Fundamentals of Building Construction
Fundamentals of Building Construction
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ISBN: 9781118138915
Author: Edward Allen
Publisher: WILEY
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A wide variety of engineering applications make use of different materials, depending upon their usage. The materials used in civil engineering vary in their properties such as strength, ductility, brittleness, and creep strength. Depending upon the appl…
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