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Aug 1, 1994
Discussion of “Human Factors in Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Failures” by George F. Sowers (February, 1993, Vol. 119, No. 2)
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C. D. F. Rogers
Lect./Leader, Geotech. Engrg. Res. Group, Civ. Engrg. Dept., Loughborough Univ. of Tech., Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11‐3TU, England
T. A. Dijkstra
Res. Affiliate, Civ. Engrg. Dept., Loughborough Univ. of Tech., Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
I. J. Smalley
Visiting Lect., Civ. Engrg. Dept., Loughborough Univ. of Tech., Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
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