Considerations on recent trends in, and future prospects of, steel bridge construction in Japan

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1192-1198

  Kitada, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bridge environment; Civil engineering ethics; Maintenance; State of the art; Steel bridge construction

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; ENGINEERS; MAINTENANCE; RETROFITTING; SEISMOLOGY; STEEL BRIDGES; STUDENTS;

BRIDGE ENVIRONMENT; CIVIL ENGINEERING ETHICS; STATE OF THE ART; STEEL BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION;

STEEL CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 33748968652     PISSN: 0143974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcsr.2006.06.016     Document Type: Article

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