Damage detection and location in large space trusses

The purpose of this study was to review the history of financing public school facilities in Virginia with primary emphasis on the period of the public schools, 1870 through 1987. An ancillary purpose of the study was to review alternative methods of financing public school capital facilities in Virginia in 1987 and certain considerations in the determination of school plant needs and implementation of a capital improvements plan. A combination topical-chronological synthesis research plan was employed within time frames of twenty-six to thirty-year periods from 1870-1987. As a result of this study, the following findings and conclusions were made:

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph. D.

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Engineering Mechanics

Department dc:contributor.department

Engineering Mechanics

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Year dc:date.issued

1988

Author dc:creator

• Smith, Suzanne Weaver

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10919/109238

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/109238