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When today's leading architects - such as Frank O. Gehry, Helmut Jahn, and the THINK team - are looking for engineers to provide structural viability for their aesthetic visions, they often turn to Jörg Schlaich and his partner Rudolf Bergermann. Their work is distinguished by a holistic approach combining science, practicality, and meticulous attention to detail with(...)
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When today's leading architects - such as Frank O. Gehry, Helmut Jahn, and the THINK team - are looking for engineers to provide structural viability for their aesthetic visions, they often turn to Jörg Schlaich and his partner Rudolf Bergermann. Their work is distinguished by a holistic approach combining science, practicality, and meticulous attention to detail with(...)
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Engineering Structures
Engineering Structures
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November 2003, Munich
November 2003, Munich
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Light structures
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When today's leading architects - such as Frank O. Gehry, Helmut Jahn, and the THINK team - are looking for engineers to provide structural viability for their aesthetic visions, they often turn to Jörg Schlaich and his partner Rudolf Bergermann. Their work is distinguished by a holistic approach combining science, practicality, and meticulous attention to detail with environmental and situational concerns. This retrospective of their work highlights Schlaich and Bergermann's independent projects, including towers, bridges, wind farms, and swimming pools. It features nine critical and biographical essays as well as detailed examinations of their most impressive work, illustrating a triumphant alliance of technical and architectural goals.
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When today's leading architects - such as Frank O. Gehry, Helmut Jahn, and the THINK team - are looking for engineers to provide structural viability for their aesthetic visions, they often turn to Jörg Schlaich and his partner Rudolf Bergermann. Their work is distinguished by a holistic approach combining science, practicality, and meticulous attention to detail with environmental and situational concerns. This retrospective of their work highlights Schlaich and Bergermann's independent projects, including towers, bridges, wind farms, and swimming pools. It features nine critical and biographical essays as well as detailed examinations of their most impressive work, illustrating a triumphant alliance of technical and architectural goals.
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November 2003, Munich
November 2003, Munich
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Engineering Structures
Engineering Structures
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This publication documents the impact that elevators, escalators and moving walkways have had on the urban landscape, building types and culture worldwide. The mid-nineteenth-century invention of the elevator safety break, in conjunction with other developments such as the steel frame, facilitated the construction of the skyscraper and so helped to transform the(...)
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This publication documents the impact that elevators, escalators and moving walkways have had on the urban landscape, building types and culture worldwide. The mid-nineteenth-century invention of the elevator safety break, in conjunction with other developments such as the steel frame, facilitated the construction of the skyscraper and so helped to transform the(...)
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Up, down, across : elevators, escalators, and moving sidewalks
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This publication documents the impact that elevators, escalators and moving walkways have had on the urban landscape, building types and culture worldwide. The mid-nineteenth-century invention of the elevator safety break, in conjunction with other developments such as the steel frame, facilitated the construction of the skyscraper and so helped to transform the appearance of our cities and the places in which many of us live and work. The turn-of-the-century inventions of the escalator and the moving sidewalk have left their indelible mark on railway stations, airports, retail spaces, hotels, offices, factories and elsewhere. "Up, down, across" makes a long-overdue and valuable addition to urban and architectural studies and cultural history.
Up, down, across : elevators, escalators, and moving sidewalks
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This publication documents the impact that elevators, escalators and moving walkways have had on the urban landscape, building types and culture worldwide. The mid-nineteenth-century invention of the elevator safety break, in conjunction with other developments such as the steel frame, facilitated the construction of the skyscraper and so helped to transform the appearance of our cities and the places in which many of us live and work. The turn-of-the-century inventions of the escalator and the moving sidewalk have left their indelible mark on railway stations, airports, retail spaces, hotels, offices, factories and elsewhere. "Up, down, across" makes a long-overdue and valuable addition to urban and architectural studies and cultural history.
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September 2003, London
September 2003, London
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Engineering Structures
Engineering Structures
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The rational factory : architecture, technology, and work in America's age of mass production
The rational factory : architecture, technology, and work in America's age of mass production
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Searching for a "rational" workplace, turn-of-the-century engineers and industrial architects recast the factory itself in the image of the machine. Indeed, they considered the factory building the "master machine," containing and coordinating all of the machinery within. Such rational factory planning improved production speed and the management of workers. Once(...)
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Searching for a "rational" workplace, turn-of-the-century engineers and industrial architects recast the factory itself in the image of the machine. Indeed, they considered the factory building the "master machine," containing and coordinating all of the machinery within. Such rational factory planning improved production speed and the management of workers. Once(...)
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The rational factory : architecture, technology, and work in America's age of mass production
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Searching for a "rational" workplace, turn-of-the-century engineers and industrial architects recast the factory itself in the image of the machine. Indeed, they considered the factory building the "master machine," containing and coordinating all of the machinery within. Such rational factory planning improved production speed and the management of workers. Once created, the rational factory transformed the nature of work, both human and mechanical. In "The rational factory", Lindy Biggs contends that factory design played a crucial role in the development of American mass production. Her interdisciplinary study draws from the fields of business history, engineering, technology, architecture, and theories of modernity. Why did some people want to rationalize the factory, she asks, and how did the system impact those who worked under it?
The rational factory : architecture, technology, and work in America's age of mass production
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Searching for a "rational" workplace, turn-of-the-century engineers and industrial architects recast the factory itself in the image of the machine. Indeed, they considered the factory building the "master machine," containing and coordinating all of the machinery within. Such rational factory planning improved production speed and the management of workers. Once created, the rational factory transformed the nature of work, both human and mechanical. In "The rational factory", Lindy Biggs contends that factory design played a crucial role in the development of American mass production. Her interdisciplinary study draws from the fields of business history, engineering, technology, architecture, and theories of modernity. Why did some people want to rationalize the factory, she asks, and how did the system impact those who worked under it?
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March 2003, Baltimore / London
March 2003, Baltimore / London
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Engineering Structures
Engineering Structures
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It was 1976--twenty-five years after R. Buckminster Fuller introduced geodesic domes when literary critic Hugh Kenner published this fully-illustrated practical manual for their construction. Now, some twenty-five years later, "Geodesic math and how to sse it" again presents a systematic method of design and provides a step-by-step method for producing mathematical(...)
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It was 1976--twenty-five years after R. Buckminster Fuller introduced geodesic domes when literary critic Hugh Kenner published this fully-illustrated practical manual for their construction. Now, some twenty-five years later, "Geodesic math and how to sse it" again presents a systematic method of design and provides a step-by-step method for producing mathematical(...)
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Geodesic math and how to use it
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It was 1976--twenty-five years after R. Buckminster Fuller introduced geodesic domes when literary critic Hugh Kenner published this fully-illustrated practical manual for their construction. Now, some twenty-five years later, "Geodesic math and how to sse it" again presents a systematic method of design and provides a step-by-step method for producing mathematical specifications for orthodox geodesic domes, as well as for a variety of elliptical, super-elliptical, and other nonspherical contours. Out of print since 1990, this edition is fully illustrated with complete original appendices.
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It was 1976--twenty-five years after R. Buckminster Fuller introduced geodesic domes when literary critic Hugh Kenner published this fully-illustrated practical manual for their construction. Now, some twenty-five years later, "Geodesic math and how to sse it" again presents a systematic method of design and provides a step-by-step method for producing mathematical specifications for orthodox geodesic domes, as well as for a variety of elliptical, super-elliptical, and other nonspherical contours. Out of print since 1990, this edition is fully illustrated with complete original appendices.
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October 2003, Los Angeles
October 2003, Los Angeles
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Engineering Structures
Engineering Structures
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Ce guide recense les sites que l'on peut voir ou visiter facilement à Paris et en proche banlieue. Il explore l'évolution des formes et des matériaux - pierre de taille, brique, métal, meulière, béton armé, verre... - et témoigne de la beauté de ces lieux de production, parfois conçus par les meilleurs architectes.
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Ce guide recense les sites que l'on peut voir ou visiter facilement à Paris et en proche banlieue. Il explore l'évolution des formes et des matériaux - pierre de taille, brique, métal, meulière, béton armé, verre... - et témoigne de la beauté de ces lieux de production, parfois conçus par les meilleurs architectes.
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Architecture industrielle : Paris & alentours
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Ce guide recense les sites que l'on peut voir ou visiter facilement à Paris et en proche banlieue. Il explore l'évolution des formes et des matériaux - pierre de taille, brique, métal, meulière, béton armé, verre... - et témoigne de la beauté de ces lieux de production, parfois conçus par les meilleurs architectes.
Architecture industrielle : Paris & alentours
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Ce guide recense les sites que l'on peut voir ou visiter facilement à Paris et en proche banlieue. Il explore l'évolution des formes et des matériaux - pierre de taille, brique, métal, meulière, béton armé, verre... - et témoigne de la beauté de ces lieux de production, parfois conçus par les meilleurs architectes.
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June 2003, Paris
June 2003, Paris
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Engineering Structures
Engineering Structures
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In "Why Things Break," Mark E. Eberhart leads us on a remarkable and entertaining exploration of all the cracks, clefts, fissures, and faults examined in the field of materials science and the many astonishing discoveries that have been made about everything from the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger to the crashing of your hard drive. Understanding why things(...)
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In "Why Things Break," Mark E. Eberhart leads us on a remarkable and entertaining exploration of all the cracks, clefts, fissures, and faults examined in the field of materials science and the many astonishing discoveries that have been made about everything from the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger to the crashing of your hard drive. Understanding why things(...)
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Why things break : understanding the world by the way it comes apart
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In "Why Things Break," Mark E. Eberhart leads us on a remarkable and entertaining exploration of all the cracks, clefts, fissures, and faults examined in the field of materials science and the many astonishing discoveries that have been made about everything from the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger to the crashing of your hard drive. Understanding why things break is crucial to modern life on every level, from personal safety to macroeconomics, but as Eberhart reveals here, it is also an area of cutting-edge science that is as provocative as it is illuminating.
Why things break : understanding the world by the way it comes apart
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In "Why Things Break," Mark E. Eberhart leads us on a remarkable and entertaining exploration of all the cracks, clefts, fissures, and faults examined in the field of materials science and the many astonishing discoveries that have been made about everything from the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger to the crashing of your hard drive. Understanding why things break is crucial to modern life on every level, from personal safety to macroeconomics, but as Eberhart reveals here, it is also an area of cutting-edge science that is as provocative as it is illuminating.
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September 2003, New York
September 2003, New York
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Engineering Structures
Engineering Structures
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Ce volume est consacré aux différents aspects des façades, de projets de renommée internationale, considérées pour leurs matériaux, leurs qualités esthétiques et leurs possibilités techniques. Tous les plans et les détails ont été redessinés en coupe à grande échelle, avec le plus grand soin, afin d'éclaircir le traitement des façades.
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Ce volume est consacré aux différents aspects des façades, de projets de renommée internationale, considérées pour leurs matériaux, leurs qualités esthétiques et leurs possibilités techniques. Tous les plans et les détails ont été redessinés en coupe à grande échelle, avec le plus grand soin, afin d'éclaircir le traitement des façades.
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En detail : enveloppes - concepts, peaux, matériaux
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Ce volume est consacré aux différents aspects des façades, de projets de renommée internationale, considérées pour leurs matériaux, leurs qualités esthétiques et leurs possibilités techniques. Tous les plans et les détails ont été redessinés en coupe à grande échelle, avec le plus grand soin, afin d'éclaircir le traitement des façades.
En detail : enveloppes - concepts, peaux, matériaux
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Ce volume est consacré aux différents aspects des façades, de projets de renommée internationale, considérées pour leurs matériaux, leurs qualités esthétiques et leurs possibilités techniques. Tous les plans et les détails ont été redessinés en coupe à grande échelle, avec le plus grand soin, afin d'éclaircir le traitement des façades.
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September 2003, Basel
September 2003, Basel
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Berlin, the Electropolis: Buildings of electricity supply, which have provided the metropolis with power for more than 100 years, catch one's eye all over the city. Architecturally and aesthetically, they are still impressive, but technical and economic progress has made many such works redundant today. Consequently, innovative concepts are needed to uncover the huge(...)
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Berlin, the Electropolis: Buildings of electricity supply, which have provided the metropolis with power for more than 100 years, catch one's eye all over the city. Architecturally and aesthetically, they are still impressive, but technical and economic progress has made many such works redundant today. Consequently, innovative concepts are needed to uncover the huge(...)
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New Power: transforming the electropolis
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Berlin, the Electropolis: Buildings of electricity supply, which have provided the metropolis with power for more than 100 years, catch one's eye all over the city. Architecturally and aesthetically, they are still impressive, but technical and economic progress has made many such works redundant today. Consequently, innovative concepts are needed to uncover the huge potential of these materpieces of industrial architecture for new scenarios of use. New Power presents more than 20 buildings that are available for re-use. Besides well-known transformer stations designed by Franz Heinrich Schwechten and Hans Heinrich Müller, high-quality architectural projects from the 50s and 60s are also introduced here. In addition, examples of successful re-use during recent years indicate the diversity of projects that can secure the buildings of the Electropolis a rewarding future.
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Berlin, the Electropolis: Buildings of electricity supply, which have provided the metropolis with power for more than 100 years, catch one's eye all over the city. Architecturally and aesthetically, they are still impressive, but technical and economic progress has made many such works redundant today. Consequently, innovative concepts are needed to uncover the huge potential of these materpieces of industrial architecture for new scenarios of use. New Power presents more than 20 buildings that are available for re-use. Besides well-known transformer stations designed by Franz Heinrich Schwechten and Hans Heinrich Müller, high-quality architectural projects from the 50s and 60s are also introduced here. In addition, examples of successful re-use during recent years indicate the diversity of projects that can secure the buildings of the Electropolis a rewarding future.
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March 2008, Berlin
March 2008, Berlin
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Engineering Structures
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First Read This provides a set of tools for keeping track of when and where you are in complex projects against the background of creative thinking and design practice. It is richly illustrated with examples of projects that were successful or failed, some of them rather miserably. The emphasis is on aerospace industry, being the most experienced in Systems Engineering,(...)
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First Read This provides a set of tools for keeping track of when and where you are in complex projects against the background of creative thinking and design practice. It is richly illustrated with examples of projects that were successful or failed, some of them rather miserably. The emphasis is on aerospace industry, being the most experienced in Systems Engineering,(...)
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October 2007, Rotterdam
October 2007, Rotterdam
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First read this: systems engineering in practice
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First Read This provides a set of tools for keeping track of when and where you are in complex projects against the background of creative thinking and design practice. It is richly illustrated with examples of projects that were successful or failed, some of them rather miserably. The emphasis is on aerospace industry, being the most experienced in Systems Engineering, but many other fields are included, ranging from painkiller packaging to game shows. First Read This will help the reader to be both creative and careful.
First read this: systems engineering in practice
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First Read This provides a set of tools for keeping track of when and where you are in complex projects against the background of creative thinking and design practice. It is richly illustrated with examples of projects that were successful or failed, some of them rather miserably. The emphasis is on aerospace industry, being the most experienced in Systems Engineering, but many other fields are included, ranging from painkiller packaging to game shows. First Read This will help the reader to be both creative and careful.
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October 2007, Rotterdam
October 2007, Rotterdam
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Imagine 02 Deflateables
Imagine 02 Deflateables
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Pneumatic structures have been thoroughly investigated and developed during the 1960s. However, the energy crisis and aesthetic developments stopped the process of employing these structures as a mainstream construction method. Deflateables concentrates on the very limited knowledge of vacuum constructions and develops a range of aesthetic, technical and functional design(...)
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Pneumatic structures have been thoroughly investigated and developed during the 1960s. However, the energy crisis and aesthetic developments stopped the process of employing these structures as a mainstream construction method. Deflateables concentrates on the very limited knowledge of vacuum constructions and develops a range of aesthetic, technical and functional design(...)
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Engineering Structures
Engineering Structures
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October 2007, Rotterdam
October 2007, Rotterdam
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Imagine 02 Deflateables
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Pneumatic structures have been thoroughly investigated and developed during the 1960s. However, the energy crisis and aesthetic developments stopped the process of employing these structures as a mainstream construction method. Deflateables concentrates on the very limited knowledge of vacuum constructions and develops a range of aesthetic, technical and functional design possibilities. Until today, there has been a very limited number of designs developed and realized using pressurized constructions – despite the fact that this technology could lead to positive aspects: the air pressure of the earth can be used as a stabilizing and form-giving parameter, creating a specific and inspiring shape. In addition, the very nature of this technology offers varying degrees of thermal and acoustic insulation. Exploiting the possibilities of extremely light and, at the same time, energetically active constructions, deflateables are one of the promising fields of architectural and design developments. The chance to create structures that can move and react to requests such as user and climate requirements as well as formative demands, lifts this topic onto the level of a realistic and usable technology for as yet unknown design possibilities. Two volumes of the Imagine series are planned annually. Façades and Deflateables will appear in May 2008. Performance Driven Envelopes and Rapids will appear at the beginning of 2009.
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Pneumatic structures have been thoroughly investigated and developed during the 1960s. However, the energy crisis and aesthetic developments stopped the process of employing these structures as a mainstream construction method. Deflateables concentrates on the very limited knowledge of vacuum constructions and develops a range of aesthetic, technical and functional design possibilities. Until today, there has been a very limited number of designs developed and realized using pressurized constructions – despite the fact that this technology could lead to positive aspects: the air pressure of the earth can be used as a stabilizing and form-giving parameter, creating a specific and inspiring shape. In addition, the very nature of this technology offers varying degrees of thermal and acoustic insulation. Exploiting the possibilities of extremely light and, at the same time, energetically active constructions, deflateables are one of the promising fields of architectural and design developments. The chance to create structures that can move and react to requests such as user and climate requirements as well as formative demands, lifts this topic onto the level of a realistic and usable technology for as yet unknown design possibilities. Two volumes of the Imagine series are planned annually. Façades and Deflateables will appear in May 2008. Performance Driven Envelopes and Rapids will appear at the beginning of 2009.
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October 2007, Rotterdam
October 2007, Rotterdam
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Engineering Structures
Engineering Structures
