Preface Peter MartI theory of StrUCtUreS f U N Da M e N ta LS f ra M e D St r U C t U r eS P Lat eS a N D S h e LLS I Preface Peter MartI theory of StrUCtUreS f U N D a M e N ta L S f r a M e D Str U CtU r eS P L a t e S a N D S h e LLS III Iv Inhaltsverzeichnis Prof. Dr. Peter Marti ETH Zurich Institute of Structural Engineering (IBK) 8093 Zurich Switzerland
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