Practical reliability approach using spreadsheet

Reliability-Based Design in Geotechnical Engineering: Computations and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 134-168

  Low, Bak Kong ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 70649099580     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781482265811-8     Document Type: Chapter

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