Discussion of “State-of-the-Art Review on Seismic Design of Steel Structures” by Chia-Ming Uang and Michel Bruneau
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The work is partially supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. CMMI-1403844. In addition, several agencies of the government of Mexico supported this research: CONACYT, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa (UAS), and Dirección General de Relaciones Internacionales de la Secretaria de Educación Pública (DGRI-SEP). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this discussion are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsor.
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Received: May 21, 2018
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Published online: Feb 22, 2019
Published in print: May 1, 2019
Discussion open until: Jul 22, 2019
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