The creation of a 'living laboratory' for structural engineering at the National University of Ireland, Galway

Structural Engineer

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 12-19

  Goggins, J ^a   Byrne, D ^a   Cannon, E ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

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Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES; ENGINEERING SCHOOLS; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; IRELAND; STATE OF THE ART; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; TEACHING TOOLS; UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND;

ENGINEERING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84861090669     PISSN: 14665123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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