DISCUSSIONS AND CLOSURES
Mar 1, 1997

Discussion and Closure: Limit Behavior of Stone Arch Bridges

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Thomas E. Boothby
Asst. Prof., Dept. of Arch. Engrg., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA 16802.
Paolo Clemente
Res., ENEA Casaccia, S. P. Anguillarese 301, 00060 S. Maria di Galeria, Rome, Italy.
Antonio Occhiuzzi
PhD Student, Istituto di Costruzioni di Ponti, Università Federico II, via Claudio 21, 80125 Napoli, Italy.
Aldo Raithel
Prof. of Struct. Engrg., Istituto di Costruzioni di Ponti, Università Federico II, via Claudio 21, 80125 Napoli, Italy.

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