Philosophy of structural building codes

Structures Congress 2011 - Proceedings of the 2011 Structures Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1067-1073

  Bulleit, William M ^a   Adams, Dave K ^b  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b Lane Engineers Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN KNOWLEDGE; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; ENCODING AND DECODING; ENCODING/DECODING; HUMAN HEALTH; STRUCTURAL BUILDINGS;

DESIGN; ENCODING (SYMBOLS);

BUILDING CODES;

EID: 79958094391     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41171(401)95     Document Type: Conference Paper

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