An approach to preliminary design of precast pretensioned concrete bridge girders

Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 381-393

  Lounis, Z ^a   Cohn, M Z ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 18244366617     PISSN: 10939687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8667.1996.tb00351.x     Document Type: Article

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