Cost and schedule reduction of nuclear power plant construction using 4D CAD and immersive display technologies

Congress on Computing in Civil Engineering, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 136-144

  Messner, John I ^a   Yerrapathruni, Sai C ^b   Baratta, Anthony J ^a   Riley, David R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COSTS; INSTALLATION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

IMMERSIVE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 0036457310     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40652(2003)12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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