Civil Engineering Formulas

Tyler G. Hicks, P.E.
International Engineering Associates
Member: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
United States Naval Institute
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Hicks, Tyler Gregory, date.
Civil engineering formulas/Tyler G. Hicks.
p. cm.
ISBN 0 07 135612 6
1. Civil engineering Mathematics. 2. Mathematics Formulae. I. Title.
TA331.H53 2001
624 ?.01 ?51 dc21 2001034309
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