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Insub Choi1, JunHee Kim2, Ho-Ryong Kim3

  • 1Department of Architectural Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonseiro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-749, Korea. insub@yonsei.ac.kr.

Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
|August 10, 2017
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Keywords:
GFRP continuous shear connectorbond strengthcomposite behaviorflexural strengthinsulated concrete sandwich wall panelswind pressurewind suction

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