This special issue of The Arup Journal is dedicated to the memory of Ronald Jenkins.
A selection of papers written by Ronald Jenkins, who died on 27 December 1975, are featured in this special memorial issue of The Arup Journal. Introduction to a collection of papers by Ove Arup & Partners’ Senior Partner who died on 27 December 1975; Tributes from external colleagues; Thin section edge beams, c1947 paper, with explanatory foreword by John Blanchard; Prestressed thin section edge beams to be read in conjunction with the previous paper; Matrix analysis applied to statically indeterminate structures, the1953 paper, with explanatory foreword by John Blanchard; Towards a variational method for the static equilibrium of curved shella and bodies, a 1958 paper, with explanatory foreword by John Blanchard; Membrane theory in general coordinates by matrix-tensor methods, a post-1964 paper, with explanatory notes on page 30 by John Blanchard.
