Retractable roof structures

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Structures and Buildings

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-56

  Kassabian, P E ^a   You, Z ^b   Pellegrino, S ^b  

^a Flint and Neill Partnership   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buildings; Structural frameworks; Structure and design

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

RETRACTABLE ROOFS;

ROOFS;

ROOF;

EID: 0032985658     PISSN: 09650911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/istbu.1999.31252     Document Type: Article

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