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Post-Cracking Shear Capacity of Precast Hollow-Core Floor Units
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Mohamed Mostafa, Richard S. Henry, Kenneth J. Elwood (2026). Post-Cracking Shear Capacity of Precast Hollow-Core Floor Units. ACI Structural Journal. https://doi.org/10.14359/51749308
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