STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS, OPTIMIZATION, AND DESIGN

DESIGN OF STRUCTURAL PARTS BY USING MODERN SIMULATION PROCEDURES
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SLIP COEFFICIENT OF BOLTED SLIP-CRITICAL CONNECTIONS
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ANALYSIS OF TIMBER COLUMN-GROUND SILL JOINTS REINFORCED WITH IMPROVED ARAMID FIBER SHEETS
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STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TRADITIONAL THATCHED HOUSES IN OLD POST TOWNS
NORIKO TAKIYAMA, RYOHEI TAMAKI, XINYAN CHEN, AKARI YAMAGUCHI, and MITSUHIRO MIYAMOTO

THE STATIC BEHAVIORS AND NUMERICAL PREDICTION ON DISPLACEMENT OF AN EXISTING ARCH DAM
NISHIUCHI TATSUO

SPIRAL PARABOLIC DOME: HISTORICAL STUDIES OF IRANIAN ARCHITECTURE
AFSHIN TURK, MOHAMMAD SHABANI, and SHABNAM GHANAVATIZADEH