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Strengthening Techniques: Code-Deficient Steel Buildings

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Tsavdaridis, K.D. (2015). Strengthening Techniques: Code-Deficient Steel Buildings. In: Beer, M., Kougioumtzoglou, I.A., Patelli, E., Au, SK. (eds) Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35344-4_207

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