Evaluation of Diagnostics and Recalculations of Several Czech Masonry Arch Railway Bridges
By: Milan Holy, Ales Mezera, David Citek and Stanislav Rehacek
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Language: English
Page range: 469 - 480
Submitted on: Aug 21, 2025
Accepted on: Sep 10, 2025
Published on: Mar 24, 2026
Published by: University of Žilina
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