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Reinforced Concrete Behavior, Research, Development, and Design through Partial-Interaction Mechanics

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Volume 143, Issue 7

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Received: Feb 22, 2016
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Deric J. Oehlers
Emeritus Professor of Structural Engineering, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
Phillip Visintin, Ph.D. [email protected]
Senior Lecturer, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia (corresponding author). E-mail: [email protected]
Jian-Fei Chen
Professor of Civil and Structural Engineering, School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Queen’s Univ. Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K.
Rudolf Seracino
Professor and Associate Head of Department, Dept. of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC 27695.
Yufei Wu
Professor of Infrastructure Engineering–Metro Chair, School of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT Univ., Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia.
Wade Lucas, Ph.D.
Research Associate, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.

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