Implementing a B2B e-work system to the approval process of rebar design and estimation

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-37

  Castro Lacouture, Daniel ^a   Skibniewski, Mirosław J ^b,c  

^a Ohio University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided simulation; Integrated systems; Internet; Reinforcing steels; Structure reinforcement

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SIMULATION; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; REINFORCING STEELS; STRUCTURE REINFORCEMENT;

BLUEPRINTS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; DRAWING (GRAPHICS); INTERNET; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; XML;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 33645512097     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3801(2006)20:1(28)     Document Type: Article

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