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Structural steel designer's handbook / Roger L. Brockenbrough, editor,

Frederick S. Merritt, editor. 3rd ed.
p. cm.
Includes index.

1. Building, Iron and steel. 2. Steel, Structural.
I. Brockenbrough, R. L. II. Merritt, Frederick S.
TA684.S79 1994
624.1 ?821 dc20 93-38088 CIP

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