A heavy lift planning system for crane lifts

Microcomputers in Civil Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-42

  Varghese, Koshy ^a   Dharwadkar, Parmanand ^b   Wolfhope, John ^c   O'Connor, James T ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b Jacobus Technology   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

HEAVY LIFT PLANNING SYSTEM;

CRANES;

EID: 0030846957     PISSN: 08859507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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