A century of innovation: Structural engineering 1900-2000

Structural Engineer

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 12-23

  Sutherland, R J M ^a  

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Author keywords

20th century materials; Design failures; Innovations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039177913     PISSN: 14665123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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