Tacoma narrows bridges

American Scientist

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-107

  Petroski, Henry ^a,b  

^a Department of Civil Engineering ^*  (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; OLYMPIC PENINSULA; TACOMA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 62449295251     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1511/2009.77.103     Document Type: Article

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