men from the Canals Division. All data required had been taken previously. REG 11/4/50
Wednesday, November 22, 1950 Mr F Langbein MICE Engr in Chief. Ministry of Works
Wellington, New Zealand In today REG
Monday, November 27, 1950 On leave 6W
Gave discussion of Pete Terrell’s talk on the Coachella surging before the ASCE Irrigation Section Monday night. REG 11/30/50
Tuesday, November 28, 1950 On leave 8 hr REG
11/29/50
Conference with Terrell and Rice to determine what should be done about further tests on our entrainment. Decision was to continue tests after repair of glass plate which burst. Charges should probably be made to Central valley system rather than Coachella. REG
Messrs Nalder and Keener present at the Dams Panel meeting. Neither expressed any disagreement with the criteria outlined in the Panel report. (Report in draft form. REG not signed) 11/29/50 Thursday, November 30, 1950
Mr Sherard in today with Wes Holtz. REG Monday, December 11, 1950
On leave in afternoon. REG 12/12/50 Thursday, December 28, 1950
Mr Poul Nerenst of Denmark in today. REG August 12 1950
Left Denver for San Bernardino, California at 11:40 PM via Santa Fe RR (section 7 [?] 1237) (Blue Mound) August 13, 1950
Sunday En Route
August 14 1950 (Monday)
Arrived in San Bernardino at 9:00 AM Standard time (10:00 local time). Were met by Cooper and taken to office at India. Took room at Buena Vista Court. Met Hales. Jones (Boulder City) stack De Alesandro Van Loo. Pete Terrell stayed in Office to compute resonance factors. Glover went to lateral 119.6 with Hale and Jones to observe action and collect data.
August 15 Tuesday
Hales, Jones, Terrell and Glover go out to lateral 119.64 to observe action of pipe with lids. Not so much accomplished because of difficulties due to flow changes to supply irrigators needs.
August 16, Wednesday
Hales, Jones, Terrell and Glover to go to field to collect data. Excellent cooperation of field crew. Kept flow conditions constant to provide as good opportunity for observations as possible under field conditions. Vacuum under lids measured. Test made with alternate stands copped. Air drive in field structures is relatively more important than the model.
Aug 15, 1950
Glover and Terrell made computations in the morning. In afternoon Hales, Jones, Glover, Terrell went to lateral 119.46 to try effect of lids and air vents. Air vents originally placed too high. Water supply cut off upstream. Trials not effective Herman and Johnson of Concrete Conduct Co showed up in field in the afternoon.
August 17, 1950 Thursday
Modifications of structures to suppress flow discussed among Hales, Jones, Terrell, Glover, D Allesandro and Van Loo. Train reservations for tomorrow (Friday) checked. Terrell will write letter. Field trip report will be written this evening. Hales, Jones, Terrell, and Glover went again to lateral 119.64. This was delivering 6.0 ft3/sec at sta 385+74. Flap on this stand was open at the box stand at sta 372 + 41, which was bumped of yesterday, this lid is holding vacuum. The vacuum gage
showed readings less than 1.0 but vacuum exists as shown by suction on the bubbler pipe. The turnout was opened slightly to see whether deliver could be made. It ran intermittently indirecting vacuums [?] than about 1.3 ft (Terrell). Saw stands with gates in the afternoon.
Temperature 115 degrees Fahrenheit today. No frostbite
Aug 18, 1950, Friday
Lid Construction discussed with hole in the morning (Jones, Terrell, Glover, D’Allesandro, Van Loo). Hale signed letter. Went to Colton with Jones. Vice President Herman showed Terrell and Glover the spinning and packerhead pipe construction methods and then took them to the Santa Fe Depot at San
Bernardino to catch the train. Terrell and Glover boarded the train at about 3:35 PM sta time for return trip to Denver.
Aug 19 1950
En route from San Bernardino to Denver. Arrived in Denver shortly after 10:40 PM Aug 18 1950
Boarded Santa Fe RR at San Bernardino Cal. Train 124 to La Junta 130 La Junta to Denver. Roomette 6 car 1247 (“Blue Jem”).
TR IN24, 159 for $18.75 for roomette. John P Jones
Assistant Regional Engineer 122-7 46+69
Dist
Aug 17 1950
Hales, Jones, Terrell, Glover.
Lateral 119.64 delivering 6.0 ft3/sec steadily at sta 385+74 (D’Allesandro) Flap on this stand open. Bubbler pipe closed. Lid bumped off yesterday holds vacuum today.
Sta 372 +41
(This is the box stand where the lid lifted off yesterday. Vacuum gage shows less than 1.0 most of the time)
Although the turnout shuts off about half the time indicating and negative pressure of 1.3 feet. The ¾” vent pipe feeds air but not enough to permit continuous delivery.
Jones notes for Aug 16 1950. Station 385+74
Start at 9:10 Delivered for 3 min Off 3’20”
Del 4’30” Off 10” Del 35’
Delivered most when blowing air less when sucking air and least when no air movement. Off At 9:45 for 6 min air rock back and forth. 11.15 No delivery. Some little disturbance in stand. 11:21 discharge through valve and air blow for 1 min off at 11.22.
11.24 on for 1 min. Off at 11:25 11.28 on for ¾ min 11.30 on for 40”
11.32 on for 1”15” blew air through flap. Upstream stand pipe overflowed. 11.43 on for 1’ no air blow no overflow upst stand.
11:475 on for 1’23” no air blow no overtoping upst stand. (Note: This was at a stand with a lid. Water in stand not visible. Flow is from turnout adjacent to stand. Upstream stand is at sta. 372+41. Test started at 11:!5 REG)
Hales, Jones, Terrell, Glover Aug 16 1950 212+97
Very little vacuum. Not enough to register on gage. Capped stand rectangular. Back at 240+80
4:40 PM
Period 1’40” 1’46”
Note (Leaks plugged in stand at 212 + 97 before returning to this stand)
Angle stand at 267+34 Surge period. 1 min 45 sec 1 min 35 sec. About 10 feet [?] amplitude. 4.35 PM End of day
(113 degrees Fahrenheit) Aug 16 1950 280+17
Vacuum gage reads 6.0 with vent either open or closed. (This is the lid with the evidence of flexure) 320+07
Vacuum gage reads 5.0 (this lid has the window) Vacuum gage 253+75 3.0
Upstream surge 3m 15sec 2m40” 2’20”
Surge about 1” amplitude (2” canal amplitude) No cap Aug 16 1950
Hales, Terrell, Jones, Glover. 119.64 Lateral 385+74
Vacuum gage to 6.2, 6.4 - 6.7, 5.6, 6.5, 5.3, 5.9, 5.6, 5.7, 5.2 variable 372+41
Vacuum gage 3.4 steady 3.2, 3.5, 3.1, 3.2 steady 346+79
Open stand surging and overflowing top intermittently. Clyde from low to low 5’37”. Flow over baffle cuts off. Lids upstream closed (4 lids to corner - 2 beyond corner)
Aug 16 1950
Back down to 358-41 (Lid wet on top). Vacuum gage 5.0, 4.3, 4.8, 4.5, 5.0, 4.8, 5.0, 1.9 (flow cut off) 1.8 (flow stated) 1.5, 5.3, 4.6, 5.0
Test with 358+41 closed vent at 372+41 opened at 11.15. Observation at 346+79
Water running at 11:19. Low at 11:20 (1” app on wen) Weir submerged 11:21. Flow overview 11:22. Low 11.22.50
High 11.25.15 weir not submerged Cutoff 11.27.10 Bottom 11.27.20 Flow 11.27.35 11.29 steady 11.31 “ 11.31 going down 11.31.20 cutoff 11.31.30 Bottom 11.31.40 flow restored 11.32.40 baffle submerged 11.33.00 overflow top
11.33.25 flowover baffle restored. 11.35.25 cutoff flow
11.37.20 flow restored 11.38.30 weir subm 11.38.47 over flow top 11.39.10 weir flow res 11.40 steady flow 11.41.05 flow cutoff
11.41.25 low
11.42.10 flow restored 11.43.00 steady 11.44.00 heavy flow
11.45.00 steady flow with about 5” (est) over baffle 11.46.10 flow cutoff
11.46.40 flow restored Notes 372+41
Overtopped twice
Water came out all around Aug 16 1950
Aug 15 1950
Hales, Jones, Terrell, Glover, Lateral 119.64
Sta. 385+74 Box stand with cap - flap valve closed - with breather pipe. Intermittent flow. Sta 372+41 box stand with flap valve closed with breather pipe. Intermittent flow. (Mr Metz) Metz goes down to open flap at 385=74 so farmer can get water.
Lateral 119.64 Lids at 280+17.2 306+53 320+07 334+09 358+41 372+41 385+74 412+77 Lateral 119.64 Station 212+97 Lid 240+80 Open (Hotel) 253+75 Lid 267+34 ¼ Bend Stand 280+17 Lid (overstressed) 306+53 Lid 320+07 Lid 334+10 Lid 346+79 Open 358+41 Lid
372+41 Lid 385+74 Lid 399+94 Open
Aug 14 1950 Hales, Jones, Glover 119.64-26 sta 158+97
Periods 56.5, 64, 79.5 sec 3 ft3/sec
119.64, 2.6, 145+47, 52, 62, 68 sec 135+53
75.0, 63.5, 87.5 flow at times is not cut off. Flow is 4 to 5 ft3/sec 119 to 3
No cutoff at this stand. 105+78
Not cutoff at this stand 92+28
Surge but no cutoff 79+62
Surge but no cutoff Elev -49.6 65+75 Low 7.05 High 6.80 Low 7.05 High 6.5 Low 7.05 High 6.90 52+92
Stand with lid. Period in meter stand 62 seconds. 39+90 6.9 to 7.3 W.W. Av. 7.1
12.0 - 3.0 = 9.0 ft3/sec 33” dia. Pipe for ½ mile [diagram]
26.65
575 ft on baffle. No surge on US side [diagram]
James W Ball 1B
Lakewood 1147 J Mr Paul DeBach Assistant Entomologist University of California Experiment Station Riverside California Mr Harry S Smith Professor of Entomology University of California Citrus Experiment Station Riverside California END TRANSCRIPTION
