Significance of cracks in low-rise buildings - What you need to know

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-35

  Johnson, Roger ^a  

^a Mouchel Parkman   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Field testing monitoring; Maintenance inspection; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CRACKS; ENGINEERS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CIVIL ENGINEERS; LOW-RISE-BUILDINGS; STRUCTURAL SURVEYS;

BUILDINGS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

EID: 13344280325     PISSN: 0965089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/cien.2005.158.1.30     Document Type: Article

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